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Maintenance challege for low-income housing

The biggest challenge for low-cost housing in the country – apart from actually building enough low-cost homes – is the maintenance of these blocks.

Lynas, can you take a ‘hint’?

Lynas Corp and management team, the people have spoken. In case you have difficulty hearing, listen carefully to the voices in this video by Victor Chin.

Lynas Corp’s website still down

This is the message when you try to access Lynas Corporation’s website. Obviously they had problems securing their website.

Guan Eng: “I feel threatened”

In a police report, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng describes the ugly scenes on Sunday, when thugs disrupted the Stop Lynas event at Speakers’ Square.

Nurul Izzah reports attempted assault

Another incident of thuggish behaviour. A man lunged forward towards Nurul Izzah during her ceramah in Gambang, Pahang on Sunday – just hours after the disruption of the Stop Lynas gathering in Penang.

What kind of development do we want for Penang?

Surely we need a balanced, sustainable model of development that would also preserve our social and cultural heritage.

MPPP councillor Dr Lim Mah Hui made the following address at a full council meeting of the MPPP on 24 February 2012.

Images from Penang Stop Lynas gathering

Despite the disruption by the mob at Speakers’ Square yesterday, there were more positive scenes at the Himpunan Hijau 2.0 solidarity gathering in Penang.

Thugs disrupt Penang anti-Lynas protest

A group of about 50 unruly pro-Umno thugs tried to disrupt the anti-Lynas solidarity gathering at Speakers’ Square in Penang this evening.

Himpunan Hijau 2.0: New environmental consciousness blossoms

Today’s gathering of some 15000 people in Kuantan was probably the biggest environmental protest in Malaysian history.

Live – Some 15000 show up to protest Lynas plant

Kuantan was turned into a sea of green this morning as some 15000 people turned up for the Himpunan Hijau 2.0 gathering to protest at Lynas Corporation’s construction of a rare earth refinery.