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Operation Lalang and the lust for power

Today is the 25th anniversary of Operation Lalang in 1987.

What is happening at Jalan S P Chelliah?

The MPPP has 22 acres of land at Jalan S P Chelliah, which it could use for public purposes.


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High density: The letter that was ‘withdrawn’

This is the MPPP letter that was circulating on the Internet which is presumably the one that has now reportedly been “withdrawn”.

High density ‘KIV’ ruffles feathers

It looks as if the MPPP’s announcement of a freeze in applications for high-density development has caused a stir.

Funny statistics on Penang home prices

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Many people are worried about rising housing prices in Penang. It doesn’t help that certain quarters are manipulating statistics to distort the picture.

Johor stirring

Scenes from PKR ceramahs in Johor on 20 October.

Penang Botanic Garden: Spot the difference

Check out these two images of the Penang Botanic Garden – and spot the difference between fantasy and reality.

Visit our wonderful parks and gardens… says the Ministry of Tourism, in an ad which appeared in The Star yesterday.

Tourism Malaysia ad

Penang kicks off bicycle lanes plan

The MPPP has come up with a plan to introduce bicycle lanes on the island. The RM30m first phase will see a 12.5km dedicated bicycle lane along the east coast from Queensbay Mall to George Town scheduled for completion within two years.

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Penang’s bicycle lanes plan is now open for public feedback.

More accolades for Penang street food

A Guardian correspondent thinks George Town has “the best street food in Asia”, while Granta, a magazine founded in 1889 by students at Cambridge University, regards Penang as “The Island of Hawkers”.

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A char koay teow cook busy in action at a hawker centre along Jalan Raja Uda in Butterworth

SXI’s Brother Charles Levin – passing of an institution

These are the gardens that Brother Charles tended to with the help of the St Xavier’s Institution groundskeeper.

In the slideshow above, you can also see a photo of a desktop computer system just set up by friends for Brother Charles to use on the same weekend as his fall. He never got to use it.