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Not all of the federal guidelines recently devised to govern the burgeoning bird nests industry would be applicable for Penang, local government committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said today.
He said the state authorities had the prerogative to adopt portions of the guidelines that were appropriate to the unique circumstances of the respective states.
THE Penang Municipal Council is allocating RM1.2mil to councillors to conduct programmes under ‘The Cleaner, Greener Penang’ initiative launched on May 22.
State Local Government and Traffic Manage-ment Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said each councillor would receive RM50,000 for projects such as landscaping and education programmes and gotong-royong drives.
A Penang executive councillor said the federal government should listen to the people if it is serious about amending the Internal Security Act (ISA).
Local government, traffic management and environment committee chairperson Chow Kon Yeow said the government should organise a forum for open debate.
He was commenting on police action against anti-ISA protestors who had attempted to hold a candlelight vigil on Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of enforcement of the unpopular law.
The Penang government will enforce its polystyrene ban among hawker stalls owners here from next year onwards to reduce the usage of polystyrene packaging in the state.
State Local Council committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) and the Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) would incorporate the condition as one of the clause in the license renewal process.
PENANG’s Chowrasta Market, which is well known for its secondhand bookstores, preserved fruits and titbit stalls, will undergo a RM1mil facelift next year.
Komtar assemblyman Ng Wei Aik said the Penang Municipal Council’s licensing, building and engineering departments started a discussion in May for work to be undertaken.
DAP KOMTAR will be organising a fund-raising dinner for its General Election Preparatory Fund on 31st of July, 2010 (Saturday) 7.30p.m. at Che Hoon Khor Moral Uplifting Society, Macalister Road, Penang.
In celebrating the upcoming second anniversary of George Town’s listing on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, Persatuan Gaya Hidup Berbasikal Pulau Pinang (PCLS) will be organizing a heritage bicycle ride and a children’s drawing and colouring contest at New World Park on 27th June 2010 (Sunday). Themed ‘Cycling Through George Town’, this event is to encourage bicycling activities and to instil more awareness on George Town’s heritage sites especially in children.
The Barisan Nasional leaders must come out with a common stand whether they want the state authority to take enforcement action against the illegal hawkers.
The state authority does not want to be caught in a situation where the Gerakan leaders want us to take action whilst UMNO leaders condemn the action against the illegal hawkers.
THE Penang Government will ask the authorities to come down hard on three ‘bas pajak’ or leased buses which are picking up passengers illegally at the Komtar bus terminal.
Komtar assemblyman Ng Wei Aik said the state government would request the Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board to revoke the licences of the buses.
A DAP preparatory election workshop here has received lukewarm response, prompting the organiser to wonder how the party would fare against Barisan Nasional.
DAP Komtar assemblyman Ng Wei Aik, who organised the workshop, said only half of the 30 members from the Kampung Kolam and New Komtar branches attended the event.
An event not to-be-missed i.e. KOMTAR Tower Run 2010 will be held on June 5, 2010 (Saturday) from 7.00am to 11.30am at KOMTAR Tower, Georgetown.
KOMTAR Tower Run 2010 is organized by KOMTAR Revitalisation Committee partnering with Raintree Empire Sdn Bhd (Company No. 783533-H) where participants have to take on the physical and mental challenge to run up the entire 60-storey KOMTAR Tower, Penang’s tallest building and an icon of Penang in its heydays.
EVERY department in the state’s two local councils must map out a strategy to enhance the ‘Cleaner Greener Penang’ initiative.
State Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said be it the health, engineering or landscape departments, it was their responsibility to play a greater role in the campaign.
The Penang government does not agree with a Penang Island Municipal Council (MPPP) plan to “recycle” burial lots in non-Muslim cemeteries to overcome the shortage of space.
Penang local government committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said today the idea to exhume the remains of deceased individuals after a period of time needed to be reconsidered as it was a sensitive matter.
The Penang State Government is calling upon the Attorney-General’s Chambers, the Transport Ministry and the Penang Port Commission to reveal what transpired in the RM5.4million progressive payment fraud two years ago in the construction of the RM65 million Swettenhem Pier redevelopment project and not try to cover it up.
A 15-year-old boy was caught and beaten up by a security guard after he and an accomplice tried to rape a 28-year-old woman in a public toilet at the Komtar bus terminal here.
The woman, who works with an express bus company, had earlier gone to the first-floor toilet at around 9.15pm on Saturday when the two rushed in and threatened her with a knife.
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