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More buildings for Penang Botanic Garden!

The draft Special Area Plan for the Penang Botanic Garden reveals plans for at least three more major concrete structures in the Garden.

Adam was African, and we are all cousins-lah

I was intrigued to read about a local academic claiming that proto-Malays from the Sunda Shelf had fanned out into the world to become the ancestors to the human population. 

Taman Tun Dr Awang: Not quite Straits Quay

Taman Tun Dr Awang on mainland Penang faces Straits Quay across the channel on Penang Island – and they are just as far apart in terms of quality of life.

Taman Tun Dr Awang: Cleaner, greener Penang should start here - Photograph: Anil
In another world: Aerial view of Straits Quay - Photograph: straitsquay.com

NFC loan and MCA’s microcredit loans

Apart from the Sara loan scheme, two other loan schemes have been in the news – the NFC loan and the MCA’s microcredit loan scheme. 

After Proton, will KTM be next?

After Khazanah sells its 43 per cent stake in Proton to DRB-Hicom (owned by Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary), will the government privatise KTM next?

Botanic Garden draft plan ready for feedback

The draft Special Area Plan for the Penang Botanic Garden is now ready for public feedback.

New Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria makes his move

Without much fanfare, new Chief Justice Arifin Zakaria has made a few positive statements – but will they lead to a cleaner and more independent judiciary?

Latin America, Africa, Asia under-represented among Catholic cardinals

Come 18 February, Europe will have more than half the total number of cardinal electors even though Latin America, Africa and Asia account for more than two thirds of the global Catholic population.

Mahathir’s national car policy a big mistake

Khazanah’s sale of its 43 per cent stake in Proton to DRB-Hicom will close an unhappy chapter for the government’s foray into the production of a so-called ‘national car’.

It’s raining money II: The RM500 is distributed

This was the scene at Dewan Panorama in Taman Tun Dr Awang, Butterworth this morning, when RM500 each was given to the first batch of successful low-income applicants in the area.