Many people are worried about rising housing prices in Penang. It doesn’t help that certain quarters are manipulating statistics to distort the picture.
Check out these two images of the Penang Botanic Garden – and spot the difference between fantasy and reality.
Visit our wonderful parks and gardens… says the Ministry of Tourism, in an ad which appeared in The Star yesterday.
Tourism Malaysia ad
The MPPP has come up with a plan to introduce bicycle lanes on the island. The RM30m first phase will see a 12.5km dedicated bicycle lane along the east coast from Queensbay Mall to George Town scheduled for completion within two years. Penang’s bicycle lanes plan is now open for public feedback.
A Guardian correspondent thinks George Town has “the best street food in Asia”, while Granta, a magazine founded in 1889 by students at Cambridge University, regards Penang as “The Island of Hawkers”.A char koay teow cook busy in action at a hawker centre along Jalan Raja Uda in Butterworth
These are the gardens that Brother Charles tended to with the help of the St Xavier’s Institution groundskeeper.
In the slideshow above, you can also see a photo of a desktop computer system just set up by friends for Brother Charles to use on the same weekend as his fall. He never got to use it.
The MCA publication, The Star, has gone on a propaganda offensive today in a bid to check eroding support for the party and provide a morale booster for the party’s general assembly.
The high-density guideline of 87 units per acre, previously approved by the State Planning Committee without any precise reference to transit nodes, has now been put under ‘KIV’.
We shouldn’t be surprised at the RM20m ‘bridge to nowhere’ in Sarawak, as revealed in the Auditor-General’s report. We have seen it happen before – in Putrajaya of all places. Incomplete bridge in Pekan Pantu, Sarawak
Incomplete bridge in Putrajaya
Malaysiakini, a leading independent news portal, and Suaram, a human-rights organization, have come under heavy government pressure in the run-up to what is expected to be a hotly contested general election in Malaysia.
What is the significance of Brother Charles’ life? In a world driven by greed, profits and selfishness, his entire life pointed to a higher ideal – a life motivated by selfless faith, service and community in the cause of providing education for all, irrespective of ethnicity and religion – without a thought for material reward.
Before a crowd of 20000 in Seberang Jaya in mainland Penang on Sunday night, Anwar claimed that the BN could kiss its chances in Sabah goodbye in the coming general election.
Taoists ushered in the Nine Emperor Gods Festival at the Butterworth seafront last night, kicking off a nine-day celebration marked by a strict vegetarian diet. Devotees in a trance ushering in the spirit of the nine emperor gods at the Butterworth seafront last night.
An ex-Star journalist who wrote an article on the rape of Penan females is upset with her former paper for apologising to a timber company over her article. She claims the daily had failed to consult her about the apology.
Jo Kukathas as Puan Badariah delivers a message of profound importance for Malaysians wondering what has happened to the spiritual and cultural soul of our nation.
Incomplete bridge in Putrajaya 
