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25 bungalows on Penang Turf Club site

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The Penang Turf Club is to build 25 bungalows in a RM30 million project which it hopes will generate close to RM2 million annually in rental income.

The bungalows will be built on 5.6 acres of land on the fringe of the racecourse.

Presumably this is on the same land which the Koh administration scandalously rezoned from recreational land to new or mixed development land – which was eventually slated for Patrick Lim’s outrageous Penang Global City Centre project.

I just wonder what was stopping the Penang local government from re-zoning it back to recreational land use after the PGCC project failed to take off.

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Another public space lost?

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Something is happening in front of the Dewan Sri Pinang on the quiet. Why is it that we seem to be losing many of our public spaces?

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Palm trees are chopped down and fencing sprouts up instead: Another open space lost? – Photos by Anil

It so happens that this is the same area where the Abolish ISA candlelight vigils were held in September and October 2008. Perhaps the local government can tell us what is going on here.

Check out the photo below taken just over a year ago and compare and contrast.

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Mara college’s expensive laptops

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Some might consider RM4,000 or RM5,000 for a laptop to be a bit pricey – but what do you think of RM42,320 for a laptop?

That’s what Kolej Kemahiran Tinggi Mara Balik Pulau in Penang reportedly paid for Acer laptops.

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It’s a boy!

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It turns out that an earlier mid-air medical emergency caused the delay in departure of the Air Asia flight from Kuching to Penang last night.

The plane, on an earlier flight from Penang to Kuching, was forced to divert to KLIA after a woman on board went into labour, according to a passenger.

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Disgruntled Air Asia passenger

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Just got a called from someone I know who was supposed to be on an Air Asia flight (AK605) from Kuching to Penang departing at 9.05pm.

Now the flight has been delayed to 10.45pm. And it’s not the first time this is happening to him.

By the time he reaches Penang it will be well past midnight – so the taxi fare to his home will now cost over RM100 instead of the usual RM65. And then there is the lost sleep.

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“Dr Death” drops bombshell at Teoh inquest

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Thailand’s most senior forensic pathologist, the renowned Dr Pornthip Rojanasunand, dropped a bombshell at the Teoh Beng Hock inquest today.

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Dr Pornthip is the Director-General of the Central Forensic Science Institute, Ministry of Justice, in Bangkok - Photo credit: thaitsunamihelp.org

This is the latest via Twitter from Malaysian Insider:

  • Dr Pornthip steps out of witness box.
  • Dr Pornthip says, “I never want to criticise the police & doctors.”
  • Dr Pornthip requests Azmil to make statement to media, stresses she is here to offer opinion only.
  • Magistrate Azmil Munthapa Abas, acting as coroner, thanks Dr Pornthip for helping inquest.
  • Dr Pornthip says will take longer time due to decomposition of body but that won’t affect her final analysis.
  • Dr Pornthip tells court she is prepared to do 2nd autopsy even if have to exhume Teoh’s body.
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Yet another hill-slope protest in Tg Bunga

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Yet another “tea party” in Tanjung Bunga, Penang. This time residents gathered over Diwali near the Pearl Hill town houses to protest against property development projects on steep hill-slopes.

Photos by a Tg Bunga resident.

In this instance, they wanted to draw particular attention to the Dynamic HomePro town house project located right below the Pearl Hill town houses and in front of the homes of residents of Solok Tan Jit Seng.

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Penang monorail: the South African connection

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The latest Edge weekly reports sources as saying that the Penang state government has given the green light to a low-profile businessman, Jeyakumar Varathan, to build and commission a RM70-million monorail test track on a 30-acre site in Batu Kawan.

The paper suggested that this could be a sign that the state is embarking on its own monorail plans and cited sources as saying that the groundbreaking for the project could be in December.

Jeyakumar’s consortium may first have to prove that its technology is viable before it can build a monorail network in Penang, the paper added.

Some questions arise:

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Kg Tanjung Tokong villagers ponder their fate

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These images from Kg Tanjung Tokong were taken during a Raya event on Sunday, 11 October at a time when the villagers are facing an uncertain future.

Photos by Kim MK

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Aliran Singers gearing up for performance

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Are you depressed about the socio-political situation? This could be just the antidote for you: the Aliran Singers.

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The Aliran Singers breaking out in song and parody – Photo courtesy of Aliran Monthly

The Aliran Singers are gearing up to perform at a celebratory dinner in Penang on Saturday, 24 October 2009. The singers are coming together again after a two-year break to sing about the current political situation, which should be a whole lot of fun. The special guest artiste for the evening is singer Pete Teo, the producer of the popular 15Malaysia video-clips released recently.

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