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Praying in hope for an end to ISA

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Collective prayer: Justice and love will prevail over the ISA

About a hundred people turned up for the Mass  to pray for ISA detainees this evening at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Pulau Tikus, Penang. It is the latest in a series of Wednesday ISA services that is likely to continue until the ISA is repealed.

Parish priest Fr Marshall Fernandez pointed out that prayer is a powerful means of advancing the kingdom of love and justice and peace. It was also important to have hope, he said.

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Toll concessionaires should cut toll rates

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So all the toll concessionaires except for one are ready to reveal their toll concession agreements.

While almost everyone is blaming the hawkers and roti-canai vendors for not lowering their prices, the big guys escape public scrutiny and pressure to cut their toll rates.

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When the BN messed up the Esplanade…

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The PR Penang state government has probably learned a few hard lessons from the “Kings of Tennis” flop.  At the very least,  they will now learn to thoroughly scrutinise proposals from women and men in business suits who claim their ventures will be free i.e. at no cost to the state government.

I was just as interested to see  the concerned reaction by the BN folks towards the damage to the Esplanade.

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Penang state govt: How would you rate it so far?

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How would you rate the performance of the Penang state government so far?

Good? Too early to tell? Could be better? Disappointing?

Here’s one assessment by Khoo Kay Peng.

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Human rights youth camp in Penang

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Human Rights Camp 2008

Calling all youths out there!!

Amnesty International Malaysia will be organising a 3-day human rights youth camp for the first time in Penang on 29 Nov – 1 Dec.

Come and learn about fundamental human rights, the Malaysian human rights realities. There will be a movie, games, exposure trips to see and speak to human rights victims and how they stand up for their rights, discussions, sharing session by human rights activist and many more!!

Fees: RM 30 (inclusive of meals, accommodation and transportation for the exposure trip in Penang only)

Venue: Yayasan Aman, Permatang Pauh, Penang.

Hurry, register quickly as we have limited places!!

For more information please call Yohen at 03-7955 2680 or email yohendra@aimalaysia.org

PROGRAMME

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What should the petrol price be?

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Okay, you tell me what the local petrol price should be now, bearing in mind that they have removed subsidies completely now.

Of course, we also need to factor in the need to conserve scarce fossil fuels.

I think RM1.80 without any subsidy would be a more acceptable price now, taking into account the need to bring down food prices and stimulate the local economy while trying to encourage fossil fuel oil conservation and prevent wastage at the same time.

Thanks to Ong Eu Soon for compiling this chart:


 Petrol price Global crude

RM/litre US$/barrel
01/10/00 1.20 35
20/10/01 1.30 20
01/05/02 1.32 26
31/10/02 1.33 28
01/03/03 1.35 31
01/05/04 1.37 38
01/10/04 1.42 47
05/05/05 1.52 48
30/07/05 1.62 57
26/02/06 1.92 63
05/06/08 2.70 120
17/11/08 2.00 55
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No surprise that MPSP is nearly broke

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So there are questions being asked about what happened to the RM225 million in reserves held by the Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP). Today, the MPSP is nearly broke as Penang Gerakan chief Teng Hock Nan and Lim Guan Eng engage in a battle of words over the media.

But it’s not a big mystery really how the MPSP blew its reserves.

Some RM65 million was splurged on a new MPSP office building in Bandar Perda near Bukit Mertajam. On whose instruction? Then, there are all the expenses related to the new (white elephant?) Batu Kawan Stadium and a sports complex near Bukit Mertajam.

Apart from this, the BN-administered MPSP indulged in all kinds of “beautification projects” costing hundreds of thousands of ringgit while the basics such as proper drains for the whole town were neglected.

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Another Mass in Penang for ISA detainees

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Another Mass will be held for ISA detainees at 8.00pm today at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Pulau Tikus, Penang.

RPK has his statement recorded

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RPK is hauled up again for questioning today Photo by Rakyat@work

A cigar-puffing RPK at the Sentul police station this afternoon Photo by Rakyat@work

About 50 people, including the press, gathered outside the Sentul police station after 3.00pm today, as they waited for Raja Petra to have his statement recorded.

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Time to slash the petrol price

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I think it’s about time we slashed the petrol price, don’t you think?

When the price of petrol was increased from RM1.92 to RM2.70 – a hike of 41 per cent – on 5 June, the price of Nymex Light Sweet Crude was around US$125 per barrel (on 4-5 June).

The current oil price is around US$56/barrel, which is less than half of what it was at the time.

And yet, after three four reductions, our petrol price is still RM2.30 2.15 – nowhere near the RM1.92/litre of 5 June, when the price was US$125.

Even if we take the price of RM2.70 at 5 June, a 50 per cent reduction in line with global prices would be RM1.35/litre – certainly not more than RM1.90. It’s time for a sharp drop in pump prices.

But the most we can expect from this government is a 15-sen reduction to RM2.15 2.00/litre, which will not have much impact on overall domestic demand/consumer spending unlike the sharp rise earlier. Neither will it be able to reverse the rise in food prices as a result of the sharp hike earlier.

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