BARANG NAIK! The price of RON95 petrol will be hiked by 20 sen from midnight today as the government tries to narrow its fiscal deficit – but this will only add to the burden for Malaysians faced with poor public transport options.
The MPPP has come up with an unbelievable reason for being unable to act under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 against the firm responsible for illegally clearing the Bukit Relau hill-top: the council says it has insufficient evidence.
A string of NGOs in Penang held a packed press conference at the Penang Heritage Trust office to call on state and local authorities to take stronger action against the developer responsible for the hill destruction at Bukit Relau.
Blog visitor tunglang took these photos of Gurney Drive over the weekend. Who is responsible for this and what has our Department of the Environment done about it?
Kee Thuan Chye expresses what is on the minds of many people following the outcome of the court decision. Many have already drawn their own conclusions.
Update: The current account surplus has further slipped to RM2.6bn in the second quarter of 2013 from RM8.7bn in the first quarter.
Meanwhile, the ringgit continues to weaken against the US dollar, moving in the opposite direction of analysts’ predictions that it would strengthen to 3.00 by the end of the year. So much for upbeat predictions.
Original post (8 August 2013)
Malaysia’s current account, which mainly reflects the net surplus or deficit in external trade of goods and services, fell to RM8.7bn or 3.7 per cent of GDP in the first quarter of 2013.
Ahead of a public consultation organised by the developer this Saturday as part of a detailed EIA process, environmentalist Dr Leong Yueh Kwong has raised several questions regarding the proposed Phase 2 of the Seri Tanjung Pinang land reclamation.
Amidst the shrill rhetoric over divisive issues at the national level, a surprise guest quietly dropped by at the home of Pas national unity bureau chairman Mujahid Yusof Rawa in Parit Buntar over the Raya weekend.
Bishop Sebastian and Fr Francis Anthony visit Mujahid at his home in Parit Buntar – Photograph: Mujahid’s Facebook
Finding it tough to keep your head financially above water? Read this if you want to know where Malaysia stands in Asia in terms of income inequality and some of the factors driving this inequality.
Remember Felda Global Ventures? Its share price continues to hovers around its IPO price of 4.55, well below its high of close to RM5.50.
Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd
Original post (8 August 2013)
Malaysia’s current account, which mainly reflects the net surplus or deficit in external trade of goods and services, fell to RM8.7bn or 3.7 per cent of GDP in the first quarter of 2013.
