Blog visitor Kevin sent in this photo of a pedestrian pavement in Ipoh. Not perfect, the idea is there. But still see what look like obstructions in the path that might hinder wheelchair movement.
A pavement in Ipoh
Mujahid responds to Jais’ raid on Bible Society of Malaysia
Parit Buntar MP Mujahid Yusof Rawa has responded to the raid on the Bible Society of Malaysia yesterday by the Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) yesterday.
Mysterious City of Dreams emerges in Penang
A new high-end exclusive condo project, City of Dreams, has set tongues wagging in the property scene while raising several issues that require clarification.
Terrible traffic conditions, says visitor
A visitor to this blog, Tourist from Munich , had some scathing comments about the traffic situation here.
Here’s an example:
Protesters surge into Dataran Merdeka to usher in New Year with anti-price hikes rally
A large crowd estimated at 10000 surged past police and DBKL barriers into Dataran Merdeka to usher in 2014 with a protest against a broad range of tariff, toll and price hikes.
Happy New Year to all readers – and a blog report for 2013
Here’s wishing you a very Happy New Year, Barang Naik notwithstanding! You might be interested to check out a report on this blog for 2013.
Malaysia ranks fourth in illicit financial outflows 2002-2011
Malaysia ranks fourth in the list of the top 25 countries with the highest measured cumulative illicit financial outflows from 2002 to 2011, according to Global Financial Integrity. Over the last decade, some RM1.2 trillion flowed out of the country. Where is all that money being parked?
Another theme park for Penang; more to come (updated)
Update:(30 December 2013): Not being a real estate lawyer, I didn’t realise that a private company can actually lease the sea from the state! Like most people (including the fisher folk), I was under the impression that the beaches and the sea are supposed to be public property. These comments from a report in The Star today:
Theme Park Concepts and Services Sdn Bhd, the operator of Wet World Wild, described the comments (in this blog) as “strange”.
“We’ve had about 800 visitors so far and they all loved it,” said its regional account director Melvin Kuo.
Kuo also said two fishermen tried to cast their nets next to the park’s floating ramp yesterday.
“They don’t understand that we took a lease for the sea off Moonlight Bay and kept insisting the sea is public property,” he said.
“We are paying almost RM8,000 a year to the state government to lease about 1ha of land and sea surface,” he said.
RM8000 a year? That’s about the annual rental for a small basic apartment.
Some of you commenters are also mentioned in the full report in The Star.
Original post (27 December 2013):
The RM3m Wet World Wild Adventure Park had its soft launch in Penang on Christmas Day.
Is Penang the most expensive place in Malaysia?
The Malaysian Insider has suggested that Penang is more expensive to live in than Kuala Lumpur. What do you think?
Flashback: The 2001 ISA arrests
A timely reminder of the purported grounds used to arrest the reformasi activists under the ISA in 2001.