An article in theSun today discusses loopholes that could allow four high-rise condo towers to be built on a site in Pykett Avenue, Penang, where one stood a mansion that was demolished without local council approval. Are we heading for a Metropole Hotel-style ‘solution’?
Pykett Avenue loophole?
Flyovers, road-widening won’t eliminate jams
At least one person in government now realises that building flyovers and widening roads won’t solve congestion on the roads.
‘Penang, what are you doing?’
A couple from Germany, regular visitors to Penang, won’t be coming back again after seeing the northern coast of the island turning into a concrete jungle.
This letter is from today’s Sun:
Interfaith walk for peace, sustainable environment
Well before dawn on Sunday, 22 May, some 300 people of different faiths walked 5km from Hong Hock Si Temple in Perak Road to China Street Ghaut in George Town.
Green Lane: RM27m to ease jams – and then what?
The MPPP plans to spend RM27m to widen roads and build overhead turn-off ramps in the suburbs under the first phase of a project to ease anticipated congestion once the second Penang Bridge opens. But what happens after that?
Well, there’s phase two, which calls for a multi-level overhead turn-off ramp and a couple of underpasses to cut below Jalan Masjid Negeri.
Fukushima meltdown’s grave consequences
They didn’t give you the real picture about the Fukushima meltdown from the start. Now our environment – the seas and the air – is being contaminated.
Meet the Lynas Corp directors
These are the men behind Lynas Corporation, which is bringing to the folks in Kuantan a controversial rare earth refinery.
Francis Loh speaks on ‘New Politics’
Aliran secretary Prof Francis Loh will be speaking tomorrow, Saturday, 21 May from 11.00am – 2.00pm at The Annexe Gallery, Central Market Annex, KL.
Live – Protest against Lynas plant
Live updates on the protest against the Lynas rare earth refinery near Kuantan and the latest situation in Kuala Lumpur.
See the multi-ethnic crowd in the Malaysiakini photo slideshow.
Storm brews over Lynas Corp’s rare earth refinery
A revealing documentary on Lynas Corporation’s plan to build a rare earth refinery near Kuantan, followed by a debate between a BN (MIC) MP and a Pakatan (PKR) MP.
The big question – one not answered satisfactorily – is why wasn’t this plant built in Australia? Watch the interviewer’s sceptical glare at 6:04-6:08 when she interviews the Lynas head honcho.