http://www.nst.com.my http://www.nst.com.my/rss/nstonline.gif http://www.nst.com.my en New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/articles/16chek/Article/index_html http://www.nst.com.my/articles/16chek/Article/index_html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:28:03 +0800 THE fact that more than 95 per cent of medical establishments have registered with the Health Ministry -- and some that have not done so are in the process of registering or renewing their licences -- shows that the once controversial and contested registration exercise has become routine and regularised -- and rightly so. For one thing, it is only the foolhardy or the fraudulent who would operate without a licence as it could lead to stiff fines, prison terms, suspension or closure. In this context, it is disappointing to note the absence of specific statistics about those operating without prior approval or practising complementary and allopathic medicine without authorisation, or those that have been refused registration, struck off the register or no longer allowed to practise. At any rate, since the basic aim of registration is to separate the bogus from the bona fide centres and practitioners, the lack of fuss and dawdling in the registration of healthcare premises is a welcome development. http://www.nst.com.my/articles/17moral/Article/index_html http://www.nst.com.my/articles/17moral/Article/index_html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:31:02 +0800 THE mood and morale in Parti Keadilan Rakyat now is so low that a third of its 69 elected representatives, it seems, don't care two hoots about what happens to the party any more. And people say it has a lot to do with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's crabby obsession to become prime minister at all costs. http://www.nst.com.my/articles/17miami/Article/index_html http://www.nst.com.my/articles/17miami/Article/index_html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:31:49 +0800 IN Miami and the Siege of Chicago, Norman Mailer's definitional account of the Republican and Democratic conventions of 1968, there is a reprint of a New York Times piece. It is an account of a confrontation between white Republican delegates and black demonstrators at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. Mailer had missed the encounter and had turned to the press for some clarification. http://www.nst.com.my/articles/16asia/Article/index_html http://www.nst.com.my/articles/16asia/Article/index_html Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:29:53 +0800 While Asia is showing resilience in the face of recession, investors are alarmed about Greek, Spanish and Portuguese indebtedness, which highlights the fundamental weakness of the European monetary union, write VIKAS BAJAJ and KEITH BRADSHER