See Goh Ban Lee’s article in theSun here: Transparency takes a knock
ONE of the most frustrating things related to urban development in Malaysia is the lack of public knowledge of the approval of development projects by the government. The decisions to approve or reject applications to undertake development projects are held behind closed doors.
Penang has a Penang Science Council, the Penang Green Council and the MBPP. Then we have the Department of the Environment and the state government’s think-tank, Penang Institute.
Did the Penang Development Corporation consult any of them on the environmental implications before it came up with its request for proposals for the redevelopment of the Jelutong dump site, which would very likely see developers submitting plans for commercial and residential property development.
There have been many reports about 1MDB but no one has put it in a nutshell like Mahathir, who cleverly summarises the 1MDB debt situation. Where did all that money end up?
The Desa Embun Emas condominium residents council has submitted a signature petition bearing 1825 signatures to the Penang Chief Minister’s office.
tunglang sent in the following description of a nocturnal stroll around the George Town heritage core zone.
Last Saturday night, I went for a walk in the heritage zone of George Town.
In a bid to counter the negative vibes generated by the forcible removal of a cross from the Beacon of Hope Church in Taman Medan by a group of 50 protesters last week, a group of well-wishers today distributed flowers to representatives of the church and people of various faiths in the vicinity.
A group of prominent Penang-based NGOs is formally inviting the BN and Pakatan candidates contesting in the Permatang Pauh parliamentary by-election to a public debate on key national issues affecting the people.
Reformasi activist Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid, 55, was given a sombre farewell at Masjid Al-Jamiul Badawi in Kepala Batas this afternoon.
The candidate for PKR is about to be announced at 11.30pm. Will it be Wan Azizah, as widely expected, who would probably put the spotlight on Anwar’s plight?
This is what Selangor Menteri Besar Azmin Ali had to say yesterday in response to a mob forcing a church in a shoplot in Taman Medan to remove the cross from its building: