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Penang launches ‘green citizens’ initiative
The Penang state government has made a commendable move to launch a green citizens initiative.
Continue reading...Jomo’s warning and a film in Papan
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Listen to what UN Assistant Secretary-General K S Jomo, an economist from Malaysia, has to say about the perils of financial liberalisation, as reported in theSun: A bigger crisis awaits Malaysia if we continue on the path of financial liberalisation and fail to learn the right lessons from the last economic downturn in the late 1990s,
Continue reading...The RM1.20 tomato
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Friend of mine bought a tomato for RM1.20 at the Tanjung Bunga market. Now you would think a RM1.20 tomato would have to be pretty special.
Continue reading...Bad news from Copenhagen; Vroom! in Malaysia
Monday, December 21, 2009
Folks, it’s bad news from the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen as the nations of the world failed to agree on a common platform to reduce the threat. There is no Copenhagen climate treaty. History was not made; no deal was sealed.
Continue reading...Second Penang bridge concession is 45 years?
Friday, December 18, 2009
I have just learned from a reliable source that the concession period for the controversial 17-km second Penang bridge is a staggering 45 years. File picture of second Penang Bridge construction site at Batu Kawan – Photo by Anil And that source is the Malaysian Highway Authority’s Annual Report for 2008 – although it doesn’t indicate when
Continue reading...Fright for BN as Budget passed by 66-63 votes
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
It was fright night for the BN as the national Budget was passed by a wafer-thin 66-63 majority in Parliament last night. That’s 48 per cent attendance for the BN MPs and a 77 per cent turnout for the Pakatan reps.
Continue reading...Tamiflu: US$3b spent – but does it really work?
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
This is something that I have been wondering about for a while now.
Continue reading...Unemployed graduates in Malaysia
Sunday, December 13, 2009
While the uproar over the BTN continues, let’s look at what happens to some of our university students after they graduate. The following was the answer received by Selayang MP William Leong in Parliament recently: In 2004, there were 4,594 unemployed graduates of whom 163 were Chinese, 207 were Indians and 4,060 were Malays; In 2005, there
Continue reading...Spotlight on Sarawak electricity
Friday, December 11, 2009
The federal government reimburses the Sarawak power supply corporation about RM1.4 million a month so that about 70,000 households in Sarawak can enjoy free power supply, reports the Borneo Post. Sounds good? Let’s take a closer look at Sarawak Energy Bhd, which is 65 per cent owned by the State Financial Secretary, Sarawak and 4 per cent
Continue reading...Anwar trial: Deja vu, but then again…
Monday, December 7, 2009
The more things change, the more they remain the same in Malaysian politics. Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has failed to get a court to strike out a sodomy charge against him, which means the controversial trial that threatens to bump him from politics and land him in prison is set to begin on 25 January. It
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- 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
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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
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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
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Abolish ISA protest in Trafalgar Square
Thursday, April 1, 2010
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