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Support this dialogue on mobility at Pulau Tikus

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.

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This initiative is a great example of what an elected rep can do to promote awareness of local community and sustainable transport options.

Rakyat have to pay GST – while Bukhary’s Proton asks for RM1.7bn?

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.

Another botak hill – Whither Cleaner, Greener Penang?

Is the MPPP serious about curtailing hill-top and hill-slope development? Or is Cleaner, Greener Penang just a feel-good slogan?

Photograph: theSun
Photograph: theSun

The Penang Forum Steering Committee has issued a statement.

Shooting down of Malaysia Airlines plane: Some questions

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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.

So if Penang can build an LRT system, why do we need a road-tunnel?

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?

Oh no, not more massive swap deals in Penang!

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.

Who is making the developers and bankers rich?

Read this carefully and you will realise who is helping to finance the fat profits of the developers and the banks.

Lessons from the world’s humblest president

Some quotes from the president of Uruguay, Jose Mujica Cordano, regarded as the humblest president in the world.

Julian Leow succeeds Murphy Pakiam as Archbishop of KL

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The new Archbishop of KL, Rev Julian Leow – Photograph: revjorgepackia.blogspot.com

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.

Now Penang turns to Perak for water

Now, Penang is seeking intervention from Putrajaya to facilitate the acquisition of water from Perak. The problem is that the Penang government wants cheap raw water, but Perak, whose water tariff is double that of Penang’s, is only interested in selling treated water.