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Penang Hill Railway ‘upgrade’: From RM40m to RM73m

 Accountability, Development issues, Public transport  26 Responses »
May 072011
 

Initial news reports for the Penang Hill Railway ‘upgrade’ had mentioned an allocation of RM40m. But later news reports put the cost at RM63m and finally RM73m.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 9.27am  Tagged with: Penang Hill Railway, Tourism Ministry, upgrade

How many billions would it take to wipe out Sarawak poverty?

 Accountability, Poverty  15 Responses »
May 062011
 

Some of us might think that it could take several billion ringgit to wipe out poverty in Sarawak. Not really.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 10.54pm  Tagged with: Poverty, sarawak

Flaws in ‘upgraded’ Penang Hill Railway

 Accountability, Development issues, Malaysian finance/business, Sustainable development  19 Responses »
May 062011
 

I ran into a visitor who had taken a ride on the ‘upgraded’ Penang Hill railway and he made the following observations:

 Posted by Anil Netto at 5.15pm  Tagged with: evacuation, flaws, Penang Hill Railway, upgrading

Judge dismisses Eskay’s RM20m ‘commission’ claim

 Accountability, Judiciary, Malaysian finance/business  7 Responses »
May 062011
 

The Malaysian government would do well to heed Justice V T Singham’s views in his dismissal of the lawsuit brought by Eskay (of ‘Datuk T’ fame) claiming RM20m in commission from the developer of the ‘crooked bridge’ project.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 2.02pm  Tagged with: commission, crooked bridge, Eskay, open tender, transparency

TBRA fails in legal challenge

 Accountability, Sustainable development  8 Responses »
May 042011
 

The Tanjung Bunga Residents Association has been thwarted in its legal challenge against the state government’s gazetting of Tanjung Bunga as a primary corridor for development instead of a secondary corridor.

 Posted by Anil Netto at 3.28pm  Tagged with: primary corridor, secondary corridor, tanjung bunga, TBRA
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