Malaysian artiste HeyMun Tan, who won the folk/singer-songwriter category of the US-based 2013 Unsigned Only Music Competition, has come out with a new single based on her recent trip to New York.
If you can’t stand The Heat …
The new English-language weekly, The Heat, has received a show-cause letter and then been suspended indefinitely, according to media reports.
Snapshot of a highway toll concessionaire’s profits
These are the results for the last five years of Lingkaran Trans Kota Holdings Berhad (Litrak), the concessionaire for the Damansara Puchong Expressway (LDP), a major 40km highway in the Klang Valley.
Traffic volume along the LDP has increased by 3.3 per cent since last year, contributing to a higher profit in 2013. Earlier, in 2007, the government had agreed to compensate Litrak with RM150m after coming out with a revised toll structure for the period 2007-2010.
Old Penang – Ferry services (updated)
This was a ferry shuttling to and from the Malayan Railway jetty along Weld Quay on the island and the railway station at Prai Junction on the mainland.
Old Penang – Batu Ferringhi
A rare photo of Batu Ferringhi circa 1920. Quite different from today, no.
Mandela quotes you are unlikely to see in the corporate media
These are some quotes selected by the Common Dreams website from various quotes attributed to Nelson Mandela on Wikiquotes.
Penang Forum supports measures to cool house price increases
The Steering Committee of the Penang Forum welcomes and supports the recent announcement by the Penang State Government to introduce new measures to cool the escalation of house prices in recent years.
Vatican accepts KL Archbishop Murphy Pakiam’s resignation
Francis, the Bishop of Rome, has “accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, presented by Bishop Murphy Nicholas Xavier Pakiam, upon having reached the age limit” of 75.
Draft special area plan a threat to Penang Hill: S M Idris
CAP president SM Mohamed Idris expresses his concern about the Penang Hill draft special area plan which he fears will open the gates to infrastructure that could threaten the ecology and tranquility of the hill.
Francis seeks grassroots Catholics’ views on contentious family issues
Catholics across the world are being asked by the Bishop of Rome for their views on contentious issues such as contraception, same-sex unions, and communion for divorced and remarried couples.
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