Following requests from a few people, this poll, which was initially closed after three days (on 9 July), is being re-opened and extended by a week until 22 July 2013.Let’s hear it from you.[poll id=”73″]
There are a number of reasons for the higher household debt. One of them is that we have lost the art of living within our means even as our wages have been suppressed.
A Singaporean “lifestyle property developer” has entered into a joint-venture with Beverly Heights Properties Sdn Bhd to develop land that covers Pepper Estate in Penang – a move that could result in the displacement of an established local community.
Update (The Star): “General Accomplishment Sdn Bhd was fined RM30,000 in default three years jail for carrying out earthworks on Bukit Relau without a written permission from the local authorities. The company’s general manager, Rohana Shariff, pleaded guilty on Thursday to the charge on behalf of the company before Sessions judge Khairul Anuar Abdul Halim.”Now let’s see what happens next on the hill-top. They will probably lie low for a few months, maybe even a couple of years, and then… But the big question remains unanswered and will not go away: How did the State Planning Committee rezone this hill-top land to housing? A new photograph taken on 6 July shows that the hill-clearing goes quite a way down, turning the hill into an eye-sore. Meanwhile, the Penang Forum Steering Committee has written to the MPPP.
Pope Francis continues to set the tone in moulding a church of the poor, which would be truer to Gospel values. Now he is advocating that future priests and nuns use humble bicycles.
Three out of the 300-odd houses in Pepper Estate in Penang have been demolished, but residents are coming together to prevent further damage to their houses.
Aluminium smelter Press Metal Bhd is unable to estimate the full impact and consequences of the 27 June power outage in Sarawak but it will be forced to close its smelting plant in Mukah “to facilitate major reconstructions works”.
This was what happened when Komas organised a screening of ‘No Fire Zone’, a documentary about the events leading up to the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka when thousands of people were killed in extra-judicial executions and shelling.
Little-known Ewein Bhd is making the news in the business press. If the reports are to be believed, the firm is on the verge of landing a major contract relating to the Penang tunnel-highways project. With all the chatter in recent days, the share price of Ewein, which is involved in precision sheet metal fabrication and plastic injection moulding, has soared:Up, up and away….
The Penang Heritage Trust has written a letter to the MPPP president urging her to take stern action in response to the illegal development at the top of Bukit Relau in Penang.
Clare Rewcastle Brown had arrived at Kuching Aiport to defend herself against defamation charges – but the irony is, she was unable to get past immigration.
Your eyes are deceiving you: Sarawak actually has vast rainforests, and the state itself has “proper and sustainable forest management in place”, says a Sarawak minister.
Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir wants to impose a charge on Penang for raw water.[poll id=”70″]To help you with the poll, here is a map showing the Muda River flowing from the north and then westwards along the northern Penang border with Kedah.
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It seemed so incongrous to me: On the one hand, Obama was in South Africa paying tribute to freedom icon Nelson Mandela, but on the other, the US president had been pursuing a global campaign against Edward Snowden, the man who had exposed a massive online surveillance campaign undertaken by US security agencies.
Another watershed judgment: On 21 June, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Sarawak state government and recognised pemakai menua as native customary land (NCR) in a victory for native land rights. Justice Hishamudin Mohd YunusThe verdict affirmed a decision in the Sibu High Court in the Tuai Rumah Sandah Tabau case. Costs were awarded against the state government.Pemakai Menoa is an Iban description for the territory around a landhouse community which has been used to provide resources to support the community since the time of their ancestors.
