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July 2012: Issue 2/07 Edisi Bahasa Inggeris, Tamil dan Ci
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.
Story by Chan Lilian
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)
Assistant Editors :Albert Benedict Manikam (Proof Reader)
Writer (English) :Danny Ooi
Photographers :Chan Lilian, Law Suun Ting,
Mohd. Hafz Taijudin and Alissala Thian
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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 -
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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.
MPPP dialoguewith hawkers
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Story by Chan Lilian
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