32 made-in-China food items on M'sia alert list

At least 32 kinds of China-made products,including honey, oyster sauce and dried murshrooms, have been placed on Malaysia's food alert list for contravening local regulation.Routine test between January and October this year found pesticide residue in Chinese dried murshroom,drug residue in a honey sample and a cancer-causing agent in oyester sauce.

A recipe for overcoming despair

When 64-year-old retiree Mdm Lee Kim Wah lost her life saving of $80,000 to con artists,she felt that all was lost. A glimer of hope took shape,when the young girl whom she cared for as a nanny came to her rescue.Marketing executive Karen Yeo,now 30, approached a United Kingdom- based security firm for help. Touched by Mdm Lee's story, a former scotland yard detective volunteered his services. Although he couldn't crack the case,the detective was so impressed with Mdm Lee's cooking that he suggested that he recepies be documented.

Bootlegger gets 6 months' jail

It was one of the largest haul from a single store here, according to Microsolf south east asia. When officers of the Itellectual Property Rights Branch of the Criminal Investigation department raided a nameless Ang Mo Kio store in 2004, they uncovered 1,062 bootleg computer disc.The stash value was valued at $545,570.At the court yesterday, Goh Hai Pah-who manned the store during the raid- was sentenced to six month's jail.

TV on your cell phone

By the end of next year,you could be watching up to 20 channels on your mobile device anywhere. The MDA is getting ready to launch mobile TV services .And unlike the existing 3G services, MTV does not limit the number of subscribbers accesing the network.

On the straight and narrow

Singapore cabbies seem to be toeing the line since stiffer penalties for errant taxi drivers kick in on Monday.No drivers was found overcharging, touting or refusing to convey passengers that day during an enforcement blitz by the LTA.