YB. R.S.N RAYER - A.D.U.N. SERI DELIMA, PENANG

The State Security will call for an emergency meeting today to come up with extra measures to ensure public safety during the Hari Raya holiday period, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said.

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang state government will have an open tender for a tourism development project on Pulau Jerejak by year-end.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng announced Monday that the project would entail “billions” in investment and take at least 10 years to complete.
He said the state wanted to promote holistic development on the former penal colony, including eco and sports tourism.

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BUTTERWORTH: The Barisan Nasional should not point fingers at other parties for the slowdown in the flow of investments into the country but instead it should look at the problems faced by the Federal Government which the coalition rules, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

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Press Statement by YB Teresa Kok, Member of Parliament for Seputeh, Senior Exco for Selangor State Government and ADUN for Kinrara on 19th September 2008 at Petaling Jaya, after her release from ISA detention

''My ISA Detention Is Without Any Legal or Moral Basis. It Is A Clear Abuse of Detention Without Trial
I HAVE been released after being detained in solitary confinement in a 6'-by-8' holding cell for seven days under the Internal Security Act (ISA). I was informed by the police that they detained me under Sec 73(1) of Internal Security Act 1960, which means I have incited racial and religious tension and conflict.''

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KUALA LUMPUR: Seputeh MP Teresa Kok was released from detention under the Internal Security Act at about 1pm on Friday, her lawyer Sankara Nair said.
He said she had called him and he was now on the way to the Jalan Travers police station here to meet her.

Kok, 44, is expected to give a press conference at the DAP headquarters in Petaling Jaya at 3pm.

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THE state government is on track to eradicate hardcore poverty in the state before its new deadline, March 8 next year.
State Health, Welfare and Caring Society Committee chairman Phee Boon Poh said the 324 families under this category statewide would soon be given a new lease of life.

“Under Budget 2009, the Federal Government said it would increase its monthly allowances for hardcore poor families from RM400 to RM720.
“The state too will increase its allowances for the families, from the current RM660 to an amount that is higher than the federal allocation,” he said.

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GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has launched “Penang Free WiFi” - the first step in making Penang the country’s first WiFi state.
The initiative, which is the first component of the state’s Wireless@Penang project, is aimed at giving Penangites free wireless broadband services.
“Today, Penang takes a bold step to make the entire state connected through wireless broadband and it’s a journey we want to complete within the next 18 to 24 months.

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IPOH: The DAP prefers fresh elections than defections to decide on the new government.
Its national vice-chairman M. Kulasegaran said this has always been the stand of the party which was fair to the voters.
“This is because elected representatives who won in elections under their party banners should stand by them,” he told reporters after a vigil outside the Ipoh Barat DAP office on Tuesday evening.

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PETALING JAYA: The DAP will take the arrest of Seputeh Member of Parliament and Selangor senior executive councillor Teresa Kok to court.
The party will let the court decide whether the detention is justifiable and lawful, said party legal bureau chairman Gobind Singh Deo.
He said the party would meet to discuss the formation of a legal team, which would submit a habeas corpus application to the court for her release in the next few days.

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Anti-corruption activist Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim, who recently joined DAP, still sees his role as one to fight graft and now also to ensure a fairer place for all Malaysians.
Malaysia’s most prominent anti-corruption and good governance activist, Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim, raised many eyebrows recently when he announced his new role as a politician by joining the DAP.

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GEORGE TOWN: About 10,000 civil servants in the state departments and agencies will receive their one-month bonus at the same time as those under the Federal Government, said Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.

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GEORGE TOWN: The proposed RM25bil Penang Global City Centre (PGCC) has been rejected by the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) and is "as good as dead," said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Lim said the developers had failed to submit planning plans as required by the state.
"It did not come as a surprise to me, but of course we did not interfere in the council's decision. When we took over the state government on March 8, we clearly expressed that the developer must follow the law.
"If they had not submitted the layout plans on time and as required, how do you expect the project to get approval? The PGCC project in the original inception is dead," Lim said at a press conference at the Penang Skills Development Centre (PSDC) on Tuesday.

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GEORGE TOWN: Komtar assemblyman Ng We Aik has lodged a police report against Bukit Bendera Umno division chief Datuk Ahmad Ismail, who allegedly called the Chinese pendatang (immigrants) during a ceramah in Permatang Pauh on Aug 25.
"DAP divisions in Selangor, Perak, Negri Sembilan and Malacca have been told to lodge police reports against Ahmad, whose statement is liable to cause disharmony in a united society," he told reporters after a lodging a report at the Patani Road police station on Monday with Seri Delima assemblyman R.S.N Rayer, DAP national Socialist Youth (Dapsy) Bukit Mertajam chief Tan Khong Chong and Dapsy national executive committee member Teh Lai Heng.

Rayer said that while the DAP supports freedom of speech, this did not mean that one could make statements that insulted other races.
"We had asked Ahmad to retract his statement and issue an apology but till now he just kept quiet about it. He has also been missing and no one has seen him over the past few days," Rayer said.



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GEORGE TOWN: Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the state government would definitely make Sept 16 a public holiday.
He, however, said the day would probably only be made a holiday next year.
“We probably cannot have it this year as we already declared a public holiday on Aug 26. We have to take the business industry into consideration, as a day off would greatly impact the sector,” he said Monday after attending a drainage cleanliness campaign in Tanjung Bungah near here.

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MULTI-CULTURAL unity took centre stage during the state-level National Day celebrations in Penang on Sunday.
Clad in traditional costumes, 150 cultural performers added a dash of colour to the coastal road in front of Queensbay Mall.
The mall’s front entrance on Persiaran Bayan Indah was filled with students, avid photographers and Penangites keen on catching the National Day parade.



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GEORGE TOWN: Five states kicked off their first National Day celebrations this year under Pakatan Rakyat.
With seven inspired shouts of “Merdeka!”, Penang kicked off the state-level National Day celebrations.
Celebrating 51 years of independence, more than 10,000 participants and onlookers gathered at the seafront area along the Bayan Lepas coastal road to watch the culturally-themed Semarak Merdeka show and parade.
Together with Yang di-Pertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas and his consort Toh Puan Majimor Shariff were Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and elected representatives.

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