A Singaporean “lifestyle property developer” has entered into a joint-venture with Beverly Heights Properties Sdn Bhd to develop land that covers Pepper Estate in Penang – a move that could result in the displacement of an established local community.
Bukit Relau/Botak Hill: Corporate culprit fined RM30000!
Update (The Star): “General Accomplishment Sdn Bhd was fined RM30,000 in default three years jail for carrying out earthworks on Bukit Relau without a written permission from the local authorities. The company’s general manager, Rohana Shariff, pleaded guilty on Thursday to the charge on behalf of the company before Sessions judge Khairul Anuar Abdul Halim.”
Now let’s see what happens next on the hill-top. They will probably lie low for a few months, maybe even a couple of years, and then… But the big question remains unanswered and will not go away: How did the State Planning Committee rezone this hill-top land to housing?
A new photograph taken on 6 July shows that the hill-clearing goes quite a way down, turning the hill into an eye-sore. Meanwhile, the Penang Forum Steering Committee has written to the MPPP.
Pepper Estate: We are not ‘squatters’, says resident
A blog visitor from Pepper Estate shares with us the reality on the ground.
Francis tells future priests, nuns to buy humble bicycles
Pope Francis continues to set the tone in moulding a church of the poor, which would be truer to Gospel values. Now he is advocating that future priests and nuns use humble bicycles.
Pepper Estate: Demolitions begin; residents unite
Three out of the 300-odd houses in Pepper Estate in Penang have been demolished, but residents are coming together to prevent further damage to their houses.
How a Sri Lanka civil war documentary screening was disrupted
This was what happened when Komas organised a screening of ‘No Fire Zone’, a documentary about the events leading up to the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka when thousands of people were killed in extra-judicial executions and shelling.
Penang tunnel-highways mega project: Little-known Ewein in the news
Little-known Ewein Bhd is making the news in the business press. If the reports are to be believed, the firm is on the verge of landing a major contract relating to the Penang tunnel-highways project.
With all the chatter in recent days, the share price of Ewein, which is involved in precision sheet metal fabrication and plastic injection moulding, has soared:
Bukit Relau: PHT urges MPPP to take stern action
The Penang Heritage Trust has written a letter to the MPPP president urging her to take stern action in response to the illegal development at the top of Bukit Relau in Penang.
Sarawak Report editor barred from entering Sarawak (Video)
Clare Rewcastle Brown had arrived at Kuching Aiport to defend herself against defamation charges – but the irony is, she was unable to get past immigration.