TNB has conceded that siltation from “massive land clearing and farming activities upstream” contributed to the rapid increase of the Ringlet Lake water level and the sudden discharge of the overflow.
The Ringlet Reservoir area
Now let us hear what you really think about cycling? Is it something you would consider?
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For those who think it is too hot to cycle in Penang, here are the Danes cycling in Copenhagen in the snow in below freezing temperatures!
Meanwhile, blog visitor Michael Maguire shares with us his experience of cycling in Penang:
At a time when many are focused on the Allah controversy, Zunar has released a new animation video recalling the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu seven years ago this month.
See the animation clip here.
The Penang state government is now proposing a levy of 3 per cent on the transacted price of property purchases above RM1 million by foreigners – but will that be enough to cool speculation?
A look at the terrain would suggest that land clearing upstream in the Sungai Bertam catchment area may have aggravated erosion and surface run-off to the reservoir, which has been plagued by siltation problems (as the colour of the water in the image below would also suggest).
The Ringlet Reservoir area
Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa personally presented his new book ‘Berdialog dengan gereja’ to Bishop Sebastian Francis at the latter’s office in the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Penang yesterday.
Dialogue, the way forward
Send in your reactions to Najib’s Budget 2014. The (regressive?) Goods and Services Tax at 6 per cent will come into force on 1 April 2015, replacing the Sales and Services Tax. That’s a higher rate compared to the 3-4 per cent predicted earlier. Making up for all the massive pre-election spending and cash handouts?
With the fallout from the Allah controversy still brewing, Pas representatives have been extending a hand of friendship to representatives of the Christian churches.
Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad and a Pas delegation visit Bishop Sebastian Francis and Mgr Bernard Paul
It was just an academic exercise, says a senior university official, and it was never banned. So how does the university explain this notice found pasted in the Berita Kampus newsroom? Is the notice part of the review process/academic exercise?
Economist Lim Mah Hui says he never made comments attributed to him, so I am reproducing his statement below to help him get a fair hearing. What is irrefutable though is that the number of unemployed diploma holders and graduates has soared over the years.
Did you catch the BFM interview with Islamic religious scholar Reza Aslan?
Start the interview at 19:30 to hear what he has to say about the Allah controversy.
Also read Tommy Thomas’ The Allah decision is wrong in constitutional law (Aliran).
And this is a statement by Archbishop Murphy Pakiam, the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia:
The small island republic plans to create 700km of cycling paths by 2030. Are we going to be left behind again as we continue our love affair with the car while pouring billions of ringgit into road and related infrastructure?
While quite a few developed nations have their highest income tax rate at around 40-50 per cent, Malaysia has been steadily reducing its income tax and corporate tax rates. No wonder we have been posting persistent fiscal deficits.
Students were warned not to attend the event but close to a thousand people turned up.
In a separate interview in Adelaide, Anwar spoke on the prospects and barriers to political opposition in Malaysia, the Allah controversy and the lessons of the Arab Spring.
