PUTRAJAYA: April 23, 2008
Parti Keadilan Rakyat's (PKR) tabloid Suara Keadilan is expected to hit the streets next week.
PKR information head Tian Chua said the Home Ministry had approved the publishing permit and the newspaper would be published weekly and distributed widely.
The newspaper has been in existence for the past three-years, although it was only circulated among party members.
He said the party is confident of doubling its circulation from about 100,000 to 200,000 copies in less than a year.
Speaking at the Home Ministry yesterday after submitting RM500 as annual fees to the ministry's publishing unit, Tian Chua, who is also Batu member of parliament, said the 32-page publication would be sold at RM2 a copy and would feature news not covered by mainstream media.
"We will retain the kind of contents we carry but we will also move with the demands of time," he said.
Meanwhile, Tamil daily Makkal Osai is still waiting for the outcome of its appeal for a publication permit.
It's been a week since the appeal letter was sent to the Home Ministry after its permit was not renewed last Wednesday.
Makkal Osai general manager S.M. Periasamy said he would be checking with the ministry on the status of the appeal.
"We are hopeful that our appeal would be accepted and the permit issued soon," he said yesterday.
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