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

GEORGE TOWN: The Kampung Buah Pala saga continues with the Penang state government now scrambling to prevent the demolition of the houses by invoking a clause from the National Land Code. Lim said this at a press conference, which was attended by Bar Council Legal Aid Centre counsel Cecil Rajendra, who was among the lawyers who acted on behalf of the residents throughout their debacle, including the legal battle which they lost.
Also present were Deputy Chief Minister 1 Dr Mansor Othman, DCM2 P Ramasamy, Bukit Gelugor MP Karpal Singh and Seri Delima state assemblyman RSN Rayer, who have also been involved in the tussle between the developer and the residents since the onset.

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GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Government will declare July 7 as a state public holiday beginning next year in commemoration of the date George Town received the Unesco World Heritage Site status.

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GEORGE TOWN: After more than two weeks of acrimony, the committee members of the Kampung Buah Pala Residents Association will finally get to meet Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng over the impending demolition of the village, popularly known as High Chaparral.

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GEORGE TOWN: A shopper at a hypermarket here vented her anger at the cashier when asked to pay for plastic bags which are normally given out free.

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PENANG: Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng will write a letter to the Prime Minister requesting for the Federal Government to consider paying the cost in acquiring the land at Kampung Buah Pala.

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The Penang government said today it will be too costly for it to acquire the land in Kampung Buah Pala from a cooperative and a developer to enable the 23 squatter families facing eviction to continue to live there.

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GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government is prepared to cancel Nusmetro Ventures (P) Sdn Bhd’s project in Kampung Buah Pala if the developer fails to compensate the residents.

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GEORGE TOWN: It was a tense moment in a Sessions Court here when a lawyer demanded an apology from the judge for allegedly describing him as “rude and unethical.”

Counsel R.S.N. Rayer also said Sessions judge Rosilah Yop should apologise to him for advising his client to get another lawyer and that the judge should disqualify herself from hearing a criminal breach of trust (CBT) trial involving his client.

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GEORGE TOWN: Seri Delima assemblyman R.S.N. Rayer said he had always fought for villagers of Kampung Lorong Buah Pala and stood by their cause.

Rayer, who was urged to resign from his state seat by the villagers during a demonstration on Saturday, said such a call should not have been made.

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- written by kent chong, June 28, 2009 11:11:26
It could be BN ppl purposely pose as resident and demand PR rep to quit. Purposely show PR not able satisfy Rakyat. Hey , if today Penang still under Gerakan/BN, do the resident get to voice out? i think FRU/ water canon is waiting to shot!!!!!

- written by Jan, June 28, 2009 11:19:39
This assemblyman shouldn't promise what he cannot fulfil.
The people must also understand there's only so much an assemblyman can do, short of breaking the law. You can't expect the state govt to spend millions to buy up private land so that you residents can continue to squat on it.

THE special committee on Tamil schools in Penang has given out RM1.5mil aid from the state government to 28 Tamil schools in April. Deputy Chief Minister (II) Dr P. Ramasamy said yesterday the money was presented to the schools during a ceremony in Komtar.

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GEORGE TOWN: The Penang Government will table a resolution in the August sitting of the state assembly urging the Federal Govern-ment to bring back local government elections.

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GEORGE TOWN: A Syariah Court chief judge has become the first person to receive an award from the state government for exposing RM500,000 misappropriation of bail money at the Penang Syariah Court.

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GEORGE TOWN: The state government has banned the use of polystyrene cups and plates at all state organised functions with immediate effect as part of measures to contain the outbreak of dengue here.

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THE Balik Pulau Magistrate's Court today acquitted and discharged Teh Hooi Wen, the mother of murdered Shearwel Ooi Ying Ying, of taking methaphetamine.
In his submission, defence lawyer R.S.N. Rayer said there were clear contradictions in the witnesses' evidence particularly regarding Teh's urine test.

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