The irony of ironies. Fresh after its ‘Crying hills’ front-page splash just over a week ago, The Star today front-pages its Property Fair at Gurney Plaza, with a couple of reports inside of visitors to the fair raving about proposed projects in Penang.
The campaign to secure the release of the remaining 45 ISA detainees continued today with a convoy to the Kamunting Detention Centre. The protest outside the Kamunting Detention Centre – Photograph: Haziq Abdullah
Close to 26500 people gathered in 28 towns across the country, many of them participating in a mock referundum, to express their feelings on the Australian rare earth refinery in Gebeng, Kuantan. The result: 20194 against Lynas and 6 in favour.
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A youth concert to express solidarity with Bersih and the anti-Lynas movement was held at the Pay Hong school hall in Malacca last night.
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James Logan was a visionary, back in the 19th century. Long before anyone had heard of climate change, he was already warning of the perils of a “war with nature” and its impact on the ecological balance.
Update (3.30pm, 11 July): The detainees will be released on police bail. Little Edwina is delighted to be going home today, says Jehan. She is pictured here with Zela, a volunteer in the defence team.
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Credit to the multi-ethnic legal defence team led by Pahang Bar Chairman Hon Kai Peng for a job well done.
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Update (3.00pm, 11 July): A defence lawyer Jehan Bakar tweets to say the atmosphere in the courtroom is very casual now as the accused continue to wait. The detainees will finally be released on police bail.
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Update (1.35pm, 11 July): Three more detainees – Muniamah, Revathy and Lattha – are taken to hospital. This is not looking good.
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Update (1.15pm, 11 July): The detainees have now been brought into the court room. A group of people are protesting outside court, according to a tweet from Suaram.
Update (1.00pm, 11 July): Three detainees carry another detainee out of the lock-up area after she fainted. She has been sent to hospital.
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2045: A Bersih procession to mark the anniversary of the Bersih 2.0 rally on 9 July 2011 is moving from Dataran Merdeka passing through Petaling Street and Jalan Hang Jebat towards Stadium Merdeka.Photograph: Bersih
A proposed 60 per cent affordable housing policy in Kedah and restrictions to curb speculation could spell good news for ordinary Kedah residents. Never mind that the news has displeased certain quarters who appear more intent on protecting the interests of developers and ‘investors’ (read, speculators).
In case you missed it, I recorded a few clips at the the George Town Festival, just to give you a flavour of what it was like. The city was certainly a ‘happening’ place over the weekend.
George Town heboh! Children from various ethnic backgrounds shared the residents’ history of Acheen Street, Armenian Street and Cannon Square:
A Punjabi martial arts troupe enthralled the crowd:
Lively Boria dancers strutted on the street:
The Penang state government will ask the Asian Women Leadership University Malaysian Foundation and the federal government to look again at alternatives to the site chosen at Kampung Genting, Balik Pulau site following criticism from Umno.
