The Catholic church in Butterworth has reached an out-of-court settlement with Bernadette, the sacristan whose services were terminated last year. Continue reading »
Apr 052011
Just received word from a source that the agreements between the Penang Development Corporation and Abad Naluri in 2004 and 2011 involving 1,400 acres of Batu Kawan land will be made public soon.
Apparently the PDC had to honour the price in the 2004 agreement, which involves 750 acres, and did some kind of trade off involving 650 acres of industrial land. An abandoned low-cost housing scheme involving 320 flats will be revitalised and completed. Continue reading »
Sep 082010
Another case of land being transferred at what seems to be an undervalued price.
This legal suit regarding a land deal was reported in theSun.
The YBPP was set up to improve the economic lot of the Malays in Penang, but read below to find out what’s happened. Thanks to blog reader Tan, Tanjung Bunga for the alert.
Suit against agency over transfer of land
By: Himanshu Bhatt (Tue, 07 Sep 2010)newsdesk@thesundaily.com
GEORGE TOWN (Sept 7, 2010): Two Malay non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and 33 individuals have filed a suit against Yayasan Bumiputra Pulau Pinang (YBPP), an Umno-linked agency, after it allegedly transferred 280ha of land reserved for bumiputras to a development company with a non-Malay majority shareholder. Continue reading »
