Well done to fz.com for hosting this series. Usually the media tend to highlight the voices of hatred and sensationalism; so this dialogue is a breath of fresh air.
In absence of Local Plan, field day for developers in Penang
According to an activist: “Good report by Himanshu on the Penang Island Local Plan and development issues.”
The excuse that that the Penang Island Local Plan has to wait for the several Special Area Plans (SAP) is not acceptable “as the Local Plan has a higher hierachy over the SAP in the Town And Country Planning Act. It is standard practice to gazette the plans of higher hierachy first (ie. Structure Plan, Local Plan and then SAP) and not the other way round,” added the activist.
Botak Hill developer, director sue environmentalist Adun Teh Yee Cheu
First we had the horrendous scar on Botak Hill (Bukit Relau); now comes news that the developer, General Accomplishment Sdn Bhd, and one of its directors, Tan Kok Ping, is suing the environmentalist Penang State Assembly member for Tanjung Bungah, Teh Yee Cheu, for “slanderous statements”.
The remarks were allegedly made when Teh shaved his head bald in protest on 1 January 2014.
Why did 1MDB delay RM6.1bn loan repayment when it has billions parked overseas?
Something strange is happening at 1MDB that has left many analysts stumped.
Teluk Intan by-election: Can BN stop Dyana Sofya from entering Parliament?
Just three days to go. And the suspense is building up. For some it is too close to call. Let’s take a look at a few predictions.
Was the 1992 blackout ‘planned’ to create private power generation firms?
Was the 1992 blackout across wide swathes of the nation avoidable? Was it to pave the wave for the privatisation of TNB?
Selangor Kini, bearing the copyright of the Selangor state government, has published a report about former TNB CEO Ani Arope’s memoirs in which he claims the 1992 blackout need not have occurred as TNB had already made plans to expand capacity to meet future demand.
Bukit Gelugor by-election: Ramkarpal grabs 89 per cent of votes cast
Official result:
Ramkarpal Singh (DAP) – 41242 (89 per cent of votes cast compared to Karpal’s 79 per cent in GE13)
Huan Cheng Guan (Parti Cinta Malaysia) – 3583
Mohamed Nabi Bux Mohd Nabi Abd Sathar (Independent) – 799
Abu Backer Sidek Mohd Zan (Independent) – 225
Spoilt votes – 539
Total votes cast: 46388
Majority: 37659 (Karpal’s majority in GE13 – 42706)
Turnout: 46099 (56%) (86% in GE13)
(Discrepancy with total votes cast to be rechecked.)
All the three losing candidates lost their deposits.
Bukit Gelugor: Ramkarpal set to cruise to victory, only winning margin uncertain
The only question is the margin of victory for Ramkarpal Singh, in the face of an insipid challenge by a Parti Cinta Malaysia candidate and two independent candidates and with the BN staying out.
Rest in peace, Sr Julianna Lim
More than 500 mourners attended the funeral today of Sr Julianna Lim, who worked among the poor in Seremban through the IJ learning centre.
