Archive for the 'Environment/climate change' Category

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 [...]

The Gurney Drive swamp

One of the charms of Penang used to be the hawker stalls along Gurney Drive.  Crowds still throng the sea-front to savour Penang’s street food. But I doubt they go there for the “invigorating” sea breeze now!

Now you see it, now you don’t…

31 May - The rock is there

7 June - The rock is blasted and gone
According to a Tanjung Bunga resident, this was done at the Bolton Surin project site, at the unapproved Lot 4165, where a stop work order is supposedly in force.

Rock-blasting in Tanjung Bunga near housing estate

Rock blasting work at the Bolton Surin project site in Tanjung Bunga on 14 May. The blast sent a rock flying; it landed on the slope and then rolled down to hit a tree, shaking it violently, according to an eye-witness.
A resident in the area managed to capture the blasting on video.