Archive for September, 2007

SXI: Brother Charles Levin’s legacy

From the corridor, I spotted a tall solitary figure strolling in the school courtyard in the evening light.
For one moment, it felt as if I had been transported back in time. The setting looked familiar - though there seemed to be a lot more potted plants and greenery around.
“Brother Charles!” I called out.
He spun [...]

PGCC: It’s 40 towers, not 37

So the latest count is 40 towers of more than 10 storeys each, higher than our earlier estimate of 37 towers.
This is the count, based on the permission plan. Download the plan below by clicking on the link and note the 5-storey podiums for car parks in this “zero-carbon” city.
PGCC permission plan

PGCC: There go the angsana trees

My sources tell me that the PGCC developer’s consultants said yesterday they would avoid cutting down the trees along Scotland Road but admitted that some angsana trees would have to make way for the road widening/flyover work, especially near the Jalan Batu Gantong junction, to cope with the extra traffic anticipated.
These trees are actually heritage [...]

Lawyers’ march, Burma’s struggle, PGCC campaign all related

This is a more realistic miniature model of what the PGCC will look like - Awful!
What do the lawyers marching in Putrajaya, the ordinary people struggling for democracy in Burma and those campaigning against the Penang Global City Centre Project have in common?
They are all part of the global justice movement, trying to create a [...]

Malaysians, Burmese march for democracy

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Monks have been leading tens of thousands of people as protests rock Burma
People are on the march in both Malaysia and Burma in their quest for justice and freedom.
The Malaysian Bar Council is organising a march of lawyers from the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya to the Prime Minister’s Office on the morning of Wed, [...]