Archive for October, 2007

And so the PGCC PR battle begins…

The PGCC developer has taken its road-show to Queensbay Mall
Looks like the PR battle has begun. The Penang Global City Centre developer is on a road show promoting its project in Queensbay Mall and Gurney Plaza in Penang.
Just received in the email the following hypothetical conversation between the pro-PGCC lobby and a member of the [...]

Milan and Penang: Trams vs Monorail/PORR/PGCC

Greetings from Milan! I am here presenting a paper at a conference.
Walking around the city, I must say I have been impressed with Milan’s excellent network of underground trains, trams (old and modern), buses and taxies - though locals tell me there is still room for improvement.
But first, what’s this? Someone alerted me to a [...]

“It is people like Hishamudin who should be heading the judiciary”

Justice Hishamudin has created waves with his decision to punish the government for its detention and torture of activist Abdul Malek Hussin. In the wake of his decision, some Malaysians are even suggesting that if the government really wants to restore the shine back to the judiciary, then judges like Hishamudin should be allowed to [...]

It’s a PGCC jungle out there, folks!

Here is one guy’s impression of what the PGCC would look like from Komtar. KL Dude has had a go on photo editor with the earlier picture of the PGCC Twin Towers posted on this blog; only this time he has actually added the 38 towers in front of those “iconic” towers. Perhaps his [...]

It’s a home-grown resistance movement in Iraq

The New York Times has finally admitted in an op-ed video - in contradiction to some of its own reports - what many of us already knew: that the US war in Iraq is largely against a determined home-grown resistance movement against Occupation (yes, the ‘O’ word). Check it out.