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What happens when it rains in northern Penang
This is the scene when it pours in Chee Seng Gardens, next to a controversial condo development project, which has exposed the hill-slopes. Elsewhere, the sea off Miami Bay and Moonlight Bay turns a muddy orange. Photos by Chee Seng Garden residents and Hymeir Kamarudin of Batu Feringghi Something must be done
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What happens when it rains in northern Penang
Botanic Garden arches to come down!
29. June 2010
The much criticised Penang Botanic Garden arches, one of which is tilting, are to come down, the Tourism Minister announced today. Apparently the decision was made after another survey in USM revealed that 71 per cent of 1,225 respondents surveyed at the Garden wanted the arches removed. I am told Ng Yen Yen also
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Botanic Garden arches to come down!
Abolish ISA protest in Trafalgar Square
29. June 2010
The Abolish ISA Movement (UK) held another demonstration outside the Tourism Malaysia office on Saturday, 26 June 2010. Click on icon on bottom right of frame to toggle to full-screen mode – Photos by Danny Lim
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Abolish ISA protest in Trafalgar Square
Canadian property market receives lift
20. June 2010
Hey, maybe I shouldn’t have gone into journalism. Perhaps I should have gone into politics or property investment
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Canadian property market receives lift
Leaning Arch of Penang: A poem
20. June 2010
Blog reader, cheahst, was so ‘inspired’ by the ‘Arc of Folly’ (as he calls it) in Penang that he immediately penned a poem. what could be more beautiful or symbolic… than a slowly tilting crumbling arch
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Leaning Arch of Penang: A poem
Leaning Arch: Now you can’t measure the tilt!
20. June 2010
Talk about a cover up! Someone has just put up a barrier around the ‘Leaning Arch of Penang’ after the revelation yesterday that its tilt has worsened. Notice that the fencing is not to protect the unsuspecting public from danger in case the arch collapses (it is too small for that). But it
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Leaning Arch: Now you can’t measure the tilt!
Berjaya-owned Sun spotlights sports betting
20. June 2010
Of late, the Berjaya-owned Sun newspaper has been highlighting the issue of sports betting and illegal betting syndicates. It’s news coverage, however, should be seen in the light of who owns the free tabloid.
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Berjaya-owned Sun spotlights sports betting
Is this the shape of things to come?
20. June 2010
The way we go about planning the economy without a thought to the environment is worrying. Sometimes a cartoon can say so much more than words
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Is this the shape of things to come?
Pyschopaths on the loose
27. May 2010
GDP growth as a measure of economic well-being tends to serve the interests of Big Business rather than those of ordinary people.
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Pyschopaths on the loose
Sarawak NCR land development: A raw deal
27. May 2010
Sarawak State Land Development Minister James Masing says Native Customary Rights land development has raised the rural farmers’ socio-economic status – but the figures show a different picture. Check out the figures from the Malaysian Mirror: He said that as at March 31 this year, joint-venture agreements for 30 NCR land development projects
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Sarawak NCR land development: A raw deal
- What happens when it rains in northern Penang
- Botanic Garden arches to come down!
- Abolish ISA protest in Trafalgar Square
- Canadian property market receives lift
- Leaning Arch of Penang: A poem
- Leaning Arch: Now you can’t measure the tilt!
- Berjaya-owned Sun spotlights sports betting
- Is this the shape of things to come?
- Pyschopaths on the loose
- Sarawak NCR land development: A raw deal
Asides 
This is the scene when it pours in Chee Seng Gardens, next to a controversial condo development project, which has exposed the hill-slopes. Elsewhere, the sea off Miami Bay and Moonlight Bay turns a muddy orange. Photos by Chee Seng Garden residents and Hymeir Kamarudin of Batu Feringghi Something must be done
The much criticised Penang Botanic Garden arches, one of which is tilting, are to come down, the Tourism Minister announced today. Apparently the decision was made after another survey in USM revealed that 71 per cent of 1,225 respondents surveyed at the Garden wanted the arches removed. I am told Ng Yen Yen also
Read more from the original source:
Botanic Garden arches to come down!The Abolish ISA Movement (UK) held another demonstration outside the Tourism Malaysia office on Saturday, 26 June 2010. Click on icon on bottom right of frame to toggle to full-screen mode – Photos by Danny Lim
More here:
Abolish ISA protest in Trafalgar Square
29. June 2010
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