What do you think of the new Pakatan, which includes Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s new party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia?
Taman Rimba Kiara and the importance of local plans
Local Plans, properly done with genuine public participation, are so important in ensuring proper planning and sustainable development of a kind that most people would be comfortable with.
Light Waterfront Penang enters phase two
Phase 2 is the RM4.5bn Light City, which will cover 33 acres of reclaimed land out of the 152-acre Light Waterfront Penang project.
Young writers workshop in Penang this weekend
A two-day young writers workshop with the theme youth and activism is being held in Penang this weekend.
Bagan Ajam fishermen going through hard times
Fishermen in Bagan Ajam in northern Butterworth are experiencing tough times as their catch has dwindled in recent years.
Emotional Hokkien movie set in 1970s Penang is the talk of town
After all the bad news about money games in Penang, people here needed a lift, and along comes a movie, the first Penang Hokkien movie – a movie about difficult family life in Old Penang, which has received positive reviews from friends who have seen it.
1MDB black hole widens again as Bandar Malaysia deal unravels
I was midway writing a follow-up to my earlier piece ‘Black hole of 1MDB’, when news broke that the Bandar Malaysia deal had fallen through.
QNet convention comes to Spice again
Once again, thousands of delegates have converged in Penang for a large but low-profile direct selling convention dubbed #VCON17 at the Spice convention centre in Penang.
Satellite images show more forests being logged in Ulu Muda
Why is the Ulu Muda water catchment area so important? Because it supplies 80 per cent of Penang’s water requirements, 96 per cent of Kedah’s and 50 per cent of Perlis’.
Workers’ Day blues: When food prices make your stomach churn
This evening I was at a local fruit vendor’s stall and happened to overhear another customer, a young woman, with a child nearby, speaking in Tamil into her cellphone: “I was planning to buy this fruit,” she said, “but when I saw the vela (price), I couldn’t.”