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gerakan leaders at speakers square

yesterday at penang speakers square, for the first time, gerakan members spoke. lately it had been NGO, individuals and some DAP members. yesterday i went with susan loone of malaysiakini and francis chan of UCAN (we media people stick together, see) to the speakers square. we were late and missed …

hoo-haa on the penang second bridge

see what i told you! i said we don’t need the penang second bridge. the penang govt. had insisted on it. at one time, i remember the penang CM’s lim guan eng, had hastened the federal govt. to quick complete the second bridge.  last week, the PM had confirmed that …

BN to take over penang next GE?

ya allah!! god forbid!! i’m happy with the PR govt. and come next GE i will vote for PR again and again. well you know it… if a cow stand against a BN candidate, i’d rather vote for the cow. (at least a cow will be better than ex umno …

say no to the ugly tilting arches

this is about the arches at the botanical gardens, penang. received this from the sembang-sembang google group: The Ministry of Tourism is conducting a survey on the 2 huge controversial arches at the entrance to the Penang Botanic Gardens. Established in 1884, the Garden is the only Botanic Gardens in …

penang says no to sports gambling

so finally the penang govt. has decided to ban sports betting. when our dear PM decided to legalise sports betting and gave the license to his crony, vincent tan, everybody jumped up and made lots of noises. there were protests here and there.  in the penang CM’s wesak day message …

Forum on Sibu By-election: A Multi Perspective Review

Forum : Sibu by-election: A multi-perspective review Objectives: to learn positive lessons for democracy from the Sibu by-elections from the experiences of those who have been there or are doing work related to Sibu by-election. Perspectives included are: political party, election observers, media and legal. Organisers: Penang Chinese Journaist Association …

upholding article 10

the speakers’ square at the esplanade in penang was finally launched by the chief minister of penang yesterday morning at 8.30am. i was there to take photos and notes. among many of the journalists, met susan loone. wow! she was quick. her story was up at malaysiakini at about noon. …