This piece is by Roger Teoh, a postgraduate student studying for a PhD at the Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London:
The link between transport policy and social equity is often an important issue left undiscussed in the developing world. This article attempts to provide a fresh perspective, analysing the element of social equity in the proposed Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP).
What’s going on in our country when even the authorities seem helpless to contain the lawlessness perpetrated by another pro-Umno mob?
Hello everyone, the draft revised Penang Structure Plan 2020 is available for public viewing from December for two months.
MP for Kelana Jaya Wong Chen has alerted Malaysians that the amendments to Hadi’s bill have been delivered to MPs.
According to Wong Chen, “He (Hadi) has finally abandoned his hudud punishment agenda and he will now pursue instead a maximum of 30 years jail sentence, RM100,000 fine and 100 strokes.”
The pro-Umno Red Shirts should think twice if they plan to create a ruckus in Kuala Lumpur on 19 November. China, which has just entered into a slew of investment agreements with Malaysia, will no doubt be watching events here with interest.
This is an article I wrote for Aliran:
It must be a confusing time to be one of the nationalist pro-Umno Red Shirts. What would they make of the giant state-run and listed firms from China that are now going to be involved in billions and billions of ringgit worth of infrastructure contracts in Malaysia?
It is amazing that these Red Shirts seem to think they have free rein to intimidate and try and stop others from exercising their basic rights. What are the authorities doing about such brazen behaviour?
Have these Red Shirts given 10 days’ notice for their outdoor gatherings (aimed at intimidation) as required under the Peaceful Assembly Act?
Is this the kind of Malaysia we want? Malaysians must condemn such behaviour, urges Bersih 2.0.
#StopTheIntimidation.
MBPP councillor Dr Lim Mah Hui wrote this commentary after an exchange with Roger Teoh, a PhD student in transport engineering, who is also a DAP member:
Over the past weeks, Roger Teoh, a PhD student in transport engineering, has contributed three articles in Malaysiakini on the proposed Penang transport masterplan. Based on an analysis of an extensive database of key transport statistics from 100 cities around the world, he has come to several important conclusions, many of which are very relevant for Penang.
