Update: Looks as if there was no consensus between DAP and PKR on the issue. Azmin says they are “yet to be convinced on the objective”.
Talk of snap polls has been rife – though I fail to see the need for it when the next general election can’t be too far off.
This doesn’t look good. Probably the worst flash floods in memory in Teluk Bahang after heavy rain in the afternoon.
While Penang Forum’s Better, Cheaper, Faster transport framework is now available for public scrutiny on the bettercheaperfaster.my website, the proposal put forward by SRS Consortium is still under wraps.
We support the idea of a transport master plan for Penang that is truly environmentally friendly and financially viable. We reject the SRS and Penang state’s proposal for prioritising road building ahead of public transport. We want the state to adopt a Better, Cheaper, Faster Penang Transport Master Plan using BRT and trams as the preferred mode of public transport.
Penang Forum has launched a ‘Better Cheaper Faster’ Penang transport masterplan report and website (www.bettercheaperfaster.my) today, 13 July 2016.
The transport infrastructure proposals for Penang put forward by the Gamuda-led SRS Consortium is expected to cost a whopping RM40bn.
This is an excerpt from Guan Eng’s clarification on 8 July 2016 regarding his remarks to Penang Institute, which stirred a controversy:
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.
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?)
Chow Kon Yeow’s response: