Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has responded to the destruction of Candi no. 11 in the historical Bujang Valley region.
Electricity tariffs up by 15-17% after TNB posts RM4.6bn profit
Only recently, 1 November 2013, a business press report told us how well TNB had performed in 2013.
Another deficit forecasted for Penang even though previous actual results show surpluses
The Penang state government has come up with yet another budgeted deficit, RM255m for 2014, even though the actual results in previous years have shown surpluses.
2012 – RM114m actual surplus – Accumulated reserves RM825m (as at end-2012)
2013 – RM262m budget deficit (but surplus expected)
2014 – RM255m budget deficit
Poll: What do you think of the pay hikes for Selangor reps?
The pay hikes for the Selangor Mentri Besar, executive councillors, Speaker, deputy Speaker and assembly members are excessive and come at a time when the rakyat are feeling the pinch of the higher cost of living.
What do you think? Looks like the poll below shows less than 50 per cent of you think the pay hikes are justified.
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Malaysian activists stage protest at Lynas’ headquarters in Australia
Six Malaysian activists from Himpunan Hijau are in the midst of a week-long ‘occupation’ in front of the Lynas Corp headquarters in Sydney to protest at the toxic rare earth refinery in Kuantan, Malaysia.
Francis rocks church with radical rethink of economy
Francis, the Bishop of Rome, has come out with a new apostolic exhortation, The Joy of the Gospel, that recognises the need to resolve “the structural causes of poverty” without delay.
Everyone should ponder over these words:
Welfare projects, which meet certain urgent needs, should be considered merely temporary responses. As long as the problems of the poor are not radically resolved by rejecting the absolute autonomy of markets and financial speculation and by attacking the structural causes of inequality,[173] no solution will be found for the world’s problems or, for that matter, to any problems. Inequality is the root of social ills.
As congestion worsens, Penang asks Putrajaya to fulfil public transport pledge
Penang is asking the federal government to fulfil its pledge on public transport by building an LRT or MRT system – but the danger with that is the state could risk having a monorail system dumped on it!
Tecoma folk step up campaign against fast food giant
Residents of Tecoma, a village 40km east of Melbourne in Australia, took their campaign against a fast food giant to a ‘higher note’ with this creative performance.
Crucial info missing from draft Penang Hill special area plan display
The Jabatan Perancang Bandar dan Desa will be briefing the public on the draft Penang Hill special area plan on Sunday, 1 December at 10.00am at Auditorium A, fifth floor, Komtar.
