What draws people to Malaysia? Little to do with boutique hotels, Petronas Twin Towers, theme parks, glitzy malls or any other property development..
Speculators driving up George Town shophouse prices
The Unesco heritage listing has had a side-effect: people are snapping up shophouses, driving up the prices to ridiculous levels, in the process altering the economic, social and cultural landscape of the city.
Oh no, not monorail again – this time for Butterworth
First, grand designs for a tunnel, and now plans for a monorail for the Butterworth-Bagan Ajam-Kepala Batas and the Butterworth-Sungai Dua-Tasek Gelugor routes.
MPSP, MPPP implement gender-responsive budgeting
The Penang state government has set up a Penang Women’s Development Corporation, which is working with the Penang Island and Seberang Perai municipal councils to implement gender-responsive budgeting.
Thick-skinned, confused politicians
There are some thick-skinned, confused politicians around who are turning the concept of parliamentary democracy on its head.
Live – Women rally in PJ, Penang
Several thousand women are rallying in PJ this afternoon while others are expected to gather in solidarity at the Speakers Square in Penang this evening to call for an end to corruption, privatisation, violence and discrimination.
Clean up electoral process before polls
The latest controversy in our electoral rolls system is Selangor MB Khalid Ibrahim finding his polling constituency changed from Selangor to KL.
Can we stop thinking of voters’ ethnicity?
Come election time, we see politicians focusing on the ethnicity of the voters, whether at the national, state of local levels.
Few aware that Seberang Perai Local Plans on public display
The North and Central Seberang Perai Local Plans are now on public display – but most people remain in the dark.
Penang, street food paradise
Nothing comes close to Penang street food. This time, the Gourmet Traveller falls head over heels for street food you have to try at least once in your life.