Our train network. A magnificent legacy (though of course the trains were used back then largely to transport commodities to feed the Empire). But for almost a generation since the mid-1980s, while the government focused on the “national car” (which bled red ink) and tolled highway (cashcows), our trains and supporting infrastructure were neglected.
This is it – The Big Forum in Penang on 15 February 2020
This is it, the main event, organised by a string of grassroots, civil society, residents’ and fisherfolk representatives in Penang.
We are Water: Chap Go Meh by the river
Aida Redza and her troupe held participants at the riverside Chap Goh Meh gathering spellbound as they performed a dance in tribute to water called We are Water.
‘Mitigation’? Or another hillside project?
What’s going on here? Independent filmmaker Andrew Ng Yew San wonders what is happening at this hillside near Chee Seng Garden in Tanjung Bungah. It doesn’t look pretty.
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Two New Year wishes – and a ‘free gift’ for you
I would like to wish all my blog readers a Happy Lunar New Year.
A ‘Kipahit’ experience: Whither PH?
Hours after the Kimanis by-election result, the wisecracks were already circulating: “Kimanis has become Kipahit” (manis means sweet; pahit means bitter) for Pakatan Harapan.
Barisan Nasional romped home to victory in the Kimanis by-election in Sabah with a larger majority of 2,029 compared to its 156-vote majority in the 2018 general election.
One of the big issues that BN played up was the issue of the Sabah temporary pass, which the Sabah PH government plans to issue to undocumented persons in the state. Just two days before the by-election, speaker after speaker from BN railed against the proposed pass at a large rally. Full article on Aliran website
Good work, Latheefa…
Well done, Latheefa, for making public the revelations that have added some much-needed context and background to the kleptocratic government we had previously.
Book launch: Local Democracy Denied?
From his six years experience serving in the Penang Island City Council, Dr Lim Mah Hui shares his perspectives on local government and the way forward to strengthening local democracy, which includes not only bringing back local elections but just as importantly encouraging more public participation.
The other side of Maszlee Malik
Opinion is heavily polarised between those who wanted Maszlee Malik out as education minister out and those who want him to remain.
No justification to waste millions on expensive Mount Erskine underpass
The latest press statement by Penang Forum: