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Botanic Garden arches to come down!
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
Continue reading...Leaning Arch: Now you can’t measure the tilt!
Sunday, June 20, 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
Continue reading...Sports betting protests in five states
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Pakatan supporters held simultaneous protests in Penang, Perak, Selangor, Terengganu and Negri Sembilan against the federal government’s decision to issue a licence for sports betting in the country. Photo courtesy of Wartawan Rasmi Laman Reformasi The protest in Penang, led by Penang Pas youth leaders took place after Friday prayers at the Kampung Permatang Jangus mosque in
Continue reading...Did land reclamation affect currents?
Friday, January 22, 2010
Now here’s a piece by Himanshu Bhatt in theSun that is worth pondering over.
Continue reading...Penang transport masterplan in the pipeline
Friday, January 22, 2010
From what I hear, a Penang transport masterplan is in the pipeline, with the state government believed to be working now on the terms of reference. Once the TOR are finalised, an open tender is likely be held, perhaps in the second quarter of 2010, for the actual work of formulating the masterplan, which could take
Continue reading...Penang’s long awaited local plan sees light
Monday, January 18, 2010
A local plan is in the offing for Penang – a positive development indeed. So, good work to the state government for seeing to this.
Continue reading...Confusion over Batu Kawan monorail test track
Thursday, December 10, 2009
MRails International Sdn Bhd states on its website that the Penang Development Corporation (PDC) has “authorised our consortium to implement a monorail test track for 1.3km in Batu Kawan (near Stadium), Penang”. The Edge weekly had reported in October that the state had in principle given the green light to businessman Jeyakumar Varathan, believed to be
Continue reading...Azhar’s antics on Youtube
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
In this era of Youtube, elected reps had better be on their toes when discharging their duties as they are coming under ever greater public scrutiny. Three video clips show Penang Opposition Leader (from Umno/BN) Azhar Ibrahim apparently gesturing with his rear on two different occasions at the Penang State Assembly last week
Continue reading...Climate change warning for Penang – in 1848
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Many of us would think that the concern about hill-slope degradation in Penang and warnings of climate change are a fairly new development which began in the 1980s and 1990s. Wrong. James Richardson Logan – the man who coined the name ‘Indonesia’ and who is honoured at the Logan Memorial outside the Penang High Court and
Continue reading...Surin contractor Wabina warns complainants
Thursday, November 12, 2009
The main contractor for the controversial Surin hill-slope condominium project in Tanjung Bunga has responded to neighbouring residents who had written in to complain about the construction work. The management committee of the Straits Regency complex nearby had complained about nauseating fumes, noisy generators and construction work at night
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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
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
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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
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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