Hydro Tasmania, acting as a dam consultant, is helping Sarawak build more dams, which could displace natives, while a Sarawak timber firm, after extensive logging in Sarawak, is now involved in the timber industry in Tasmania.
Is our underfunded public health care system able to cope with the crowds needing affordable health care? Some photos from the Penang General Hospital today.
A snapshot of the share price history of Lynas Corporation Ltd over the last six months. What does this say about investor sentiment?Source: Australian Securities Exchange website (26 August 2012)
The defection of two key ruling coalition parliamentarians to the political opposition has shifted Malaysia’s pre-election equation and highlighted the importance of the crucial swing states of Sabah and Sarawak in what is expected to be a neck and neck contest.
1Malaysia Development Bhd’s push into the property sector is raising concerns about the company’s rising debt and a possible commercial property glut in KL.
Close to 10,000 people from all over the country flocked to Bukit Mertajam this evening to witness the episcopal ordination of Sebastian Francis as the fifth Bishop of the Penang Diocese.
CPC Corp, the Taiwanese firm interested in building a RM35bn petrochemical complex in Pengerang, Johor, had wanted to push ahead with its project here reportedly because its facility in southern Taiwan would be shut down in 2015 following strong protests from environmental and residents groups.
The Penang state government has come up with a new RM50m financing scheme to spruce up low and low-medium cost flats in the state by topping up the balance of federal financing for such projects. Will it help to brighten up the lives of Taman Tun Dr Awang residents in Butterworth?Taman Tun Dr Awang: Cleaner, greener Penang should start here – Photograph: Anil
Update (18 August): As hinted in the blog posting below, Kelantan Pas reportedly has now dropped Nasharudin from its general election candidates’ list.
15 August 2012
Former Pas deputy president Nasharudin Mat Isa’s recent comments and public appearances with BN leaders have set tongues wagging.
The development control system should be transparent and accountable, says former MPPP Councillor Goh Ban Lee. “As an immediate move, One Stop Centre (OSC) meetings should be opened to the public so that ratepayers know how their councillors and government officers do their job.”
Fresh after Lee Chong Wei’s Olympic final exploits … Punch Gunalan, a badminton hero in the early 1970s, passed away this morning at the age of 68 after a battle with liver cancer.
Anthony Bourdain, host of Travel Channel’s culinary and cultural adventure programmes, recently visited Penang to try out the local street food. This is his verdict.
Part 1
“As long as there are huge man-eating crocodiles in rivers to blame, the political and corporate crocodiles of Sarawak will continue feasting – unconscionably – upon the lives of the poor.”
Furniture shop worker Cheah Chin Lee was arrested and taken for a urine test. Five hours later he was found dead. The post mortem report said: asphyxia due to hanging.
