Aliran has just released the following statement:
Aliran is overjoyed by the Selangor government’s decision to scrap the controversial Petaling Jaya Dispersal Link (PJD Link) highway project.
It is a victory for the PJ residents who have campaigned tirelessly against this 34km highway project.
The project had caused immense unhappiness to the thousands of residents who would have been affected by the ecological damage and noise and air pollution.
The Pakatan Harapan-led Selangor government’s cancellation of this project comes ahead of a closely contested state election on 12 August, in which PH faces a strong challenge from the opposition Perikatan Nasional.
While the decision to scrap the project may be made out of political expediency to win over fence-sitters, Aliran is relieved at this turn of events.
Concern for our ecosystems should prevail with or without elections. All the same, we are glad it took a looming election for the Selangor government to finally heed the concerns of the affected residents. Who says state elections don’t matter?
Likewise, we hope the Penang state government will follow Selangor’s lead and abandon its mega-reclamation project in prime fishing waters off the southern coast of Penang Island.
This will safeguard the people’s food security and the livelihoods of the fisherfolk in the northern region. Scrapping the reclamation would also be more in keeping with the spirit of the state government’s “Penang Green Agenda”.
We also urge the Penang government to scrap the ecologically risky highway project from Teluk Bahang to Tanjung Bungah along sensitive landslide-prone hill slopes in northern Penang Island.
Instead, we reiterate the call for the new Penang government after the state election to engage sustainable mobility experts to come up with a fresh state-wide sustainable mobility masterplan that would prioritise people over cars.
Aliran executive committee
31 July 2023
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Relax Penang voters.
Go watch Jailer on 10 August, 2 days before state election, to be inspired by Superstar Rajinikhan who defines true justice against corrupted bad figures!
https://youtu.be/Y5BeWdODPqo
May deserving and competent candidates lead Penang to glory days ahead.
Good point, brother Muthuvel.
Without MIC, we Indians must support coalition focusing on multiracial development. Madani for me.
“Bersatu criticises Anwar for harsh behaviour when answering student’s question” By Luqman Hakim – August 6, 2023 @ 4:47pm
https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/08/939410/bersatu-criticises-anwar-harsh-behaviour-when-answering-students-question
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Did you get to know this incident that took place in Penang. It seems words like ‘extremist’ were used during the question and answer period. What do you think, your opinion, please.
STPM is a more demanding and rigorous program compared to matriculation system. However, matriculation students are given all the priorities in university admission.
This is the thing many missed regarding the quota system. Non-bumi are not asking for bumi places to be given to them. They are only asking for equal opportunities for them to have a decent education.
All the government need to do is to avail more places for everyone like it does for primary and secondary schools.
Do they realize how much it cost to send children for tertiary education especially if you have more than one child?
Dr K N Singh on the Anwar’s response to Metriculation Quota system:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oMePwh5bU-Y&feature=youtu.be
Tamil movies are all about justice in the land where justice is uphold by crooks with strong cult-like personality.
Now we can see many local leaders using their cult-like personality to advance political career because the people are low educated and naive.
Is this an important issue on PRN Penang?
Most people are talking about Green Wave or Emperor.
Gerakan president Dominic Lau was reportedly asked to leave a Perikatan Nasional ceramah in Sungai Dua last night after showing up without being invited.
Gerakan deputy president Oh Tong Keong confirmed that the party was not invited to attend the ceramah, which was also attended by PAS president Hadi Awang.
https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/08/02/lau-reportedly-asked-to-leave-pn-ceramah-in-penang/
Let green wave at state level and emperor at level. Then green wave and emperor will work very very hard to win state or federal.
Steven Sim: Yang Kita Musuhi Ialah Pemimpin Mereka Yang Sakau Minyak Masak, Yang Sakau Jana Wibawa
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Aqj4eVSyuN0&feature=youtu.be
Local produce and products are now much much more expensive than some imported ones and the business community excuse now is that the currency has gone up. Last year it was the Ukrainian war, shortage of labour and before that was the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ha anyone seen any enforcement agencies from our Unity government in action for the past 8 months? Some people say NATO. What are our Rakyat’s children going to do when they grow up?
Rakyat’s children must berdikari, no need to depend so much on government. Smart one already head south to earn 3x pay and be thankful to PAP.
Sink spore – garden city. Is Penang call a garden state from beginning?
Garden City or not those working there like the smell of Singapore Dollar.
Our island is called the ‘Pearl of the Orient’ ( Orient meaning among Asian countries ). Pearl, its full luster supersedes a mere ‘Garden City’ many times over.
Malaysian’s SGD 4,000 Salary Sparks Controversy
Netizens criticized the individual for boasting about his income, stating that it could provoke negative feelings towards Malaysians working in Singapore.
https://www.therakyatpost.com/news/malaysia/2023/08/11/watch-money-talks-malaysians-sgd-4000-salary-sparks-controversy/
Enforcement agencies?
Are we operating like a police state?
No point keep regulating prices. Instead should get more locals to grow food locally. Not all Malaysians are capable in auto industry, should encourage more to move to agriculture sector.
Yap, we should allow the business community do as they like. Profiteering should be the order of the day. There should be no rules and regulations, no law in place. If we do, we will become a police state. We are all morally, ethically, very honest people. Greed is good for business.
Good reply to the attempted deflection. Most shops do not display prices. Compared to imports, even common veg and fruits are over-priced.
Good money growing crops like vegetables to feed the growing demand and cut down dependence on imports. Strangely the NGOs could not see such opportunities. They need to think outside the box.
Yes, besides that, the State government should take the initiative to come up with plans , programs to encourage Penangites ( to those who are interested ) to do vegetable and fruit farming and for these to take place, the State must allocate or set aside, some of their state land for these purpose.
You know to farm one needs good fertile land. But what has the State government, who have been living here in our Penang Island, governing it for the last 15 years, been doing about it?
What is Muda-PSM’s view on this issue?
Frankly speaking, most Penangites have no issue with such development. They drive and prefer highways for cruising, and not stuck in traffic jam.
N23 Air Putih:
Teh Yee Cheu (PRM) vs Kong Cheng Ann (PN-GERAKAN) vs Lim Guan Eng (PH-DAP)
Gerakan could possibly upstage the Emperor Niaokong here?
PJ and Penang is different. Pj had many highways and a LRT, mrt. Penang has ais kosong and need cut the hills.penang is an island and land is eaten up by sea erosion. Why aliran don’t complain about BN, PN and PH gomen good giving $$_?
Reclamation is not an election issue in Penang since no political party or alliance is opposing it. They know Fast and Furious generation (the movie franchise has got 10 installments in the last 2 decades) want fast driving without traffic congestion.
PJ and Penang are different. Do not hijack PJ issue to bring to Penang. Already the island reclamation matter has not been picked up by any party to win votes in Penang.
“Perikatan pledges to cancel Silicon Island if given mandate in Penang”
by By Opalyn Mok dd Friday, 04 Aug 2023 2:16 PM MYT
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/08/04/perikatan-pledges-to-cancel-silicon-island-if-given-mandate-in-penang/83491
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Opposition has now made their pledge to cancel the reclamation project.
Cancel and ask Penangkias all to become fishermen or open losman and $30 backpackers? Then talk about 3Rs,? Like Ipoh mari, we soon have Penang mari and seen in PJ, jb and sink apor
At last shriek is making some sense.
Heard the news that Emperor Niaokong wants to make Penang a finanial hub for North Malaysia.
Opposition is cancelling not to protect the fishermen livelihood but to oppose the vision of new development for southern Penang.
Interesting opinion. Why, what would the Opposition gain by opposing the ” vision of new development for southern Penang” ?
“Reeling over flip-flop on PJD Link” by Edward Rajendra dd Thursday, 03 Aug 2023 https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2023/08/03/reeling-over-flip-flop-on-pjd-link ======== Guess Aliran celebrated a wee bit too soon. Now the flip flop from the governing state authorities. As usual they forgot about the alternatives available for the project developers. It is also the same here in Penang. You can’t simply stop progress until they turn the island into a giant ‘dog house’ which by then will be a wee to late to do anything about. Like one reader said, if the Rakyat votes the state government in, that means they agree to all their… Read more »
If PN big win, is the end of Malaysia that i know and love….. sad day for democracy, independent, and sad day for the minority. Minority will suffer. No wonder many has left the country. If PN win, there will be more exodus cause PAS will implement its narrow policies slowly and surely to the whole Malaysia except sabah and Sarawak. Mark my word, I know what they truly are inside and their intention and ambition. However, if majority choose to go this way, then its goodbye Malaysia.
If PN big win, the PAS cosplay will turn into a reality.
Nak Percaya Siapa? Anwar & Madani, Mahiaddin & Bersatu, atau Hadi & PAS? (Who should we trust?)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=13fEPG7f19c&feature=youtu.be
PAS, Bersatu and Gerakan did not oppose to reclamation?
Aliran don’t expect to travel from south of Penang to north using old trunk road. They have to pass through ali, muthu, ah beng and karpal Singh house. How long it takes? Without Rapid, it burns .more fossil fuel and result in 40 to 50 deg temp today. Orso Penang kias love cars and wanted to sit longer in the car? Road improvement takes shorter time and burn less.
No one is bigger than the party. Not LGE, his father, Lee Lam Thye and certainly not Ramasamy. We have an assemblyman who was a nobody, successfully ran for 3 terms and subsequently promoted to deputy chief minister in a political career spanning more than 15 years. And just like that, resigned from the party so close to an election, and bad mouthing to go along with it. Vindictive and childish to say the least.
If you notice folks, Oppositions has said they will cancel away the mega projects, if they come to govern in Penang. However, what they did not say is, will there be any compensation involved. How much and who will be paying for it? If it is the state, from where are they going to get the money. Certainly not from the Federal because PH is the Government there. Federal is going to say, “we never asked you to cancel the mega projects”. Also what if the opposition makes a U-Turn and decide to continue with the mega projects copying DAP’s initiative and… Read more »
Besides, from where is the PN opposition going to get the funding for all those maintenance, preservation work, etc etc etc, if they come to govern. Again, they may ask from the PH federal government, and PH will say yes, yes and may only give a little bit, little bit, here and there. And that is certainly not going to help to take care of the luster that is our Pearl of the Orient. So, best option is to give the Opposition a bigger opposition representation in the state assembly. Let the politicians of both sides know who is in… Read more »
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Penang Forum and Aliran to support PN that will stop the South island reclaimation ?
https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2023/08/04/perikatan-pledges-to-cancel-silicon-island-if-given-mandate-in-penang/83491
Good question Mike. We will just have to wait and see.
India ban export of rice. Viet n Thai raise price of rice. Ketuan will rIse price of palm oil or crude oil?
First must ask why our yield of rice is so low that cannot compete with other nations. Then must look into ways of improving the farming methods. The university here must help develop new rice strain for faster growing, better yield and insect resistant. Know the problem and address it and not simply asking for more monetary aids.
According to a local website
-Tanjong Karang has the highest productivity for rice in the world, but gets little help
-Veg and fruit farmers get leases for only a few (3?) years; therefore they take short-cuts to speed up profit and cannot invest capital for long-term operation.