PENANG, 7 Jan 2009: The Penang government has agreed to withdraw an order to stop work on the Ipoh-Padang Besar railway double-track project after MMC Corporation Berhad-Gamuda Berhad (MMC-Gamuda JV) paid RM4 million yesterday. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said although the payment was only a portion of the RM7.4 million which the company was […]
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Penang PAS Youth to protest against street dancing
PENANG, 19 Dec 2008: Penang PAS Youth will stage a street protest tomorrow if the state government goes ahead with the I-Dance street dancing competition, which it strongly feels will not benefit the participants. Its head Mohamed Hafiz Mohd Nordin said the protest also showed its serious stand on the event which it viewed could […]
Police said they solved 2006 microchip heist
PENANG, 12 Dec 2008: The theft of microchips from a multinational company’s go-down at the Air Cargo Complex in Batu Maung in 2006 has been solved with the arrest of eight men under the Emergency Ordinance, the police said. Penang Deputy Chief Police Officer Datuk Salleh Mat Rasid said police had arrested the local men […]
No offer of post to Arif Shah
KUALA LUMPUR, 2 Dec 2008: Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today denied that the party would make Barisan Nasional’s Seberang Jaya state assemblyman Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah the Penang deputy chief minister I if he joined PKR. While welcoming Arif Shah to join PKR, Anwar said the post of deputy […]
MIC, the civil service and aid
Translation by Sevan DoraisamySPECULATION and analysis about the upcoming MIC elections in 2009 remained the focus of the Tamil press from 22 to 28 Nov 2008. On 23 Nov, Malaysia Nanban editor MS Malaiyandi analysed the party election by answering questions from readers. On former MIC vice-president Datuk M Muthupalaniappan’s bid to contest the MIC presidency, Malaiyandi said […]
No change without PKR directive
By Ng Boon HooiPenang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (middle) SHAH ALAM, 30 Nov 2008: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said any changes in Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR)’s candidate for the state’s deputy chief minister post is subject to the party leadership’s directive. Lim, who attended PKR’s annual congress briefly today, told a press conference the Penang […]
ACA report against Penang govt
PENANG, 27 Nov 2008: The Tanjong Division Gerakan Youth today lodged a report with the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) over what it claimed was the Penang government’s hasty approval of a high-rise project in the World Heritage Site buffer zone in George Town, without the knowledge of Unesco’s World Heritage Committee. The division youth wing’s head, […]
Penang education dept not keen on Harmony Walk
By Zedeck SiewPETALING JAYA, 19 Nov 2008: The Penang Education Department (JPNPP) remains reluctant to support social integration programmes aimed at improving students’ understanding of cultural differences, despite strong urgings from successive state governments and various organisations. In May 2006 and July 2008, head of the JPNPP’s religious education sector, Ustaz Umar Aziz, signed directives to public […]
Azhar rejects allowance for Penang opposition leader
PENANG, 14 Nov 2008: Penang oppposition leader Datuk Azhar Ibrahim has rejected the RM1,000 monthly allowance allocated by the Pakatan Rakyat state government for the position. Azhar said he would confirm his rejection of the allowance at the State Legislative Assembly sitting on 17 Nov. The provision for the allowance is contained in the Administrative […]
Penang goes ahead with multi-language signage
PENANG, 7 Nov 2008: The Penang government will proceed with its plan to put up road signages in various languages in heritage areas despite objections from various parties. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the state government would proceed with the plan as it was not throwing away the signage in Bahasa Malaysia but was […]
