Penang Forum steering committee

Save Pulau Jerejak from ‘redevelopment’ #SaveJerejak

Save Pulau Jerejak from ‘redevelopment’ #SaveJerejak

Penang Forum is concerned to hear about extensive ‘redevelopment’ plans for Pulau Jerejak, a prized natural asset and green lung for the state.

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Letter to Unesco is to protect world heritage site, not to delist it

Letter to Unesco is to protect world heritage site, not to delist it

Newspaper headlines reported that Dr Ang Ming Chee of George Town World Heritage Inc (GTWHI) suggested that Penang is at risk of losing its Unesco World Heritage Site status because of a letter submitted by Penang Forum to Unesco over the Penang transport masterplan requesting an advisory mission and impact assessment of the proposed transport plan.

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Penang transport masterplan flawed, more study required

The chief minister of Penang recently used the accident on the First Penang Bridge to justify his proposed RM27 billion transport masterplan. This is disingenuous; it is like arguing that more highways are needed because of traffic jams caused by accidents on the North-South Expressway.

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Penang ferries’ service to public should be main criterion

The people of Penang Island and mainland Penang are suffering because of political malaise. Do those in power in Putrajaya realise how much distress is endured by every user of the Penang ferry service, every day, not just on festive weekends? When did you last queue for an hour to board the ferry?

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What about transparency in Botak Hill rezoning?

The Penang Forum steering committee is dismayed to read press reports on April 19, 2015 which confirmed that the Penang state government had quietly rezoned hill land in Bukit Relau for residential development in December 2012.

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Penang Forum backs proposed water tariff hike

Penang Forum supports the recent announcement by the Penang chief minister, who is also the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) chairperson, that the domestic water tariff in Penang should be raised.

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Penang Forum backs reps’ statements on environs

Penang Forum welcomes and supports the recent public statements by Pulau Tikus assemblyperson YB Yap Soo Huey and Tanjung Bungah assemblyperson YB Teh Yee Cheu on the Seri Tanjung Pinang (STP) Phase 2/Penang tunnel project and the threat of reclamation of the Middle Bank, a vast seagrass bed home to turtles and dugongs between the Penang Bridge and Sungai Pinang.

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Disturbed by sweeping statements, legal action

The Penang Forum is disturbed both by the sweeping statements made by Penang Citizens Chant Group (Chant) adviser Jimmy Lim as well as the legal action initiated by the chief minister of Penang against a critic of Penang state and municipal council policies, a news portal and its reporter.

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Penang Forum backs steps to cool house price rises

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Penang Forum opposes road-based tunnel

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Berjaya and the real story of Penang Hill issue

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