GEORGE TOWN: Be more transparent than transparent, more accountable than accountable and more competent than competent in managing Saturday’s landslide which killed 11 people.This was Penang Barisan Nasional chairman Teng Chang Yeow’s terse message to Penang government and the Penang Island City Council (MBPP).Teng said MBPP had instructed its chief architect to lodge a police report on possibility of negligence of managing and conducting on the construction site.“What is shocking…

（槟城25日讯）槟州国阵党员在主席邓章耀带领下，于今午1时前往于上周在丹绒武雅可负担房屋计划工地土崩事故中遇难的华裔死者袁铬文的丧府拜祭，并慰问死者双亲及家属。    出席包括民政党槟州副主席胡栋强、民政党青年团代团长卢界燊、民政党妇女组代主席陈赛珍、民政党峇都蛮区协调员邱显昌、巫统直落阿逸斗哇区州议员拿督查哈拉及巫统浮罗勿洞区州议员拿督法立博士等。       &n…

GEORGE TOWN: The family of site supervisor Yuan Kuok Wern, 27, killed in Saturday's landslide in Tanjung Bungah with 10 other foreign workers, has finally come to terms with their loss.His mother, Yeow Chooi Keng, 61, said it was initially painful for them to accept his passing, but said they had finally accepted it with an open heart."He will forever be in our hearts. There is no way we will…

（槟城24日讯）民政党丹绒武雅区协调员方志伟指出，行动党槟州政府从2009至2016年已批准丹绒武雅区多达39项发展计划，包括发生土崩意外的计划；反观国阵前朝政府在2004至2007年间，只批准了4项发展计划。    “当年前朝批了4项发展计划，已引起当地居民反弹，指丹绒武雅发展过度；现在的行动党州政府执政两届而已，就批了39项计划。”    人命安全不容妥协  &n…

GEORGETOWN: Kerajaan DAP Pulau Pinang digesa menghentikan semua projek pembangunan khususnya di kawasan bukit di sekitar Batu Ferringhi, Tanjung Tokong serta Tanjung Bungah untuk kajian semula mengikut garis panduan pembangunan.Ketua Pemuda Barisan Nasional (BN) Pulau Pinang, Hng Chee Wey, berkata 39 projek pembangunan berskala besar yang sudah diluluskan kerajaan negeri di kawasan berkenaan adalaj terlalu padat."Ini bagi membolehkan kajian dan penelitian semula terutama dalam aspek keselamatan dapat dilakukan pihak berkuasa,"…

（槟城25日讯）丹绒武雅工地土崩引发恐惧，垄尾刘玉水花园居民促请槟州政府，别为了从米通山通往武吉占姆路的免费道路，而典当了当地约5000人居民的性命。   民成发言人郑联语医生说，刘玉水花园后方山坡原本的发展计划为6层楼高的叠拼别墅（Townhouse），当时居民还可以接受。   “不过我们却在2015年时被告知，该计划的发展商与州政府协商后，发展商将协助州政府建造从通往米通山通往武吉占姆路的免费…

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 25 — Residents of Taman Lau Geok Swee have objected to an upcoming high-rise project on a hill slope behind their homes in Paya Terubong, saying the deadly landslide in Tanjung Bungah has heightened fears of a similar tragedy there.Taman Sri Rambai and Taman Lau Geok Swee Residents Association chairman Ti Lian Geh said they have protested against the project and sent a memorandum to the Penang…

（吉隆坡25日讯）民政党副主席拿督刘华才促请天然资源及环境部公布槟州其他不获环境部支持的山坡发展计划名单。    他认为，槟州首长林冠英在此事件中难辞其咎，必须为州政府的失职辞职。    他说，在珍惜人民的宝贵生命前提下，民政党要知道到底槟城州还有多少个在进行中的山坡发展计划，同样不获环境部所支持。    指山崩案例仅冰山一角    “我…

KUALA LUMPUR: Gerakan has urged Natural Resources and Environment Ministry to disclose the unapproved list of ongoing projects in Penang. Gerakan vice-president Datuk Dr Dominic Lau said this was important following the Tanjung Bungah landslide last Saturday, which saw 11 people dead and several construction workers injured. He said after acquiring the list, authorities should monitor the said areas before making it public. “This is so that potential buyers and…

（槟城25日讯）“把人民当傻瓜！”    国阵槟州主席邓章耀今日抨击槟州行动党州政府和槟岛市政厅，“一直在把人民当傻瓜”；槟州房屋发展及城乡规划委员会主席佳日星行政议员昨日振振有词说，当朝州政府从来不会，也从未批准任何逾海拔76公尺的山坡发展计划，但掌管地方政府事务的行政议员曹观友曾在2015 年11月的槟州立法会议上清楚报告，市政厅从2008年开始已批了56项海拔逾76公尺（250尺）的计划。…