Source: osk188.com
If you thought the Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2 land reclamation was massive, you ain’t seen nothing yet. The Penang Development Corporation has controversially invited proposals for project management consultancy for 1500 acres of land reclamation which encompasses the ecologically sensitive Middle Bank. Who cares about the ecology when Big Business is involved, right?
So refreshing to come across this initiative by the Pulau Tikus Adun. Please support this move to show that there are people who care for their local community and are concerned about issues of accessibility and sustainable transport.
This initiative is a great example of what an elected rep can do to promote awareness of local community and sustainable transport options.
Malaysians are bracing themselves for the onslaught of the GST regimen to add to the misery of Barang Naik. Elsewhere though, Proton has reportedly submitted a request for a RM1.7bn subsidy to the Economic Council chaired by Najib.
Is the MPPP serious about curtailing hill-top and hill-slope development? Or is Cleaner, Greener Penang just a feel-good slogan?
The Penang Forum Steering Committee has issued a statement.
This is tragic. Reports of an MH plane crash in eastern Ukraine, near the border with Russia. The plane was believed to be carrying close to 300 people from Amsterdam to KL.
Not long ago, when activists asked the Penang state government why it was pursuing the cross-channel tunnel-highways option instead of improving public transport, they were told that public transport comes under the federal government and there is little the state government can do about it. Remember?
We all know we need better public transport for Penang – but not at any price, not if it means more disastrous land swap deals involving even bigger tracts of land reclamation for more multi-million ringgit sea-view bungalows and condos.
Read this carefully and you will realise who is helping to finance the fat profits of the developers and the banks.
Some quotes from the president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica Cordano, regarded as the humblest president in the world.
Fr Julian Leow has been appointed the fourth Archbishop of the Kuala Lumpur diocese, succeeding Archbishop Emeritus Murphy Pakiam, who retired last year upon reaching the age of 75, as required under canon law.