Australia’s House of Representatives this morning passed a motion condemning the Australian federal government over its plan to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia. It is the first time after a long while that both Houses of Parliament have condemned a government policy decision.
51 govt websites attacked, 41 disrupted
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has revealed that 51 .gov.my websites were attacked and 41 of those have been disrupted at various levels.
A meeting with the E&O management
Three persons from the Penang Forum, including me, were invited to a meeting with the E&O Group’s management, including its CEO.
Bayan Mutiara and land use
Another township coming up. How about also allocating space for organic vegetable farms and orchards? With food prices soaring and the not impossible prospect of global food shortages, we need to be self-sufficient in food.
Lynas plant: People’s Green Coalition gives IAEA panel a earful
The People’s Green Coalition has told an IAEA panel it strongly opposes Lynas Corporation’s rare earth refinery in Gebeng, Pahang.
The video of the session is in three parts below. The Coalition was stopped from video recording 15 minutes into the session and the video camera was covered with a sheet of paper. From part two onwards, only an audio recording is available.
“Cheng! Cheng! Cheng!” – Chinese street medicine men of 1960s Penang
Tunglang takes us on another journey to the past in old George Town, Penang, this time recalling the street performances put up by Chinese medicine men in Magazine Circus in the 1960s.
Old Penang: St Xavier’s Institution
Here’s something that some ex-Xaverians found out when they attended a reunion bash: St Xavier’s Institution in Penang is probably the oldest surviving formal school in the land.
New look Pas heralds new era
The new look Pas has given many Malaysians reason to hope that a more inclusive brand of politics is possible.
This is a piece I wrote for Asia Times:
Penang Hill Railway … another problem
It’s getting worrying at the Penang Hill Railway.
Higher densities despite the Penang Structure Plan 2020
The Penang Forum is an umbrella grouping of some of the main NGOs in Penang. The steering committee of the grouping has issued the following statement: