Sydney plans to introduce a light rail system that features trams without the usual overhead cables in a bid to reduce the visually intrusive clutter usually associated with such systems.
Sydney to introduce wire-free trams
Tanjung Bungah ‘sore thumb’: What’s going on?
This is the view from the Springtide condos in Tanjung Bungah. Note the reclamation using soil/rocks from levelling at the top.
Malaysian-born artist HeyMun wins in major US-based music competition
HeyMun, whose hometown is Petaling Jaya, has come out tops in the folk/singer-songwriter category of the US-based 2013 Unsigned Only Music Competition with this song:
Fuel price hike wrong approach to fiscal reform: Institut Rakyat
Institut Rakyat has come up with a quite a good analyis of the implications of the petrol price hike.
Marudi primary school pupils forced to bathe in murky pond water
While the son of the Sarawak Chief Minister is said (by his estranged wife) to be worth more than RM2bn, pupils in one primary school, SK Puyut, near Marudi in Sarawak are forced to bathe in a nearby pond “because water supply to the area is unreliable and most days the taps are dry”.
Reclaiming our streets: Towards sustainable transport
Fed up after the petrol price hike? Depressed over inadequate public transport? Why not channel your frustrations into something more productive such as lobbying for sustainable public transport? Penang Forum and the Working Group on Public Transport are holding a forum in Penang soon.
Photo of the day: Bridge-builders at work
While recent divisive controversies like the Tanda Putera movie grabbed the attention of Malaysians over the Merdeka weekend, other Malaysians were quietly building bridges behind the scenes.
11% petrol price hike – but where is our improved public transport?
BARANG NAIK! The price of RON95 petrol will be hiked by 20 sen from midnight today as the government tries to narrow its fiscal deficit – but this will only add to the burden for Malaysians faced with poor public transport options.
Bukit Relau: MPPP says ‘insufficient evidence’ … really?
The MPPP has come up with an unbelievable reason for being unable to act under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 against the firm responsible for illegally clearing the Bukit Relau hill-top: the council says it has insufficient evidence.