Penang Forum has launched a ‘Better Cheaper Faster’ Penang transport masterplan report and website (www.bettercheaperfaster.my) today, 13 July 2016.
RM160bn property development scheme in Penang
The transport infrastructure proposals for Penang put forward by the Gamuda-led SRS Consortium is expected to cost a whopping RM40bn.
On the l-word (loyalty)
This is an excerpt from Guan Eng’s clarification on 8 July 2016 regarding his remarks to Penang Institute, which stirred a controversy:
It’s time to act: A clock like no other
What do you think of this clock? If you like it, contact Aliran to get one for yourself and support the group in the quest for justice, freedom and solidarity.
You can also support Aliran by attending the group’s fundraising dinner in KL on 23 July. It promises to be a happening event. Details here.
Prime Minister’s Department – more staff than European Union’s bureaucracy?
Those behind the Brexit vote often painted the bureaucracy of the European Union as bloated.
So let’s take a look at the EU staffing headcount: 32,900. According to Malaysia’s former head of mission there in the 1990s, these EU civil servants responsible for 28 nations were of the highest quality.
How does this compare with Najib Razak’s Prime Minister’s Department? Well, the last figure I could find was reported in Utusan in 2010. Headcount: 43,544. (What is the figure now?)
Guan Eng’s arrest
Chow Kon Yeow’s response:
Over 1,000 attend raucous debate on Penang tunnel, highways
Penang debate of the year on undersea tunnel: Dap LimHockSengvsGerakanLiangTeckMeng @caringsociety @malaysiakini pic.twitter.com/iJf8YKwlvY
— susan loone (@susanloone) June 28, 2016
Just back from the debate at the Caring Society Complex in Penang, and I can’t say I was edified or any the wiser from what transpired.
Why are vested corporate interests influencing Penang’s urban planning?
Today an important meeting in Penang was held, away from the public eye, to discuss a revised Local Plan for Penang Island.
Behind Miami Green, a project higher than 250 feet above sea level?
The MBPP has to explain this project on a 5.0ha plot of land on environmentally sensitive steep hillslopes. About two thirds of the plot is above the Penang Structure Plan threshold of 250 feet above sea level.
Support Aliran’s fundraising dinner in KL on 23 July
For a worthy cause … the struggle for Justice, Freedom and Solidarity. And God knows we need that in the country. good cause. Hope to see some of you from the Klang Valley there.
More details on the Aliran website.