Bersih 2.0 reports that the Bersih 5 Convoy will be flagged off at 9am on 1 October 2016 and will run every weekend until the Bersih 5 rally on 19 November 2016.
Where are these rocks at the Butterworth fishermen’s jetty coming from?
Media reports have been full about the scarring and blasting at quarries in Batu Kawan which have alarmed nearby residents.
At the same time, over the last couple of weeks, the pile of rocks at the fishermen’s jetty in Bagan Ajam has grown higher. Where are these rocks coming from?
Land reclamation: The Tragedy of the Commons
This video has started circulating on social media, as if to say, “We are watching you!” It looks as if work on the land reclamation off Gurney Drive and Straits Quay is going full steam ahead despite yesterday’s serious incident.
Pay heed to warnings from Nature
We mess around with Nature at our peril. This apparently happened in the last 24 hours near Gurney Drive in Penang where extensive land reclamation is being carried out.
What’s happening at the fisherfolk jetty in Bagan Ajam?
The talk among a few locals familiar with the area is that the hive of activity at the otherwise quiet fisherfolk jetty in Bagan Ajam, Butterworth, across the channel from Gurney Drive/Tanjong Tokong, has something to do with land reclamation.
Happy Malaysia Day! A touching moment
Coach R Jeganathan embraces Paralympics T36 (cerebral palsy) 100m sprinter Mohamad Ridzuan, who clinched gold in a games’ record time.
What sort of development model is this?
It is becoming increasingly difficult for the fisherfolk of Tanjung Tokong to go out fishing, thanks to the 760-acre land reclamation and property development project off Tanjung Tokong and the 130-acre reclamation project along Gurney Drive for another property development project and an eight-lane highway, with Gurney Wharf thrown in.
Ludicrous for developers to be money lenders
Excellent piece by MBPP councillor Lim Mah Hui:
The proposal by the Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government Minister, Noh Omar, to permit developers to be money lenders is fraught with risks.
Elevated LRT blues in KL
Another tourist attraction? A panoramic view of KL from a height while walking precariously on the maintenance platform alongside elevated LRT tracks.
Two incidents in the space of a few days have shaken public confidence in the KL elevated LRT system.
CRCC and the Penang tunnel-highways deal
While much attention has focused on BUCG’s removal from Consortium Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd, perhaps it is time to take another look at how another state-owned firm from China, China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd (CRCC), ended up as the main contractor for Zenith in the tunnel, highways and property development project.