See my attachment of the article of the SUN Daily today 22-2-12.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Fwd: MPPP Councillor Appraisal: Summary Report
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Date: January 12, 2012 13:53:08 GMT+08:00
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Subject: [sembang-forum 443] MPPP Councillor Appraisal: Summary ReportThe following is a summary report of the self appraisals of the MPPP councillors. Attached please also find the detailed responses by the individual MPPP councillors. If anyone has any questions regarding the responses by the councillors, you can call up them directly. Their mobile phone numbers are in the detailed report. A similar exercise is also being carried out for the MPSP councillors. They have been given up till tomorrow, Fri 13 Jan 2012 to send in their responses.regardsSH Tan=============================================================================================Background:The "Know Your Councillor" campaign was initiated by several civil society members of Penang. The objectives of the campaign are:- to raise awareness on local democracy and local election among ratepayers in the State.- to enhance good governance, competency, accountability and transparency of councillors and local government.- to assist councillors to exercise good governance and ensuring effective performance of their responsibilities.- to help ratepayers understand the roles and functions of councillors.Questionaires were emailed to all the 23 MPPP councillors on 23 Dec 2011. The councillors were asked 3 questions:1. Please list your 3 major accomplishments as a MPPP Councillor for 20112. If you are reappointed as a councillor for 2012, what will be your 3 main goals for the year?3. If you agree to be reappointed for 2012, please state why you should be reappointed?The Councillors were given fourteen days to respond to the questionnaire. They were also informed that their responses to the questionnaire will be made public.Summary of responses:A total of 17 responses were received from the 23 questionaires sent out. The breakdown of the respondents by political parties and organizations is shown in the table below:
Saturday, December 24, 2011
CM Lim Guan Eng on youtube about the demolition of Pudu jail
From: "Lim Cheok Siang Jimmy" <notification+m5jvuid_@facebookmail.com>
Date: December 24, 2011 7:13:53 GMT+08:00
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Lim Cheok Siang Jimmy 24 December 07:13 If he can say all that I cannot imagine that he would have allowed all the things happening in Penang. It may suggest that most of the things against heritage are done without his know ledge...what say you guys? Agree or not? Immediately I can think of so many Agencies in Penang who may not be doing their job or are misled into believing that their job scope is only very small and limited. This notion is then conveyed to the CM and he being a good and trusting leader acts on their recommendations. (Also first timer CM leh). Unlike Tsu Khoon who had govern Pennag for so long LGE is new and not conversant with how the Local Government is run. So he acts on poor advice and many things related to the heritage matters and environmental issues not properly handled.......like "stop work order" becomes commencement of work, telling a person who has done something wrong to quickly rectify the wrong by submitting plans and rushing them through on a VIP pass? Or a "rebuild Order" has become a wait and see game. How lah CM to run a City and State as beautifula s Penang? Despite most of the GTWH core site is zoned for "Residential, Commercial, Markets, Institutional, Religious" purposes under the Planning Guidelines, why is the Local Authorities allowing "Agriculture and Farming" of sorts to be allowed in the city that is not ZONED for that purpose? Why? IS there a hidden agenda? So that means KFC can tomorrow move their chicken farm to a KOMTAR WALK shoplot, to supply chicken to their outlet at KOMTAR WALK? YB CHow how do you think this would fit in with your scheme of things to improve patronage of Komtar (Everbright)? Our Government should now send a message out to the Government Agencies that they must do their job for the protection and enjoyment of the people living in the city. Reason the people are "hammering" this Government for all the mistakes the agencies created......and this will change once they get re-erected into office as the people are behind the Government but not behind poor workers in Govern Agencies and bad messengers.Comment history
Lim Cheok Siang Jimmy 24 December 06:46 Can someone tell our CM that we all speak the same language as he did over the Pudu Jail issue. Somehow I think in the translation or transfer of information to the CM by his 'under-links' and abled assistants our intents and message got screwed up and he ends up thinking that we are "against" him big time and he angry with us 'environmentalists and heritage freaks'. BUT LGE SPEAKS SAME language..........so how can be enemy. Maybe many messengers speak different "lingos".....which explains why CM gets confuse information.......like we are told that the 'Cheng Hoo" of Ayer Itam is not LGE. Did his people tell him that? This is bad politics. People may end up erecting a wrong person to Govern the next time. Make hay whilst the sun shine. I extracted some quotes by LGE which could have 1. "Express my regrets at the demolition of the Pudu Jail wall" ….CM Penang
2. "…sad that historic building build in 1895 is torn down to make way for commercial development" ….CM Penang
3. "…remind the Fed Gov. that you cannot buy heritage. Once it is destroyed nothing can return it back" ….CM Penang
4. "…some countries like Singapore ….to make way for sky scrapers……now………..if given an opportunity to do it again, they would retain many of the heritage buildings" ….CM Penang
5. "……remember you can buy a lot of things cannot buy love or time." ….CM Penang
6. "You must have your cultural assets in place. Malaysia wants to become a civil society….to be a civil society you must first be a civilised Nation to be a civilised Nation you must first make sure you are able to take care and protect your cultural assets." ….CM Penang
7. "…..it is still part of our past and heritage" ….CM Penang
8. "…..money is not everything" ….CM Penang
9. "Do they tear down the great wall of Chinas to make way for development? " ….CM Penang
10. "If we as a Nation do not know how to preserve and protect our cultural heritage it does not reflect well on all of us" ….CM Penang
11. "…..Disappointment on the failure of the Gov. and the wrong sense of priority……..where they place the value of money and commercial interests than… protecting the heritage" ….CM Penang
12. "I mean for us if in Penang we can stop the development by not approving the plans unless you conform to heritage requirements…developments can complement each other….development also retain heritage aspect by complementing and supplementing each other. It is not mutually exclusive that you have to destroy one (heritage) to replace with a modern development. I think you can complement and supplement each other" ….CM Penang
been us Chanting......."
Yan Lee 23 December 18:12 we want this man, watch this videoOriginal post
Citizen Chant 23 December 16:38
DAP express regret over Pudu Jail
www.youtube.com DAP MPs, led by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today expressed regret that there has been no eff...View Post on Facebook · Edit email settings · Reply to this email to add a comment.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
PGGOV gets brick bas n praises
Penang Forum's symposium to discuss development and good governance end in a call for a better-planned, more systematic, holistic and sustainable growth process for the state
GEORGE TOWN: Penang Forum, an informal network of 40 local non-governmental organisations (NGOs), residents' associations (RAs) and concerned individuals, is calling for the state government to adopt a more people-centred, sustainable and greener approach in the development of the state.
It said the emergence of new development projects on the island, had caused alarm.
At its recent symposium on development and good governance, Penang Forum 4, on Sunday, the participants demanded that developments be in concordance with genuine need, as it was perceived that the new developments on the island had paid scant regard to sustainable development principles.
A statement issued the following day said a resolution was passed at the end of the symposium concluding that the government and local councils must implement a better planned, more systematic, a holistic and a sustainable development process.
To address rising concerns of over-development, Penang Forum 4 resolved that the state must institute a more participatory planning process, including the organisation of workshops to educate and engage the public on Local Plan drafts before approval.
The NGOs want the state to impose a moratorium on high-rise or high-density developments until the Local Plan was approved.
On land-reclamation projects, it said the state must also formulate land-use and land reclamation policies to ensure that it maintained control over matters such as planning.
Such policies would also help to protect the state's financial interests for the benefit of marginalised and vulnerable groups of Penangites, and allow provisions for sufficient affordable housing, public parks and social amenities on reclaimed land.
Penang Forum also urged the state government to formulate innovative and independent fiscal policies to generate and conserve financial resources for projects that would yield long-term benefits to the community.
"It must also address the poor integration of transport in town planning and land-use planning policies, and solve the RAs' various problems, especially by implementing independent social, environmental and traffic impact assessments for new projects.
"The local authorities must ensure that prompt enforcement exercises are taken for violations of laws or by-laws," Penang Forum demanded.
At earlier discussions at the symposium, the powers-that-be were criticised for the mess Penang island was perceived to be in. Traffic congestion, another nagging problem on the island, was raised, with Penang Traffic Council member Low Swee Heong saying that a major cause was the lack of enforcement to tackle illegal parking.
He also expressed concern at the state's independent announcement of plans for new expressways and roads when Penang's transport system and traffic situation were still under study by consultants.
It was not all brickbats, however. Penang Forum 4 noted improvements made by the state government and local councils that had increased efficiency and effectiveness in many areas.
The introduction of the open-tender system, no-plastic bag and no-Styrofoam policies, car-free days and Penang Speakers' Square; and initiatives that had allowed culture and the arts to flourish in Penang were recognised and praised.
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