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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
Continue reading...Is this the shape of things to come?
Sunday, June 20, 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
Continue reading...Issue ’stop work order’, Teh requests MPPP
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Tanjung Bunga state assembly member Teh Yew Cheu has written to the Penang Municipal Council on the Bolton Surin project. URGENT! FOR PUBLIC INTEREST AND SAFETY Based on the report and photos evident, my office hereby requests your office with immediate effect to put a “Stop work order” to the developer until investigation is completely done.
Continue reading...Sarawak: New plantations alarm villagers
Sunday, May 23, 2010
A increasing number of natives in Sarawak state in north Borneo are alarmed at encroaching forest and oil palm plantations, which are taking over their native customary land and destroying their traditional lifestyles and biodiversity. In Long Berawan, a village in the north of the state, a community of a
Continue reading...After the tsunami
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Haris Ibrahim hosts a Komas documentary on Malaysia after the political tsunami of 2008. Selepas Tsunami (After the Tsunami) from Pusat KOMAS on Vimeo
Continue reading...Live – Perak State Assembly sitting
Thursday, April 1, 2010
We will be following what’s happening in and around the Perak State Assembly this morning. Pakatan assembly members march to the Dewan this morning – Photo by Jong After the sitting this morning, Nizar walked up to where Ganesan was presiding in the Dewan and criticised him for allegedly allowing police “to intrude into the Dewan”,
Continue reading...Images from outside the Perak State Assembly
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Scenes from before the opening ceremony of the new sitting of the Perak State Assembly yesterday and the Pakatan assembly members’ press conference immediately after. Photos by Jong
Continue reading...Muhyiddin for Malaysia “not available!”
Thursday, April 1, 2010
How apt that Deputy Prime Minister’s new My-Malaysia website, bearing the tag line ‘Muhyiddin Yassin for Malaysia’ is now “not available!” That says a lot. The website was launched at the end of January. But now – poof! – it has vanished without a trace
Continue reading...Pejuang rakyat or peju-wang diri sendiri?
Sunday, March 14, 2010
This is something I wrote in the wake of the defections from PKR of late: The defections of PKR elected reps are a blow for democracy in Malaysia, but in the long-run they will provide timely lessons for all concerned. At the last general election, many Malaysians chose to express their disgust with the BN over pervasive
Continue reading...Govt puts off GST Bill – for now
Sunday, March 14, 2010
It’s not surprising that the government has decided to put off the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for now. While the NGOs might claim preliminary victory (they had planned a protest for Monday, when Parliament resumes) and some might think that the government has listened to the people’s concern, I believe it was the Federation of
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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
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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