From what I understand, the MPPP (Perancangan Pembangunan) has not received any application for the City of Dreams project nor does it have any information about it.
Finalist protests removal of ABU painting from Balai Seni
A vivid painting titled ‘alksnaabknuaunmo’ by Cheng Yenpheng, a finalist in the Bakat Muda Sezaman 2013 art competition, was reportedly removed just before the award ceremony attended by Tourism and Culture Minister Mohd Nazri Aziz.
Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2 EIA report on display – but few aware
The Seri Tanjung Pinang Phase 2 EIA report is on public display at Level 4 of Komtar until 21 February – but response to view the three volumes has been poor.
The process appears to be just going through the motions. One concerned Penangite who viewed the volumes said the previous person to view them had come a week earlier!
Anwar Ibrahim interview ‘not permitted’ on BFM’s terrestrial radio channel
“This interview was not permitted to be aired on BFM’s terrestrial radio channel,” said a notice on the BFM website. The interview was supposed to have been aired on the station’s Evening Edition.
Malaysia’s press freedom ranking falls below Myanmar’s
Limbo low now, how low can you go? Malaysia is now ranked lower than Myanmar in Reporters Without Borders 2014 press freedom ranking.
Electricity bills rise by 12-17 per cent …
… for those whose previous monthly electricity bills ranged from RM120-RM200. The percentage increase will be more than 17 per cent for those whose monthly bills were higher than RM200 under the old tariff structure.
‘NGO’ badgers Rafizi Ramli at Penang ceramah
The situation at a PKR ceramah in Penang threatened to get out of hand when a group referring to itself as an ‘NGO’ shouted at one of the speakers, Rafizi Ramli, for allegedly failing to immediately respond to an impending eviction along Waterfall Road.
Penang tunnel: Award tender, then carry out feasibility study?
There is something rather unusual about the sequencing of the Penang tunnel project process.
Heads turn at unusual kampung wedding in Tasek Gelugor
Old friends were reunited at a joyous celebration of the wedding of ‘bridge-builder’ Abdul Rahman Kasim’s son Izzani and Nor Azila in a kampung in Tasek Gelugor on mainland Penang this afternoon.
IWK pipe discharges effluent into Batu Ferringhi River (Video)
A video reportedly shows effluent flowing into Batu Ferringhi River from a pipe connected to the IWK sewage treatment plant.