Penang Watch

Dear TBRA members,

hope you all enjoyed a Happy Chinese New Year.

Even before the horrific landslide in Taman Antarabangsa, the residents of Chee Seng Gardens in Tanjong Bunga confronted the developers of a hillside construction project about an "accident waiting to happen". A stop-work order was slapped on the construction site demanding that more retention ponds be built to avoid the floods that had frightened residents. Another stop-work order came later.

Fire on JE again!Tuan MPPP,

Last two months ago, the fire started @ this site, in fact YB Chow
Kon Yeow is well aware on this, he even went to the site, now the fire
start again ( 06/02 ) in the expense of our green environment!!! this
has created smoky atmosphere around our resident, the burning smoke
definitely effected the young and old, even worth with 
those on respiratory health problems, look like this incident going to
happen very often, the question is what MPPP going to do about it?? is

Wednesday December 10, 2008
Poor drainage cited as reason for stop-work order in Batu Ferringhi
By LOOI SUE-CHERN(Star)

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Municipal Council has ordered work on a multi-million-ringgit bungalow project in Batu Ferringhi to be stopped immediately.

Its president Datuk Zainal Rahim Seman said the council was concerned about the drainage system that allowed water to flow from into the site, not only endangering the project but the nearby six blocks of Mar Vista apartments.

“There must be a proper drainage system that diverts water into the retention pond.

Tanjung Bunga development tends to spill over to the main roads-is there any developer's respect to the residents?

Penang WiFi project to go ahead
By ANDREA FILMER(Star)

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Government will proceed with a free state-wide WiFi initiative under its Wireless@Penang project.

Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi said the state would proceed with the project as long as there was no conclusive evidence of health risks posed by the initiative.

“There will always be dissenting views and it is only fair that we engage them and share our information. From our perspective, it is a measured risk but we have to do things for the larger group of society.