Took Leng How, 24, the Malaysian convicted of murdering Chinese national Huang Na in Singapore 2 years ago was hanged this morning at the Changi Prison, Singapore. Took was found guilty murdering Huang Na at Pasir Panjang Wholesale Market in October 2004. He was sentenced to death in August last year. His appeal was rejected by the Court of Appeal earlier this year and subsequently, his petition for clemency to the President of Singapore was also rejected recently.

The Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin has been elected the 13th Yang di-Pertuan Agong for a 5-year term effective 13 December 2006, succeeding the present Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail, whose 5-year term ends on 12 December.

The issue of some private television stations not screening our national anthem ‘Negaraku’ is brought up recently by Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage, Datuk Seri Rais Yatim. Well, here are some details, to my best knowledge, regarding our local TV stations with regards to screening the national anthem.

• RTM1: Screens at the start and end of transmission or at 6am daily when the station goes 24 hours on certain occassions.
• RTM2: 24-hour channel. Screens at 6am daily.
• TV3: Screens at the start and end of transmission. No screening when the station goes 24 hours. The last time I heard ‘Negaraku’ on TV3 some time this year, they were still playing the 1993 version!
• NTV7: Screens at the start and end of transmission daily.
• 8TV: Now, this is the culprit. No national anthem screening on this we’re different channel.
• TV9: Screens at the start and end of transmission daily.
• Astro in-house channels: 24-hour channels. No screening.
• MiTV: Well, I have no information about it.