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Story by Chan Lilian

Pix by Mohd Hafz Tajudin

PENANG celebrates Merdeka annually

with the launch of ying the Malaysianag a month before the actual day, on31st August. A ceremony will be held

where all the Government agencies willreceive the ags in a symbolic hand-overfrom the Penang Pakatan Rakyat StateLeaders.

This year, the event was held on 19

July 2012 at Sunway Carnival when theorganising chairman, Datuk Abdul HalimHussain, who is also the Penang StateAssembly Speaker handed over the ags.Present at the event were Penang Chief

Minister Lim Guan Eng, Deputy ChiefMinisters Datuk Mansor Othman and

Prof. P. Ramasamy, Penang State ExcoMembers, State Secretary Datuk FarizanDarus and other leaders.

The theme for this years 55th Me-derka i s BUDAYA BERSIH,MERDEKAKAN RAKYAT or trans-lated as A CLEAN CULTURE FREESTHE PEOPLE.

In his speech, CM Lim said, Eventhough Malaysia has achieved 55 years ofindependence, we must increase our effortsto realise the agenda of the people. The veprinciples of Rukun Negara must be applied

to maintain harmony and welfare of therakyat.

The ve principles of Rukun Negera are :

NOW THEREFORE, WE, the people ofMalaysia, pledge to concentrate the wholeof our energy and efforts to achieve these

ambitions based on the following principles: BELIEF IN GOD LOYALTY TO KING AND

COUNTRY THE SUPREMACY OF THE

CONSTITUTION THE RULE OF LAW COURTESY AND MORALITY

CM Lim said, The main problem facedby Malaysians is corruption which destroys

every effort to build a developed nation.

Corruption also impairs Malaysians from

living with dignity in the eld of economy,politics and socially whether in the arena ofsports, welfare or other areas. That is whyPenang PR State Government had chosenthe theme Budaya Bersih, MerdekakanRakyat.

To illustrate the Clean Culture whichsets Penangites free. CM Lim pointedout how under Penang CAT governance

of Competent, Accountable and Trans-

parent, Penan-

gites have ben-eted from theRM111 millionsaved throughthis good gov-

ernance.What Pen-

angites are en-joying today are

the fruits of aclean Govern-ment rooted onintegrity or whatyou can call the

anti-corruption

dividend whichwe build so that

every Penangitecan benet from our efforts, CM Limcontinued.

The shouts of Merdeka, Merdeka,

Merdeka rang out at the event wherechildren and adults joyfully waved the

Malaysian ags distributed to them wpatriotic songs were heard in the bground. The spirit of Mederka will b

together Penangites in unity to whatever challenges that they mayin future.

Penang State leaders waving the Malaysian fags. From let to right - MP Chong Eng, Exco Members Lydia Ong, Law Choo KiaLim Hock Seng, Datuk Abdul Malik Kassim and Phee Boon Poh.


CIVIL servants in Penang get aRaya bonus in the form of halfmonth salary or a minimum ofRM600. This was announcedby Chief Minister Lim Guan

Eng on 27 July, 2012 after the

Exco meeting. The bonus willbe paid on 9 August, 2012.The total amount to be spent

by the Penang state government

is RM3.9 million. It is an in-crease from last year becausethe number of Civil Servants

have increased from 3,645

2011 to 3,780 in 2012. TCivil Servants salary too hincreased by 13% from Apr2012.

Chief Minister Lim Gu

Eng said in a press confeence, This Raya bonus

RM600 for Civil Servants aRM300 for Kafa teache(teachers who teach t

Quran) is the same as last yeand not a 13-General Electicandy like what Barisan N

sional media claimed.

Civil servants get Raya bonus

Penang State Secretary Datuk FarizanDarus distributing a Malaysia fag to avehicle owner.

fies high in Penang


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Story and pix by Chan Lilian

BANK of Tokyo Ltd was rst estab-

lished in the then Malaya in 1957, theyear we achieved independence fromthe British. It was the rst Japanese

commercial bank to be issued a licenceby Bank Negara Malaysia.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Ma-

laysia) Berhad is also the rst Japanesebank branch in Penang when it opened

a branch in Autocity recently. The Chief

Executive Ofcer, Masato Nakamuraof Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Ma-

laysia) Berhad shared why Penang waschosen. He said, The new branch will

be catering for the banking needs of thenorthern region including Penang, Ke-

dah and North Perak. Therefore, thelocation of the new branch, on themainland of Penang was most practical.Our new branch is not only located in

close proximity to our existing corpo-

rate customers bases but is easily ac-

cessible from the nearby large indus-

trial areas in the region due to highlyefcient connection via highways.

A grand reception dinner was held on

25 July, 2012. The event was graced bythe Consul-General of Japan in Penang,H.E. Tetsuro Kai, Chief Minister LimGuan Eng and other dignitaries. Presentat the dinner was the Managing Execu-

tive Ofcer Takami Onodera.CM Lim who was invited to address

the very distinguished audience com-

prising of global leading bankers andinvestors from Japan said, As you are

aware, Penang has attracted many inves-

tors especially in the manufacturingsector and Penang is still attracting newinvestments in large range of industriesand specic sectors. In Penang alone,we have 35 Japanese companies and a

total of 1500 expatriates work here. In2011, Japanese investments of a total of

RM3.3 billion was recorded makingJapanese investments the biggestamongst others.

He described the opening of the rstbranch of a Japanese bank as an historicmoment for Penang. He also told theaudience who were mostly Japanese ex-

patriates, Penang is No.1 in investments,

nancial management of state nancesand No.1 most liveable city in Malaysia.

He continued, I believe that the bank

will continue to promote Penang, dits strategic location in ASEAN as as the Asia Pacic Region, as it is

deemed to be of great opportunityBank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Msia) Berhad and its customers to advantage of the ASEAN trade allias well as ASEANs free trade ag

ments (FTA) with India, China, tralia, New Zealand, Japan and SKorea.

Bank of Tokyopicks mainlandPenang

Masato Nakamura (right) and Takami Onodera at the grand reception dinn

BLAUPUNKT Malaysia, one of the worlds leading

brands for automotive infotainment, invited Chief

Minister Lim Guan Eng to grace the the opening ofits 100,000 sq ft new manufacturing plant and re-

gional distribution centre in Bukit Tengah IndustrialArea on 11 July, 2012.

Present at the event were Dato Mukhriz Tun Ma-

hathir, Deputy Minister of International Trade andIndustry, Dr. Lars Placke, Chief Executive Ofcer ofBlaupunkt Group, Goh Kok Teow, Managing Direc-tor of Blaupunkt Malaysia, His Excellency Herbert

Weiler, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic ofGermany and other VIPs.

Blaupunkt has been in Malaysia since 1973 aspart of the Robert Bosch group. With todays em-ployee size of 330 Malaysians, the new site will

create 70 more new job opportunities, which catermainly for the R&D engineering and professional

positions. In 2009, Aurelius AG bought over theBlaupunkt group from Robert Bosch and after aseries of global restructuring processes, the share-

holders decided to develop Blaupunkt Malaysia astheir only manufacturing facility for worldwideBlaupunkt OEM customers.

Blaupunkt Malaysia has invested about RM88million in this plant and is planning another RM40

million in the next 5 years. I am proud that Blaupunkthas chosen Penang which is one of the top investmentlocations in Malaysia.

Your presence will only add depth to Penangsefforts to attract world brand specializing in high-tech

value added sunrise industries, CM Lim said in his

speech.

He continued, One of the major beneciaries ofthis expansion plan will be the local SMEs. I ampleased that Blaupunkt Malaysia is playing an impor-

tant role of capacity building for its local vendorsthrough its local vendor development program. It isworth to mention a few of these vendors which includeSanShin (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd, Hotayi Electronic (M)Sdn. Bhd, which meets the standard and equip them

the capability to penetrate into automotive industriesthrough quality process review, testing, training andperiodic business and technical assistance.

Blaupunkts decision to make its essential sharedservices into Malaysia is in line with the Penang state

governments vision of developing Penang as the hub

for shared services and outsourcing, particularly fobusiness process outsourcing (BPO), informatio

process outsourcing (IPO) and knowledge proceoutsourcing (KPO).

Key drivers identied for Penang to emerge as favourable BPO destination include: Strong focus by the government on promoting BPindustry through various state initiatives. Availability of talent pool to offer higher-end, rel

tively less scale-dependent BPO services such as nancial services, logistics, energy and pharmaceutica Signicant investments in upgrading of existininfrastructure. Availability of a strong engineering and manufactu

ing base, which can be leveraged to offer services these sectors.

CM Lim also said, We believe that convergencof both the manufacturing services and the publ

sector would assist us to move up the value chain anarrive at a win-win situation. We are inter-connecteand no longer mutually exclusive. Like Blaupunkwe can learn how to move back and forth from thmanufacturing and services sector so as to be one othe top BPOs site in Malaysia. And this could not hav

happened to a nicer place than Penang which is nonly one of the top island tourist destinations but thmost liveable city in Malaysia.

He thanked all parties that have made BlaupunkMalaysia newest site a success and urged everyonto continue to strive together to make Penang th

place of choice for industries and to be globallcompetitive.

RM88 million Blaupunkt Malaysia plant opens in Penang

CM Lim being shown around in the new factoryby Dr. Lars Placke.


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Story by Danny OoiPix by Law Suun Ting

SJK (C) Pai Cai in BatuFerringhi has completed

the construction of a four-storey building under itsexpansion project thatstarted in 2010.

Chief Minister Lim

Guan Eng said the StateGovernment dona tedRM510,000 to the schoolbuilding fund over thepast three years.

He added tha t the

schools expansion was toenable it to enrol morestudents.

The new building has

20 classrooms, a hall, alaboratory, a library andother facilities, he saidduring a courtesy visit bythe School Board members

at KOMTAR on July 24.The visitors from SJK (C) Pai Cai

were the Boards Chairman, Sim LiongHock, Vice-Chairman, Ooi Hoe Leng,Vice-Chairman of the School Building

Committee, Chng Hiang Kwee, and

committee members Hoe Eng Wah and

Choo Seng Kean.Sim said that the 52-year-old school

currently has six classrooms and 156students, adding that the expansionproject would be carried out in two

phases.

He said that the school needed

RM3.5 million for the expansion pro-ject and would ask the Federal Govern-ment for the money.

The 3,809 sq.m. plot of land wherethe school is sited was donated by

businessman, Datuk Robert Chuan.

Meanwhile, duthe opening of schools new buil

recently, Chow Yeow said the PeState Governmentallocated RM510,to SJK (C) Pai Cai

Although this ia huge amount, bshows the sinceritthe State Governmin giving fair treatm

and equal developmopportuni t ies toschools.

Education is a nesity to revitalize the

tional economy. We this allocation wilcourage more peopbe extra concerned athe future of our edtion system.

Even though laysia is a multi-racial country, yis hard to request the building of aChinese-medium primary, seconor private school. Pai Cai is one ex

ple, he said when he officiatedopening ceremony.

Exco Member Chow Kon Yeow (seated left) sharing a light moment with other EXCOs and school staff.

Pai Chai Chinese School getsRM510,000 from Penang State

FAMILIES, fun and foods will

come together on 4 November,2012 when Penang Toys StoriesProject Committee together withMPPP organise the World Chil-drens Day Food and Fun Fair

2012 at Penang Youth Park from9 am to 3 pm.

Betty Chew Gek Cheng who isthe Chairperson for PertubuhanWanita Mutiara Pulau Pinang was

at the press conference held atMPPP recently. Also present were

Dr. Sim Joo Seng, the sponsors andthe organising committee.The proceeds from the charity

event will go to the 2-Way Centrewhich is run by Penang MentalHealth Association, to providetherapy for children with learningdifficulties.

Kindergartens whichs are inter-

ested to take part in the stageperformance and individuals whoare interested to support the Faircan write to [email protected].

World Childrens Day food and fun fair

Betty Chew (fourth from left) with sponsors and organising committee in a group photo.


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Story by Chan LilianPix byLaw Suun Ting

MPPP had taken the intiative and launched

the Marking of George Town in 2010. 52sculptures at 52 locations in George TownHeritage Site are expected to be ready by endof 2012.

The project costing RM1.1 million in-

volved several technical departments, NGOssuch as Penang Heritage Trust to provideinput on the suitability of the images, lan-guage and histories.

Penang State Leaders, MPPP Chief and

department heads, members of the mediawent on a trishaw ride around the city to viewthe 27 sculptures which have been com-pleted. 12 are being constructed while 13more are in the design stage.

These sculptures are inspired by Baba

Chuah, Lefty, Reggie Lee and Tan Mun Kiantogether with Sculp-ture at Work whomade the project a

success. Tourists andlocal Penangites lovethe unique sculptureswhich are voicesfrom the people.

In Singapore TheStraits Times hadpublished positivereviews about theMarking of George

Town scupltures. Inits 2 July, 2012 arti-cle titled Hip town,

Penang, The Straits

Times published - There is no doubt about

it: George Town has become a cool place to

be in. Its once-rundown inner city saw a

reawakening several years ago as chic ho-

tels, cafes and shops began to spring up. Anarts revival soon followed, and galleries, art

spaces and street art started to ourish.

There is a renaissance going on in Pen-

ang, said renowned local landscape archi-

tect Ng Sek San, who opened a quirky bou-

tique hotel-cum-arts space called Sekeping

Victoria here this year.

Mr Ng said this revival is largely the result

of George Towns listing as a Unesco World

Heritage site in 2008.

The new state government, he said, is keen

to support the arts. From providing funding

to closing half the city to trafc for street

performances, it has encouraged the arts

revival without taking a heavy-handed ap-

proach.

Renaissance going on in Penang

By Danny Ooi

SOME 1,200 participants had a fun Sunday morningwhen they took part in the FMM Heritage ExplorerTrail 2012 held in George Town on July 15.

The ve-hour event organised by Federation of

Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) started at 6.30am

from City Hall and took the participants in teams offour to eight members through the 15 heritage siteslike Fort Cornwallis, Hock Teik Cheng Sin Temple,Acheen Street Mosque, Penang Islamic Museum, SriMaha Mariamman Temple, St Georges Anglican

Church, Penang State Museum and Art Gallery a

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion.Participants were given booklets to colle

stamps and were required to answer two questioat each site. The teams which completed the trwithin two and half hours were entitled to a luck

draw.Chairman of Corporate Social Responsibilty (CS

Sub-Committee of FMM Penang Branch, Lee TeoLi said four welfare organisations namely St. NicholHome, Women Centre for Change, Pure Lotus Canc

Foundation and Sunshine Cottage Welfare SocieHome received RM10,000 each during the sponso

ship presentation ceremony.CM Lim said it was heartening to see this CSevent from FMM showing their care and love for t

community.He said holding this event during George Tow

Festival Month enriches the festivities and activitiorganised by George Town Festival.

From the generous sponsorships and the b

number of voluntary helpers for this event, it evident that Penangites are charitable and suppoive of the overall good of the community, CLim added.

Among the highlights at the event was a Ching

performance and a Peranakan dance.

FMM Heritage Trail 2012

Representatives from the four charitable organisations getting together for a group photograph afterreceiving their donations.

Two elderly ladies were pleasantly surprised and happy to see theentourage of trishaws passing by.One of the sculptures One Leg Kicks All which depicts aCantonese Amah who is multi-tasking.


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ByDanny Ooi

THE aim of the Federal Government to privatise the Penang

Port and give it to a third party was deemed as piratisation

of Penang, said its Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

He said this during the question and answer session of

Debate 2.0 DAP & MCA : Whose Policies Benet The

Country More on July 8 at Sunway Pyramid Convention

Centre, organised by Asian Strategy and Leadership Insti-

tute (Asli).

For Lim, the administration of Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi

Lek as chairman of Penang Port to improve the Port status

was most disheartening.

This does not take into account the involvement of Dr

Chua with the Federal Government to privatise the Port

and give it to Seaport Terminal (Johor) Sdn. Bhd, owned

by Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary.I feel disappointed with the achievement of my friend

(Soi Lek). Why ? No achievement at all, he said in jest.

How can we Penangites allow Penang Port which is a

main port to become a feeder port ?

If Penangites accept privatisation, which is the aim of

the Federal Government, then it is not privatisation, but

piratisation , CM Lim Guan Eng said at the debate held

at Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre in Shah Alam.

This second debate organised by the the Asian Strategy

and Leadership Institute (Asli) was moderated by its Chief

Executive Ofcer, Datuk Dr Michael Yeoh.For CM Lim, the Federal Government not only was not

bothered about Penang Port, but also not bothered of the

upgrading of the Penang International Airport.

Does the Transport Minister carry out his duty well to

ensure good management of our airport and Penang Port ?

Why has the upgrading of the Penang International

Airport being delayed three times?

Why is Penang Port being downgraded to a feeder port

and be privatised ? CM Lim queried.

Why is there no discussions with Penangitesadded.

Dr Chua in reply, tried to belittle the growth of Pe

Port and the Penang International Airport as an int

tional outlet.

There were no international ights from Londo

Penang International Airport because it is just a conne

airport, but not an international one, stressed Dr Chu

On other matters, CM Lim expressed the hope th

Malaysians will be able to witness a debate between P

Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Oppos

Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, concerning major i

of the country.

We assembled in this hall to determine which part

the right approach and principles to benet the peop

Malaysia.

In fact, a debate should be held between Prime Mter Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Datuk Seri A

Ibrahim, but unfortunately the Prime Minister refus

participate in the debate.

Does the Prime Ministers refusal to debate with D

Seri Anwar mean that he is afraid that after the debat

people of Malaysia will conclude that the Oppos

Leader is more qualied to be the Prime Minister of

laysia, CM Lim asked a crowd of some 1,000 particip

at the conference.

Debate 2.0 Whose policiesbeneft the country more?


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CHIEF Minister Lim Guan Eng issued a press state-ment on 24 July, 2012 exposing the sale of land in

Kampung Terang. He described it as immoral andunprincipled because UMNO leaders have claimed todefend Malay land rights yet at the same time sell awayMalay land. Below is CM Lims full statement :

Prime Minister Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak shoulddirect UMNO Penang Deputy Chairman Dato Musa binHaji Sheikh Fadzir and Penang BN 13th General Election

Director Dato Omar Haji Faudzar to return the RM 5million prot as land brokers or 57 % prot made in 3.5months to the 31 Malay landowners in Kampung Terang,Balik Pulau in Penang. Whilst both UMNO leaders havenot done anything illegal, it is immoral and unprincipled

for them to claim to defend Malay land rights from being

eroded and yet at the same time act as land brokers to sellaway Malay land for personal prot at the expense ofthese Malay landowners.

Last week, Penang State Assembly Speaker Datuk

Abdul Halim Hussain exposed this land proteeringscandal by these two UMNO leaders of nearly 10 acresof land in Kampung Terang, Balik Pula. It involves 31Malay landowners in Penang:-

Land transferred by 31 landowners to Maison Heights

Sdn Bhd on 31 January 2012 at a combined price of RM8.6 million;

Maison Heights Sdn Bhd was formed on 6 March2009 to deal with construction, land, property investmentand development as well as general trading;

Masion Heights Sdn Bhd paid-up capital is RM 1million and owned by Dato Musa with RM 500,000shares and Dato Omar with RM 499,999 whilst Omars

brother Harun owns RM 1 share; Maison Heights Sdn Bhd sold the land to Kay Pride

Sdn Bhd on 16 May 2012 for RM 13.5 million.

In other words, Maison Heights Sdn Bhdor Dato Musa and Dato Omar both earned

nearly RM 5 million from the land transac-tion in only 3.5 months. This RM 5 millionprot out of an initial investment of RM 8.6million represents a 57% prot margin inonly 3.5 months a remarkable protable

return in such short time.Is this how UMNO leaders defend the rights

of Malays by proting and beneting at theirexpense? Up to now both have not explainedhow the RM5.7 million prot they earnedwould benet the 31 Malay landowners.

Previously, both UMNO leaders hadcriticised the state government for trying to take Malay

land to chase out the Malays from Penang. UMNO hadalso criticised the state government for wanting to acquire100 acres of land in another site in Balik Pulau for educa-

tion purposes in building the Asian Women LeadershipUniversity(AWLU). The Penang state government hadbeen subjected to such racist attacks by UMNO eventhough 60% of the land is non-Malay and 40% Malay.

AWLU was approved by Deputy Prime Minister Tan

Sri Muhyidin Yassin on 10 February 2012 as a key edu-cational project for transforming Malaysia into a high-income economy. Minister in the Prime Ministers De-partment Dato Seri Idris Jala had on 12 June 2012 re-quested the state government to initiate transfer of 100

acres of land to AWLU.The Penang state government had supported this ini-

tiative of setting up the rst womens university in Ma-laysia, as it will be run by Smith College, the top womens

university in USA. After the state government managedto persuade AWLU to choose another site, the land ac-quisition was called off. This has not only disabled

UMNOs racist attacks but also proves that the

government only acquires land for public purposeonly when there is a credible proposal from a rel

institution.At the same time, the exposure of land prote

scandal involving UMNO leaders at the expense odinary Malay landowners proves UMNOs hypocrisaying one thing of defending the Malays but doing

other in selling out their rights. Clearly it is not the ang PR state government but UMNO leaders sucDato Musa and Dato Omar who are selling out Mland.

Najib should salvage UMNOs credibility by dire

both of these UMNO leaders to return the RM5 miprot back to the 31 Malay landowners. If both of tare genuine land brokers, they are entitled to the preing market commission rate of 2% or only RM 270and not RM 5 million which works out to an astron

cal 57% commission rate!

- LIM GUAN ENG -

UMNO leaders selling out

Malay land

ByDanny Ooi

CUEPACS president Datuk Omar Osman paid a cour-tesy call on Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng onJuly 23 at his ofce at KOMTAR.

After a misunderstanding over not being able to meeteach other, they met, cordially shook hands and posedfor pictures.

Omar, had previously expressed his disappointment

with CM Lim over allegedly givingthe civil workers union the coldshoulder. He said the issue was theresult of an oversight by the state

Cuepacs branch.Penang Cuepacs had sent a letter

to the previous State Secretary (DatukSeri Zainal Rahim Seman) and askedfor aid on Feb 16 last year but failed to

get a reply.This led to some confusion on our

part and it has come to our attentionthat Penang Cuepacs did not send anyletter to CM Lim asking for a meeting.

In the end, Cuepacs headquarters wrote a letter toCM Lim for a meeting and he replied within a week,

said Omar, who apologised over the misunderstand-ing. He led seven Penang Cuepacs committee mem-bers to the meeting which lasted over an hour in CMLims ofce in KOMTAR.

Omar said based on the meeting, he concluded that

Penang was giving many incentives to public servantsin the state.

If we compare with other states, we do see th

Penang has several extra incentives and I think CivServants here should be thankful for them.

We hope other states can follow suit as it will heworkers to cope with the rising cost of living, Omsaid.

CM Lim cited the RM1,300 year-end bonus received by Penang Civil Servants last year and RM1,100 minimum wage for labourers in the state a

examples of incentives given by thstate.

In June, Omar had been reporteas claiming that CM Lim was tobusy to meet with Cuepacs leader

CM Lim replied that Cuepacnever communicated their request this ofce.

Brieng the Media after the coutesy call, Lim said he hoped the issuwould now be closed and lookeforward to closer co-operation witthe union.

Penang looks forward to closer cooperation with Cuepacs

CM Lim (fourth from right) greeting Cuepacs president, Datuk Omar Osman (sixthfrom right) during their meeting at KOMTAR.


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Apublic consultation and public workshop of the Penang Transport

Master plan was held in April and May 2012 engaging all thestakeholders. All information regarding the transport master plan were given

to the public. Detail explanation regarding all schemes and plans for future

transport of Penang were available for those interested in transport issues.

The purpose of this report is to highlight a public engagement and public

consultation activities that have been part of the process in developing the

Penang Transport Master-plan. One to one meeting and public display

formed part of this consultation process. The feedback and the suggestionfrom public were also taken into account to enhance this transport master

plan for a better transport system in Penang. This report will show results

of the public consultation and public workshop and reveal what Penangites

want for their future transport. These results will give a mandate and guide

the consultant to come up with a holistic and implementable transport master-

plan for Penang.

Draft Penang Transport Master PlanStakeholder engagement and public consultation report


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EDITORIAL

EditorChan Lilian (English)

Tam Poh Guek (Chinese)D.Bhavaneswari & N.Senthil Kumar (Tamil)

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Story by Danny Ooi

CM Lim Guan Eng on July 31 dismissedPenang BN Chief Teng Chang Yeows

claim that some Penang State EXCOshave personal interest in the proposed30-storey private medical specialist cen-tre project to be built at Jalan ZainalAbidin area.

It is totally unprofessional and irre-sponsible of Teng to question the integ-rity of the EXCOs in this case. Show usproof, he said at a Media conference atKOMTAR.

Elaborating further on the public

housing issue in Jalan Zainal Abidinarea, CM Lim said the previous StateGovernment had not made any provi-sion for public housing to be built at

the 0.4ha land in the nearby Taman

Manggis.CM Lim refuted as totally untrue a

statement by Teng Chang Yeow that the

original plans under Barisans adminis-

tration were for a community housingproject on the prime land at the junctionof Jalan Zainal Abidin - Lorong Selamat

- Jalan Burma.

It was reported that Teng had saidit was unbecoming of the current SGovernment to scrap the original p

in favour of the medical specialist cproject at the site.

The land was not reserved for phousing. Despite that, we had been ling at whether it could be used for af

able homes, CM Lim said. We then decided that it was too s

and not feasible for public housingidentied an 11-acre alternative si

Jalan S.P. Chelliah to build afford

homes instead, he said.In the latest development, the S

Government announced that about 1units of LMC and medium-cost ats

be built on a 2.91ha plot in Jalan

Chelliah under the States AffordHousing Project.

1,320 affordable housing units

at Jalan S.P. Chelliah

CM Lim (fourth from right) and other EXCOs standing beside the postershowing the proposed housing project in Jalan S.P. Chelliah.

THE small piece of 0.4 hectare land at Jalan Zainal

Abidin-Jalan Burmah which is also known as Taman

Manggis has received a lot of publicity. The opposition

party, Gerakan has made claims after claims. Penang

State EXCO For Health, Welfare And Environment Phee

Boon Poh called a press conference on 27 July, 2012

and hit out at Gerakan for the multiple lies spun by them.Below is the full text of Phees press statement :

Press Statement By Penang State EXCO For Health,Welfare And Environment, Phee Boon Poh In Komtar,George Town On 27.7.2012.

Apart From The 5 Exposed Lies, Teng Chang YeowIs Desperate To Win Back Penang For UMNO By Spin-

ning More Lies On The Jalan Zainal Abidin Land AndHealth Ministrys Refusal To Grant Licence For AMulti-Discipline Fully Fledged Private Hospital.

Apart from the 5 exposed lies, Penang BN ChairmanTeng Chang Yeow is desperate to win back Penang for

UMNO by spinning more lies on the Jalan Zainal Abidin0.4 hectare land and the Health Ministrys refusal to grant

a licence for a multi-discipline fully edged privatehospital. I have exposed 5 previous lies by Teng:-1) No private hospital licence, as claimed by Teng,

has been issued by the Health Ministry to date. There isonly a no-objection letter from the Health Ministrydated 12.7.2012 that was received on 20.7.2012. A no-objection letter is not a licence but not objecting to theapplication of a licence for a private niche hospital, which

must be made within 6 months. Teng can not deny thatthe Health Ministry had even rejected the application fora niche private hospital twice on 2.5.2012 and 22.10.2010.

2)Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (MPPP) and thestate government had never approved a 30-storey build-

ing on the site as claimed by Teng.

Teng tries to spin the application by the developerfor a 30-storey building as approval when it was re-jected by MPPP, deliberately confusing application

with approval.3)Teng claims that the 0.4 hectare site was reserved

for public housing by the previous BN government, when

neither Teng nor the previous state government had evermade a public statement before 2008 that it will be de-

veloped for public housing. Teng is coming out with allsorts of documents dated before 2008 that PR stategovernment is not aware of, as our ofces were com-pletely empty when Pakatan Rakyat took over in 2008.As the 0.4 hectare site is too small, the PR state govern-

ment has allocated 4.2 hectare in Jalan S.P Chelliah foraffordable housing. Clearly 4.2 hectares is better than the0.4 hectare;

4) Teng claims that if BN had not exposed the mat-ter, the public would not have known of the PR state

governments intention to develop the Jalan ZainalAbidin site into a private hospital. Penang Chief Minis-ter Lim Guan Eng had made public announcements andstatements to the press 3 years ago in the middle of 2009

of the state governments intention to build a heritageprivate hospital in the city centre. Teng could have eas-ily searched the news on the net but yet he chose to liethat he and the public had no knowledge of the intentionto build a private hospital there; and

5) Teng questioned the open tender exercise in thesale of the land when this tender was not only publicised

in press announcements but also advertised in newspa-pers. The state government awarded the tender to thehighest bidder.

Today Teng in trying to run away from his false claimsthat a private hospital licence has been approved for the

Jalan Zainal Abidin land, is trying to divert attention towhy the state government has to refund more than RM10

million if a pri-

vate hospitallicence can notbe obtained.Teng has againlied that the PR

state govern-ment gave aguarantee tothe winningbidder that ap-proval will be

obtained to operate a private hospital from the HealtMinistry.

The PR state government had never given such guarantee. The PR state government had made it verclear that the land sold can only be developed into

hospital and not for any other commercial project.As part of PRs efforts to ensure Penang remains to

in medical tourism, the Penang state government did noenvisage the difculty and refusal by the Health Mini

try to grant a private hospital licence even though ther

is a shortage of hospital beds in private hospitals.If the private hospital licence is not approved, it ionly fair that the land be returned to the state governmenwith monies paid refunded. It is ridiculous and confusinfor Teng now to criticise us for taking back the land whe

Teng had criticised us previously for selling the land.If Teng is not so desperate to help UMNO win bac

Penang, he should instead pressure the Health Ministrto grant the private hospital a licence. Instead he is morinterested in playing politics and helping UMNO tha

ensuring that Penang remains No. 1 in medical tourismin Malaysia.

- PHEE BOON POH -

The truth about Jalan Zainal Abidin


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Story and pix by Chan Lilian

LIM Siew Khim, 42 was sworn in as the Penang Mu-

nicipal Councillor twice although she was in an ad-

vanced stage of pregnancy. This mother of ve children

has been a four-term Councillor.

The fact that she has continued for four years as a

Councillor since Pakatan Rakyat took over the admin-

istration in Penang shows how capable this DAP politi-

cian is. Local media is familiar with Lim as the super-

woman who managed to juggle her pregnancies, her role

as the Councillor and her involvement in organising

DAP events.

Lim works as an Administrator in DAP HQ Penang

but she manages to attend to all her Councillor meetings.

She is in the Public Health and OSC committees. Partof the duties includes being in the task force during

enforcement on dirty eatery outlets, unlicensed traders

and demolition of illegal extensions and buildings.

Local Penangites may remember an incident when

an angry trader at a Pasar Ramadhan threw a shoe at

Lim. Buletin Mutiara asked how she felt about the in-

cident and she said, That incident happened in 2009

when we tried to coax the stall holders to carry out

trading properly. Though it was initially quite a shock

to me, I just accepted it as part of my job.

Lim added, Do you know that today the same

trader is doing her business at the better organised Pasar

Ramadhan at Jalan Phee Choon? The traders happier

because MPPP and the Penang State Government have

put in much effort to ensure that they get a more or-

derly and comfortable business location. This shows

that Pakatan Rakyat cares and is sincere. We do not

habour ill-feelings but we want the best for the people.

When asked how she manages to take care of her ve

children aged 18, 12, 4, 2 and 6 months, Lim shared,

As a wife and mom, when I am off duty I spend all my

time with them. I go marketing with my mum and chil-

dren. Eating out with them on weekends. The rst thing

I do when I get home from work is to hug and kiss my

younger children. For the older children, I allocate time

to chat and catch-up with them.

Lim has played an important role in proposing and

pushing for major upgrading of markets in Penang and

she is happy to receive a lot of good response. She be-

lieves there need to be more public awareness on clean-liness at hawker centres.

The hardest challenge she nds is how to turn Penang

into an international city. However, she is positive that

if everyone works together the vision can be realised.

When asked if she has any advice for women who want

to be in politics, she said, Women play a very important

role in politics. Certain traits women possess make them

much better politicians. They are more sensitive, loving,

gentle and these will greatly inuence the society. How-

ever, time management is very important for us who hold

several roles like wife and mother. We need the right

personality, attitude and have to remain humble.

Caring for our family and our state requires the same

characteristics, Lim concluded.

Councillor believes women

make good politicians

File photo taken in January 2012 when Lim wasworn in as a Councillor.

Story by Danny Ooi

To further understand the woes of hawkers in

Penang, the Penang Island Municipal Council

(MPPP) held a dialogue session with the hawker

associations in the State.

The two-hour question and answer session, held

at the Councils office in Jalan Padang Kota Lama,

was participated by some 100 hawkers, the Local

Government and Traffic Management EXCO, Chow

Kon Yeow, MPPP Councillors Gooi Seong Kin andNg Chek Siang.

Representatives from the markets, foodcourts and

roadside stalls raised questions concerning cleanliness,

toilets, infrastructure, maintenance and parking.

One representative complained about broken

toilets at Bandar Baru, Air Itam Market.

Another representative complained about broken

toilet locks and a blocked parking space for the

disabled at Lebuh Cecil Market.

MPPP was urged to build toilets at Bandar Baru

Air Itam Market.

A trader, who only wanted to be identified as

Tong, took the MPPP to task over the presence of

illegal traders at the Rifle Range market.

Tong added that the market now has a lot of il-

legal traders.

Our business has dropped because of them.

When the issue is still small, solve it.

The enforcement is not rigid enough! stressed

Tong, who was cheered by other participants during

the dialogue between MPPP officers and the trade

in the annual event.

He suggested to authorities to let these illeg

traders to apply for some of the empty lots in t

market to run their businesses.

Chow and MPPP Councillors gave immedi

replies to the traders and promised to look into t

matters raised in the session.

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ST. Annes Church in Bukit Mertajam is a goodexample how the spirit of volunteerism, unityand cooperation can bring marvellous results.The annual St. Annes Feast is on the Penang

tourism calendar and tens of thousands ofCatholics, tourists and local visitors visit thechurch.

However, it had been an eyesore every yearwhen they leave a huge pile of rubbish strewn

all over the green lawns during the week

festival. Last year, Bernard Cheen of MWatch highlighted the ugly sight on FacebParish Priest of St. Annes Church Father HRajoo had taken note of the situation and hethe Go Green, Go Clean voluntary group

formed with co-ordination by Don Theseirahis wife. They also separated the recyclmaterials from the rubbish.

One hundred and fty parishioners o

Annes Church together with 30 Filipino mi

workers formed the clean-up team and worked from 27 to 29 July, 2012 to clean up

church compound during St. Annes FeastPenang Exco Lydia Ong also supportednobel cause and allocated RM2,000 to them

the expenses incurred. Bernard Cheen cmented, Church is the house of God, we to keep it clean and tidy. Church is our sanctand place to worship God, we come to seekblessings and not to leave all the rubbish for

We will carry on this meaningful projectyear and will improve it.

The St. Annes Church in Bukit Mertajamsee another major celebration on 20 Aug2012 when the Catholic Church in Nort

Malaysia gets a new Bishop.

Catholic church shines with

spirit of volunteerism

Bernard Cheen, one of the Green soldierswho volunteered to clean up St. AnnesChurch compound posing in front of thechurch.

Story by

Albert

Manikam

HIS Holi-ness PopeBenedict

XVI hasappointedMsgr. Se-b a s t i a nF r a n c i s

,61, Bishop of the Diocese ofPenang.He succeeds Bishop

Antony Selvanayagam, 76. Cath-olic Clergy retire at 75.Bishop-elect Sebastian had

been the Parish Administrator of

Immaculate Conception Church,Pulau Tikus, Penang from 1994to 1998. At the same time he wasa Professor at College General inPenang.

In 2000, he was appointed theVicar-General for Meleka-JohorDiocese under Bishop EmeritusJames Chan and then with hissuccessor Bishop Paul Tan Chee

Ing.

He would be the Head of theCatholic Church in the Dioceseof Penang which covers fivestates in Peninsular Malaysia.The states are : Penang, Perlis,

Kedah, Perak and Kelantan. TheDiocese has 29 Parishes and65,000 Catholics.

His Episcopal Ordination willbe at St. Annes Church, Bukit

Mertajam on 20th August, 2012,at 5.00p.m. The Principal Con-secrator will be the Arch-Bishop

of Kuala Lumpur, Tan Sri DatukMurphy Pakiam and the Co-

Consecrators will be BishopEmeritus Antony Selvanayagamand Bishop Paul Tan Chee Ing.

Bishops and priests are ex-pected from Sabah, Sarawak,

Brunei, Singapore and Thailand.People from all over the countrywill congregate at St. AnnesChurch to witness this solemnand auspicious event. PenangState Government leaders have

been invited to this occasion.

Penang gets a new Bishop

Msgr. SebastianFrancis

Story by Danny Ooi

CHIEF Minister Lim Guan Eng said thevarious communities should understand each

others culture and religion for the better-ment of the country.

He said this during the Ehya Ramadhancontribution programme held outside MasjidAl-Huda in Sungai Ara, Penang on July 7.

We are very fortunate to be living in apeaceful country which is made up of variousreligions and races.

Any difference that we might have shouldnever be a cause for any disunity and mistrust

towards each other.

We should use our differences to furtherstrengthen our unity, he added.CM Lim said the State Government had

allocated a total of RM215,000 in contribu-

tion to all mosques in the State - RM5,000was given to the State Mosque, RM2,000 toeach district mosque and RM1,000 to eachqaryah mosque.

This is the fourth year that the Pakatan

Rakyat State Government is giving out theEhya Ramadhan contribution to all mosquesin Penang.

CM Lim added that the contribution showed that the State Government waficient in managing its coffers and ha

excess budget which enabled the contrtion to be carried out.

The function also saw the presentatio206 cartons of buah kurma (dates) to emosque in the State by the chairman of Y

Taiyoob Sdn Bhd, Datuk Yusuf TaiyoobAlso present were Deputy Chief Min

1, Datuk Mansor Othman, State AssemSpeaker Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain, SDomestic Trade, Consumer Affairs and

ligious Affairs Committee Chairman, DAbdul Malik Abul Kassim, State Secre

Datuk Farizan Darus, State Deputy MUstaz Salahuddin Ghozali and Pantai Jerassemblyman, Sim Tze Tzin.

Meanwhile, Ustaz Salahuddin Ghotold Buletin Mutiara that the intention oState Government to make donationmosques in the State will help brightethe Hari Raya atmosphere.

He added that CM Lims commitmegetting involved with Islamic functshowed that he is not Anti Islamclaimed by certain quarters.

EHYA RAMADHAN -

contribution to mosques

YB Datuk Malik addressing the crowd during the Ehya Ramadancontribution programme.


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THE above is a description left by BritishCity Valuer I.W. Hake from Penang Mu-nicipal Council in 1970s for Mr. Ong SeeFook. Thirty years later in 2012, I thinkMr. Ong as we in the Chief MinistersOfce fondly call him, remains the reliable

CMs aide. Mr. Ong is 78 years old nowbut his excellent health, wealth of experi-ence and sharp memory remains an assetto the State Government.

I have the honour of listening to Mr.Ong talk about the good old days in theCivil Service before Malaya achievedindependence. I started working as aClerical Clerk after my Senior Cambridge

on 3 September, 1956 when I was 22 years

old. Back then, an Ofcer in the CivilService was highly respected. I served thelast President of Penang Municipality -Mr. J.S.H. Cunyngham-Brown.

Mr. Ong has served four Chief Minis-ters of Penang and one can sum up thatthis soft-spoken, gentle and patient manwas at the right place at theright time. He worked in

Penang Municipality in1956 and came in closecontact with Tan Sri WongPow Nee who was the 1stChief Minister of Penang

between 1966 to 1969.Thereafter, when Tun

Dato Seri Dr. Lim Chong

Eu took over in 1969, TunLim asked Mr. Ong to help

him as well. Back then, theChief Minister would spendtime at the Penang Munici-pal Council. Tun Lim de-pended on Mr. Ong andeventually seconded Mr.

Ong to work as the Personal Assistant inthe Chief Ministers Ofce on 1st Septem-ber, 1970 when the CMs Ofce was lo -cated at Bangunan Syed Putra.

In his career as CMs aide, Mr. Ong had

seen many changes and faced a lot ofchallenges when the Penang State wentthrough several incidents like the Emer-

gency in 1969, the 1997 devaluation of

the currency, tsunami in 2004 and other

things that affected the State. Mr. Ong hadalso in his capacity as the CMs aide metH.M. Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen ofEngland on 8 March, 1972 and otherdignitaries.

Mr. Ong had seen how local electionswere carried since 1957. When asked ifthese local elections created any sparks

due to the keen competition of individualsto be Penang Municipal Councillors

elected by the people, Mr. Ong laughedand said, Anything is possible in politics.But the local election was only conned

to George Town, hence not very keenlycontested.

Important events were captured inphotos which Mr. Ong treasures. Mr. Ongalso related how during his younger daysas the CMs aide, he would cart around a

huge and heavy video camera and a cam-era to capture and document events at-tended by the Chief Ministers.

He said, Past or present, it is the same.

Each Chief Minister has his own style and

each is different but the systemof Government is the same. Mr.Ong does not and will not di-vulge any information about anyChief Ministers style. Buletin

Mutiara is certainly honouredthat Mr. Ong has allowed a

glimpse of the past.Penang has moved forward from a

colonialised state under the name Prince

of Wales to where we are today. Penangsvision is to be an international city. Peoplelike Mr. Ong had seen the Union Jacklowered on the eve of Mederka on 31August, 1957. George Town got its city

status on 1 January, 1957 and Mr. Ong

recalled vividly the grand event wtook place in front of City Hall aEsplanade.

Mr. Ong will be the rare gem w

now entrusted to hand down all the vable experience as Chief Ministersto the current batch of CMs aides wowith CM Lim Guan Eng.

One nal question to Mr. Ong -

do you keep yourself healthy, young

still have black hair? Mr. Ong smiledsaid, I was a taekwondo exponentwas the associations president foyears. I do light exercise daily to myself healthy. As for not getting

hair, that shall be kept a secret.

The constant, unchanging,eternal See Fook

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