Housing in Penang: Development for whom?
One of the worrying things about Penang is the rising prices of houses, even as communities in certain areas are displaced. Some of these problems are probably inherited. But where are the displaced...
View ArticleAbolish ISA vigil: From Esplanade to Jelutong
An impromptu anti-ISA vigil was held last night outside the Jelutong Police Station in Penang for a good half an hour after the one planned at the Speakers’ Square was disrupted. 1250: Shu Shi, who is...
View ArticleWhat they didn’t tell you about Tanjung Tokong, Jelutong land deals
Some details of land deals under the BN revealed. Excerpt of a statement from the CM yesterday: BN sold 980 acres of prime land In Tanjung Tokong at RM1 per square foot and 325 acres of Jelutong...
View ArticleJelutong dumpsite to be redeveloped; land worth ‘at least RM500psf’
The PDC is inviting ‘requests for proposals’ for the “safe rehabilitation, development of the Jelutong dumpsite and propose new disposal site for construction and demolition waste and marine clay”. The...
View ArticleJelutong dump site redevelopment plan ignores environmental, health risks
Penang has a Penang Science Council, the Penang Green Council and the MBPP. Then we have the Department of the Environment and the state government’s think-tank, Penang Institute. Did the Penang...
View ArticleWhat happened to urban park plan for Jelutong dump site?
As we have heard, PDC is requesting for proposals to redevelop the 53-acre Jelutong dump site. But a masterplan for IJM’s Light Waterfront project in Jelutong indicates that an urban park had been...
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