Anwar Ibrahim will be president of the party while Wan Azizah won’t be contesting.
Sungai Kandis by-election: PKR’s vote share rises from 55.6% to 61.4%
PKR has won the by-election with a reduced majority of 5,872 votes on the back of a low turnout of 49.4%, but its share of the votes actually rose from 55.6% to 61.4%.
Groundswell grows against controversial RM8bn Penang highway plan
More and more people are speaking out against the much-criticised contractor-and-developers’ 19.5km highway plan in Penang, which will affect a few hundred homes and cross over much-loved parks in Penang.
Penang Forum applauds ministry’s initial effort to improve ferry service
This statement just out now: Penang Forum welcomes the news that Prasarana Malaysia Bhd which is owned by the Ministry of Transport is allocating RM90m to improve the cross-channel ferry service in Penang. Penang Forum applauds the minister of transport for taking this important step.
Ex-state assembly member’s plea to make SRS plan public
The former Penang state assembly member for Pulau Tikus, Yap Soo Huey, in an address at Speakers’ Square, has urged the Penang state government to make fully public the SRS’s exorbitant RM46bn plan for transport infrastructure – all 20 volumes of it – instead of the limited public display they had in the past.
Request for proposals is not open tender
This is the third article in a series to explain why Penang State Government should commission an independent review of the SRS proposed Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP).
Dr Ahmad Hilmy, Associate Professor, USM. Technology cluster — transport system and Dr Lim Mah Hui is a former professor, international banker and Penang Island city councillor.
How SRS’ proposal deviates from the original Penang transport masterplan
This is the second article in a series to explain why the Penang government should review the Penang transport masterplan. Written by Ahmad Hilmy and Lim Mah Hui.
Pan Island Link mega project visuals: Who is misleading whom?
The state government, in trying to defend the mega Pan Island Link highway project (proposed by a major contractor and two Penang-based property developers), has lambasted critics for posting “misleading visuals” which it described as “fake”.
Unrealistic air quality figures for controversial Penang highway, asserts scholar
Roger Teoh, a PhD postgraduate studying at the Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London, has come up with an immediate rebuttal of the Penang state government’s latest attempt to defend the RM9bn mega highway project proposed by a major contractor and two Penang-based developers.
PIL highway ‘incompatible’ with application for Penang Hill Unesco biosphere listing
The RM9bn six-lane highway which will tunnel through 10km of the hills of Penang are “clearly incompatible” with plans to get Unesco to list the hill as a protected biosphere, a former senior Unesco advisor has said.