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What happens when it rains in northern Penang

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:45:06 +0000

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

Botanic Garden arches to come down!

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:22:58 +0000

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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Abolish ISA protest in Trafalgar Square

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 12:22:30 +0000

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

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:02:46 +0000

Hey, maybe I shouldn’t have gone into journalism. Perhaps I should have gone into politics or property investment

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Leaning Arch of Penang: A poem

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:02:31 +0000

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!

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:02:15 +0000

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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Berjaya-owned Sun spotlights sports betting

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:01:59 +0000

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?

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:01:39 +0000

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?

Flickr Search Fail: "digital music"

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:08:29 +0000

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Flickr Search Fail: "digital music"

Flickr Search Fail: "iphone"

admin — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:08:25 +0000

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Flickr Search Fail: "iphone"