Initial news reports for the Penang Hill Railway ‘upgrade’ had mentioned an allocation of RM40m. But later news reports put the cost at RM63m and finally RM73m.
The Malaysian government would do well to heed Justice V T Singham’s views in his dismissal of the lawsuit brought by Eskay (of ‘Datuk T’ fame) claiming RM20m in commission from the developer of the ‘crooked bridge’ project.
It’s just two more days to polling day in Singapore – and the democratic awakening sweeping across the world has not left the island republic untouched.
“Singapore is a country – not a company,” says private teacher Michelle Lee, speaking at an opposition SDP rally
An opposition rally in Singapore
The Tanjung Bunga Residents Association has been thwarted in its legal challenge against the state government’s gazetting of Tanjung Bunga as a primary corridor for development instead of a secondary corridor.
What, already? I think there’s a story in here somewhere.
The Penang Hill Corporation has issued a statement. Notice these lines in particular, which suggest that all is not well:
Repair work is further hampered by lack of spare parts from the train supplier. The full inventory of spares especially power pick-ups, has still not been given. The situation is further aggravated by the lack of information in dealing with the supplier. Documents and contracts on the upgrading works of the new train and rail are still not in the Corporation’s possession despite repeated requests and reminders. If the power pick-ups and spare parts were available, the Penang Hill Corporation would have been able to repair the train much quicker.
If you think Penang is already congested, well, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet.
Three more lanes of traffic will pour into Penang Island once the second bridge is completed by 2013, if all goes as scheduled – adding to the three lanes of incoming traffic on the now widened existing Penang Bridge.
And if the cross-channel tunnel project from Gurney Drive to Butterworth goes ahead, which could add another two or three lanes of incoming traffic, we could see eight to nine lanes of incoming traffic choking the island by 2020.
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Twenty one people were arrested during a peaceful Workers’ Day gathering in KL. Not the best way for the government to observe this day in honour of ordinary workers.
Among those arrested are Sungai Siput MP Dr Jeyakumar Devaraj and several other top PSM leaders, including its secretary general S Arutchelvan.
Eleven days – that’s all it took for people power to pressure the Perak government and a ‘Hong Kong’ firm to terminate their MOU for a rare earth exploration project in Bukit Merah.
The Penang state government has awarded a RM3.2m tender for a Penang Transport Master Plan study to a planning and urban design firm based in Petaling Jaya.
Tunglang moves from describing authentic street food to talking about authentic forms of worship. From the way he describes it, it’s not such a great leap, as we might think.
Time has changed many things, many perceptions, many tastes and many lifestyles.
More commuters are using the Bridge Express Shuttle Transit (Best) service across the Penang Bridge during peak hours.
1 March – Less than 100 commuters when service was launched
31 March – 400 commuters daily
22 April – 800 commuters daily*
A Special Area Plan will be developed for the Penang Botanic Garden, hopefully putting an end to the fiascoes we have seen in the garden in recent years.
RM4bn for 8.8km of tunnels and highways? That’s what the Penang state government has in mind with two short stretches of tunnels and elevated highways.The proposed roads shown against the alignment of the controversial and aborted Penang Outer Ring Road project