With an electricity tariff hike due to be announced on Monday, it might be useful to recall how the first generation of ‘independent power producers’ (IPPs) profited at TNB’s (and the Malaysian public’s) expense.
The guest speakers this Saturday are Anjali Monteiro and KP Jayasankar, Professors at the Centre for Media and Cultural Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Both of them are involved in media production, teaching, and research.
1913: The hospital’s lawyer has been in touch with Latheefa Koya, the lawyer for the family of shooting victim Johari bin Abu Bakar, 17. Latheefa says she was told the hospital wants to comply fully with the court order, which includes a provision for a qualified independent observer.
Eco-friendlier modes of transport are the way to go. If we invest in the right infrastructure and systems and the personnel to support them, more and more people will be tempted to leave their cars at home especially with petrol prices rising.
Young people are rediscovering the joys of cycling. They could be on to something in this era of soaring fuel prices. Now, if we could only make the roads safer for cyclists. Couldn’t Penang become the bicycle capital of Asia?
The body of Mohamad Johari Abu Bakar who was shot on 13 May had to wait for four hours in a parked van before University Malaya Medical Centre finally accepted it late this evening.
Sarawak should have earned RM19bn in logging royalties from an estimated one hundred million trees chopped down over the years, says an Aliran correspondent. So why are so many in the state still poor?
An article in theSun today discusses loopholes that could allow four high-rise condo towers to be built on a site in Pykett Avenue, Penang, where one stood a mansion that was demolished without local council approval. Are we heading for a Metropole Hotel-style ‘solution’?The mansion at Pykett Avenue before it was demolished
A couple from Germany, regular visitors to Penang, won’t be coming back again after seeing the northern coast of the island turning into a concrete jungle.
This letter is from today’s Sun:
Well before dawn on Sunday, 22 May, some 300 people of different faiths walked 5km from Hong Hock Si Temple in Perak Road to China Street Ghaut in George Town.
The MPPP plans to spend RM27m to widen roads and build overhead turn-off ramps in the suburbs under the first phase of a project to ease anticipated congestion once the second Penang Bridge opens. But what happens after that?
Well, there’s phase two, which calls for a multi-level overhead turn-off ramp and a couple of underpasses to cut below Jalan Masjid Negeri.
These are the men behind Lynas Corporation, which is bringing to the folks in Kuantan a controversial rare earth refinery. Lynas Corporation Board of Directors - Source: Lynas Corp, Annual Report 2010
Live updates on the protest against the Lynas rare earth refinery near Kuantan and the latest situation in Kuala Lumpur.
See the multi-ethnic crowd in the Malaysiakiniphoto slideshow.
A revealing documentary on Lynas Corporation’s plan to build a rare earth refinery near Kuantan, followed by a debate between a BN (MIC) MP and a Pakatan (PKR) MP.
The big question – one not answered satisfactorily – is why wasn’t this plant built in Australia? Watch the interviewer’s sceptical glare at 6:04-6:08 when she interviews the Lynas head honcho.
We should be careful what we pray for. Instead of being guaranteed prosperity for the next 20 years, we might end up with guaranteed congestion in the future – unless we can rapidly move away from private vehicle ownership.
