First, grand designs for a tunnel, and now plans for a monorail for the Butterworth-Bagan Ajam-Kepala Batas and the Butterworth-Sungai Dua-Tasek Gelugor routes. Continue reading »
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Feb 152012
After a 16-year long wait, displaced descendants of the original settlers of Jalan Raja Uda are finally receiving some compensation from a developer who took over an abandoned commercial project along this bustling street in Butterworth.
Jan 152012
A crowd of about 100 has turned up for a ‘picnic’ at the Butterworth sea-front to support the Bersih demands for electoral reforms ahead of a general election.
Jun 262011
The 31 detained PSM activists are expected to be produced at the Butterworth Magistrate’s Court for a remand hearing at 2.30pm.
The detainees are represented in court today by a team of eight lawyers: Sukhindarpal Singh, Agatha Foo, Lim Kah Cheng, Karen Lai, Benjamin Sathyanandam, Chandra Segaran, Joshua and Rowena Nair. Twitter updates on the right.
May 182011
We should be careful what we pray for. Instead of being guaranteed prosperity for the next 20 years, we might end up with guaranteed congestion in the future – unless we can rapidly move away from private vehicle ownership. Continue reading »