Why the road up Botak Hill? Some of these images were projected during a dialogue between the Penang chief minister and Penang Forum on 11 January 2014.
Poll: Should Malaysia ratify the TPP agreement?
Platform collapses in sea off Gurney Drive
A platform believed to be used for carrying out tests (for land reclamation?) has collapsed in the sea facing Gurney Paragon along Gurney Drive in Penang.
Sungai Ara residents await Appeals Board decision on 27 January
Residents in the area around Persiaran Kelicap and Solok Kelicap in Sungai Ara are anxiously awaiting an Appeals Board decision on a developer’s plan to build 14 fairly highrise blocks on hill-slopes, more than 250 feet above sea level.
Each political party, each MP must make stand clear on TPP
Party whips should not not be imposed and MPs should be allowed to vote on the TPP according to their conscience next week. But I would like to know the stand of each party and each MP.
Trams return to Burma – with just RM17m funding
With just US$3.88m (RM17m) funding under a Japanese investment agreement, Burma has brought back the trams to Yangon after 100 years.
Bukit Kukus: Timeline of degradation
Is this for property development or sand-mining? Notice how close this is to a residential area. Is this what we want for Penang?
The black hole of 1MDB
1MDB should have been rolling in the black with some RM12bn in land revaluation gains; instead it finds itself pouring money into a black hole of borrowings incurred to finance goodness-knows-what.
‘Hundreds of millions in compensation’?
In all my years of observing politics, whether local or foreign, I have never before come across an administration that so frequently warns of the possibility of having to pay “(hundreds of) millions in compensation” to developers or landlords. To me, this mantra seems to be a favourite fall-back position (to browbeat critics into silence?).
Penang Forum highlights hill degradation to chief minister
Statement for the 11 January 2016 meeting with the chief minister of Penang issued by the steering committee of Penang Forum: