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		<title>CM&#8217;s tunnel-highways consultation on 19 Nov 2011</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2012/03/08/cms-tunnel-highways-consultation-on-19-nov-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://penangforum.net/2012/03/08/cms-tunnel-highways-consultation-on-19-nov-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 12:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The highway and tunnel projects &#8216;consultation&#8217; on 19 November 2011 was called by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. The CM invited NGOs, and it was a closed-door meeting. The press were not invited and it was not open to &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2012/03/08/cms-tunnel-highways-consultation-on-19-nov-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=294&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Preservation and destruction in Penang’s development</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2012/02/27/preservation-and-destruction-in-penangs-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 13:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Development must be located within a vision. What is the vision for Penang’s development, asks Lim Mah Hui. In the past 12 months, we have painfully witnessed the demolition of several historical buildings, some illegally. The latest victim is a &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2012/02/27/preservation-and-destruction-in-penangs-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=288&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Penang Forum 4 resolutions</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2011/12/03/penang-forum-4-development-and-good-governance/</link>
		<comments>http://penangforum.net/2011/12/03/penang-forum-4-development-and-good-governance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Resolutions adopted by participants of Penang Forum 4: Development and Good Governance, 18 December 2011, Caring Society Complex, Penang Recognising that the current Penang state government, the MPPP and the MPSP have increased their efficiency and effectiveness and introduced some &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2011/12/03/penang-forum-4-development-and-good-governance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=238&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Penang Forum meets Chief Minister</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2011/11/17/penang-forum-meets-chief-minister-a-report/</link>
		<comments>http://penangforum.net/2011/11/17/penang-forum-meets-chief-minister-a-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:20:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Penang Forum Steering Committee would like to apologise for the delay in sending out this brief summary of a recent meeting with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng on Sunday, 16 October 2011. The meeting lasted from 5.00pm to &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2011/11/17/penang-forum-meets-chief-minister-a-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=183&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Towards a new MPPP budgeting process</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2011/11/12/speech-by-dr-lim-mah-hui-towards-a-new-mppp-budgeting-process/</link>
		<comments>http://penangforum.net/2011/11/12/speech-by-dr-lim-mah-hui-towards-a-new-mppp-budgeting-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 04:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full text of address by Dr Lim Mah Hui to the Full Council Meeting of MPPP on 28 October 2011. Selamat pagi and selamat sejahtera. Yg Bahagia YDP Ar Puan Patayah and Ir Ang Eng Thye, Pengarah2 and Ketua2 Jabatan, &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2011/11/12/speech-by-dr-lim-mah-hui-towards-a-new-mppp-budgeting-process/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=168&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable development for Penang</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2011/11/08/speech-at-full-council-meeting-by-dr-lim-mah-hui-on-sustainable-development-for-penang/</link>
		<comments>http://penangforum.net/2011/11/08/speech-at-full-council-meeting-by-dr-lim-mah-hui-on-sustainable-development-for-penang/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full text of speech by MPPP councillor Dr Lim Mah Hui to the full council meeting of MPPP on 26 August 2011 Sustainable Development for Penang I would like to touch on the issue of what type of development is &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2011/11/08/speech-at-full-council-meeting-by-dr-lim-mah-hui-on-sustainable-development-for-penang/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=162&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Status of the Botanic Gardens post-Tengku Idaura &#8211; What now?</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2011/11/02/status-of-the-botanic-gardens-%e2%80%93-post-tengku-idaura-%e2%80%93-what-now/</link>
		<comments>http://penangforum.net/2011/11/02/status-of-the-botanic-gardens-%e2%80%93-post-tengku-idaura-%e2%80%93-what-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Penang Forum would like to begin by formally acknowledging the remarkable improvements made to the Gardens in the few short months of Tengku Idaura’s stint as ‘Pengarah’. She responded to the call for ‘service’, coming out of well-earned retirement, &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2011/11/02/status-of-the-botanic-gardens-%e2%80%93-post-tengku-idaura-%e2%80%93-what-now/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=138&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heritage vandalism</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2011/11/02/heritage-vandalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 07:16:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a sad day when we see two architectural treasures within the George Town World Heritage Site, Convent Light Street and Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, vandalised by Malaysians to make racial political statements. Bringing gutter politics into the realm &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2011/11/02/heritage-vandalism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=148&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decision to call off Boustead land reclamation deal lauded</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2011/10/27/penang-forum-lauds-decision-to-call-off-boustead-land-reclamation-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://penangforum.net/2011/10/27/penang-forum-lauds-decision-to-call-off-boustead-land-reclamation-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penang Forum welcomes and fully supports the state government&#8217;s bold decision to call off a controversial proposed agreement to allow Boustead Holdings Bhd to reclaim land at Bayan Bay as compensation for having to scale down the firm’s hotel along &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2011/10/27/penang-forum-lauds-decision-to-call-off-boustead-land-reclamation-deal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=5&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Stop unethical reporting</title>
		<link>http://penangforum.net/2011/10/23/stop-unethical-reporting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 03:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Penang Forum is utterly disgusted at the lack of ethics of bloggers who have made serious accusations which implicate the child of a well known politician in Penang. This was followed by politicians from certain parties who fuelled the situation &#8230; <a href="http://penangforum.net/2011/10/23/stop-unethical-reporting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=penangforum.net&#038;blog=28846902&#038;post=129&#038;subd=penangforum&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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