The MPPP has 22 acres of land at Jalan S P Chelliah, which it could use for public purposes. View Larger Map
Oct 272012
Oct 242012
Check out these two images of the Penang Botanic Garden – and spot the difference between fantasy and reality. Visit our wonderful parks and gardens… says the Ministry of Tourism, in an ad which appeared in The Star yesterday.
Oct 102012
The Tanjung Bunga Residents’ Association, together with Teh Yee Cheu, the Adun for Tanjong Bunga, held a press conference this morning to highlight the pollution at the Tanjung 1 project, a huge high-rise condominium development between the Cove and the Penang Swimming Club.
Jul 302012
Who are the clowns responsible for this nonsense at the Taiping Lake Garden?
May 282012
Wong Chen has analysed the RM2.2bn of FGVH shares in the public sale and discovers that other groups will get 4.6 times more shares than the Felda settlers. Even Felda employees will receive more than the Felda settlers.
Mar 132012
A rifle club and a scouts’ campsite are incompatible with the objectives of a real botanic garden, writes environmentalist Dr Leong Yueh Kwong.
Mar 102012
… take some time to read environmentalist Dr Leong Yueh Kwong’s thoughtful response to the draft Special Area Plan for the Garden.
Jan 212012
The draft Special Area Plan for the Penang Botanic Garden reveals plans for at least three more major concrete structures in the Garden.
Dec 182011
Penang Forum 4: Development and Good Governance is being held at the Caring Society Complex in Penang today. Penang Forum 4: Development and Good Governance
Nov 032011
Tengku Idaura’s short stint as ‘pengarah’ of the Penang Botanic Garden was “truly outstanding in the face of little official support, no expert botanist staff, despite many requests, and often virtual daily insubordination”.