Read India’s Central Bureau of Investigation report of its proble into the dealings of the Maran brothers, Maxis, Astro, Ananda Krishnan and Ralph Marshall.
Selangor is setting the early pace: Kuala Kubu Bharu could have bicycle lanes by December, followed by PJ and Shah Alam. How about Penang, Kinta Valley and JB?
First it was jet engines that disappeared from an air force base; this time four patrol boat engines have mysteriously ‘walked away’ from a marine police store in Penang.
The Central Bureau of Investigation in India is likely to summon Maxis group chairman T Ananda Krishnan in connection with the controversial Aircel-Maxis deal case as he has not been questioned by the agency so far, The Hindu has reported.
As you can see, Penang once had an eco-friendly public transport system. Notice the bicycles, trishaws and electric double-decker buses near the ferry terminal along Weld Quay in the 1950s - Photograph from Ric Francis, also published in his book Penang Trams, Trolleybuses and Railways
While all attention was focused on Budget Day “goodies” yesterday, few noticed the BN government dealing a devastating blow to workers with the passing of damaging amendments to the Employment Act.
Tens of thousands of people have converged at the ‘Occupy Wall Street’ encampment in New York in the largest protest against corporate greed since the movement began.
Come Budget Day, many taxpayers will be hoping for more tax reliefs on all sorts of expenditure. But do you know such tax reliefs actually favour the rich?
We are known to have rich reserves of natural gas. So why is Petronas facing a shortage in gas supply, which has resulted in crippling losses for Tenaga Nasional? Source: Petronas Financial Results Announcement quarter ended 30 June 2011
The Penang Forum has released a statement expressing deep concern over the way the agreement for the Spice convention centre was signed without MPPP Councillors being fully briefed.
No need for concrete, glass and steel. The Khasi tribe in Meghalaya state in north-eastern India have come up with an innovative means of building bridges that are in harmony with Nature.
