Penang Watch

Launch of
Tanjong Bunga Coastal Park

.....“They paved
paradise and put up a parking lot 
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin' hot spot 
Don't it always seem to go  
That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone 
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot”.....

 
‘Big Yellow Taxi’ by Joni Mitchell ...singer/songwriter

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?