No choice but to reclaim land to fund transport plans in Penang, says Guan Eng
Chief minister Lim Guan Eng said the Penang government had thought of other options but it has no power to borrow money or raise bonds to fund the master plan.
Chief minister Lim Guan Eng said the Penang government had thought of other options but it has no power to borrow money or raise bonds to fund the master plan.
The federal government should approve the Penang Transport Master Plan so that the state government cannot use it as a "political gimmick" to raise public outcry, says Penang state exco Chow Kon Yeow.
The Malaysian Insider reported on Nov 19 that the Vivekananda Ashram board of trustees had filed for a judicial review to quash the National Heritage Department's declaration of the century-old ashram a historical site.
The Seri Tanjung Pinang 1 project on the coast of Tanjung Tokong had caused sedimentation along the Gurney Drive shore and affected fishermen’s daily catch, said Malaysian Nature Society Penang chapter adviser Datuk Dr Leong Yueh Kwong.
Fishermen in the area are unhappy with the proposal by SRS Consortium Sdn Bhd to reclaim two islands off the shore near Kampung Permatang Damar Laut in Batu Maung, and said that once that happens, their livelihoods will never be the same again.
George Town joined other destinations, including Botswana, Bozeman in Montana, Cartagena in Colombia, Dublin in Ireland, Harlem in New York, San Sebastian in Spain, Stratford-Upon-Avon in England, and various US locations.
Government agencies should freeze the payment of contractors who do shoddy patching up work that causes potholes in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, says Bukit Gasing assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran.
Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) Prof Ghizan Saleh said that no scientific research had been carried out to establish a connection between the plant and cancer.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the authorities in charge of heritage – George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) and the Penang Island City Council (MBPP) – had been doing their part to preserve and protect heritage in the city.