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Concern over Penang Port bid by Syed Mokhtar Posted on 29 May 2012 - 05:26am GEORGE TOWN (May 28, 2012): Three MPs are questioning whether Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar al-Bukhary would turn Penang Port into a feeder port for his operations in Johor if his privatisation bid for the former was succesful. Tanjung MP Chow Kon Yeow said the Finance Ministry had on March 29 confirmed that Seaport Terminal (Johore) Sdn Bhd, which is a holding company for the Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP) in Johor, had initiated due diligence process on Penang Port while in the final stages of completing a reported sale-and- purchase agreement with MOF Inc, the Finance Ministry’s investment arm. Both Seaport Terminal and PTP are owned by Syed Mokhtar. “The Penang government has written to the prime minister exp...

Follow-up surgery for acid attack victim Posted on 29 May 2012 - 05:32am Tan talking to Joo Kwon at the press conference. GEORGE TOWN (MAy 28, 2012): Acid attack victim Tan Hui Linn will leave for South Korea to undergo the crucial second phase of her rehabilitation treatment conducted by a team of 10 doctors on June 30. Jelutong MP Jeff Ooi, who is assisting Tan, 20, said yesterday that the treatment to remove scars is a follow-up to the surgery she went through at the JK Plastic Surgery Centre in Seoul four months ago. Also present were Tan, the centre’s founding medical director Joo Kwon and Korea Health Industry Development Institute’s Asean director-general Kyung-won Jang. Joo Kwon said the second phase involves five or six minor procedures to remove the scars around her...

Posted on 28 May 2012 - 09:16pm Last updated on 29 May 2012 - 08:42am Himanshu Bhatt newsdesk@thesundaily.com GEORGE TOWN (May 28, 2012): The proposal to restore the free port status for Penang, announced by newly appointed state Barisan Nasional chairman Teng Chang Yeow recently, may not cover the whole island after all. The state BN political committee today discussed a proposal to designate a duty-free zone on a proposed 1,210ha reclaimed area under the Penang Port on the mainland. Committee member Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya, who is also Penang Port Sdn Bhd chairman, said the plan would site a CIQ (customs, immigration and quarantine) zone that would bring economic spin-offs to the state. The designated duty free zone includes a halal hub, a commercial complex, a ...

Chaos erupted at Suaram’s rally in Penang to mark Bersih 3.0’s one month anniversary, after a group of men started shouting at a state assemblyperson. link : http://malaysiakini.com/news/199200   土权支持者追打卡巴星侄儿 警扣留两男子包括一劝架者 政治暴力事件再添一宗，数名土权支持者今午在公民社会纪念净选盟428集会满月后，挑战行动党全国主席卡巴星侄儿达宾德星辩论不果，群涌而上追打他。 结果，在公众协助下，在场的便衣警察及时隔开冲突的双方，并扣押两名男子上警车。两人中，一名是企图动粗男子，另外一位是保护达宾达星的劝架者。 东北县警区主任颜康民事后向媒体证实，警方已逮捕两名涉及纠众殴打的男子归案，并援引《刑事法典》第160条文，当众滋事的罪名调查。   link : http://malaysiakini.com/news/199197      ...

GEORGE TOWN (May 22, 2012): Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng has dismissed reports that Malays are leaving the state as a result of being sidelined as claimed by his former deputy Mohammad Fairus Khairuddin. The former Penanti assemblyman, who resigned from all posts in 2009 and joined Umno soon after, had claimed some 18,000 Malays have left the state due to the high cost of living. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the allegations were false and described such statements as “lies.” He pointed out that Malay voters in the state had increased by some 35,000 as of last year since four years ago. “If you include these voters, who are all aged 21 and above, and their families and children, there should be more,” he said at a press conference yesterday after attending the opening of the ...