Why is the MH370 cargo manifest a secret, even to search-and-rescue partners? That is the question on the minds of many Malaysians. And that non-disclosure has fuelled all kinds of theories.
Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2: CAP, SAM disappointed over DEIA approval
CAP and Sahabat Alam Malaysia have issued a statement expressing disappointment over the apparent approval of the detailed EIA for the land reclamation under Phase 2 of the Seri Tanjung Pinang project.
Aljazeera on the Allah controversy
It is sad that the Bible Society of Malaysia feels they have to move its base from Selangor to KL to avoid coming under the jurisdiction of the Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais).
Seri Tanjung Pinang: Less than four weeks is all it took for DOE approval
14 March 2014 was the closing date for submission of feedback on the draft Detailed Environmental Impact Assessment for Phase 2 of the Seri Tanjung Pinang project, involving 891 acres of land reclamation. According to E&O, the DOE issued its approval letter on 10 April. That is super quick – less than four weeks.
It takes much longer to approve a building plan. In some cases, it takes longer to get a licence to operate hawker stalls.
But for Big Business …
Hishammuddin’s exchange with CNN journalist
Incidentally, Hishammuddin was with Home Minister Zahid Hamidi at an Umno retreat at the Institut Latihan Memperkasa Umno, in Janda Baik, Bentong, Pahang, 60-70km from KL, on the night MH370 went missing.
South-East Asian property market carries growing risks
Among other things, this Oxford Analytica report (link above) says:
South-east Asian banks will be tested as the eventual end of quantitative easing affects local currencies, capital flows, financial asset prices, borrowing costs and repayment capabilities of corporate and household borrowers. A rise in interest rates and cost of borrowing could prompt a surge in bad loans.
DOE SHOCKER! Conditional approval speedily granted for Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2 detailed EIA
The ‘super-efficient’ Department of the Environment has hurriedly given a conditional approval for the detailed Environmental Impact Assessment for a massive 891-acre land reclamation project under Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2, which has alarmed a string of civil society groups and concerned Penangites.
Huge potential property oversupply in Iskandar: Edge
And so it begins. The Edge reports that over the last few months, the ‘promised land’ of the Iskandar region has witnessed a series of mega land deals, including those involving land reclamation, which have “shocked the market and changed sentiment”.
Jais raids Ahmadiyya Friday prayer session
Some 30 personnel from the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) raided a solat (prayer) centre in Jalan Batu Caves used by a group calling itself the Jamaat Ahmadiyya Muslim Malaysia.
MH370 and those mangosteens
Many Malaysians are curious to know more about the off-season mangosteens said to be in the cargo of MH370. And they continue to wonder why mangosteens need to be “collated” in Muar before being sent to KLIA.