Archive for the 'Development issues' Category

Guan Eng warns developer not to play hard ball

Chief Minister Guan Eng has issued a warning to Nusmetro Ventures after the Oasis developer’s “highly irresponsible and inflammatory” threats yesterday.
Meanwhile, the state investigative committee needs to quickly get to the bottom of the circumstances surrounding the questionable sale and land transfers. What has happened to the villagers’ report to the MACC?
The State Government will [...]

Developer says villagers have until 2 Aug

The developer for the Oasis project, Nusmetro, says the High Chaparral villagers have until 2 Aug to leave the land, according to a media source.  The developer is drawing a firm line in the sand.

Now it’s 1Sarawak…

From 1Malaysia… it’s now 1Sarawak… Or is it from 1Sarawak towards 1Malaysia?
Whatever.
I just wonder what “1Sarawak” would mean to those struggling to protect their native customary land from encroachment by plantation and logging firms or to those being displaced by the state’s dam-building frenzy.
Excerpt of a report from The Borneo Post:
Promoting 1M’sia with 1S’wak
Concepts vital [...]

TBRA urges Penang govt to act against MPPP failures

Frustrated by the silence and the perceived inaction of the Penang state government, the Tanjung Bunga Residents Association has written a letter to exco members Chow Kon Yeow and Phee Boon Poh, expressing its concerns about property development projects on steep hill slopes. The group is also calling for action to be taken against those [...]

Wide gap between rich and poor worsens mental health

A study for the World Health Organisation has provided evidence of how the gap between the rich and the poor affects individual and collective mental health. It shows how the gap causes psychological and physiological changes that affect the mental health of individuals. The report also argues that the mental health component is important in [...]