News about Forum

BEIJING (April 26): The meeting between Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad with China's top leaders yesterday ahead of the Belt and Road Forum marked a new milestone in the story of the two countries' bilateral relationship, which looks set to deepen.

GEORGE TOWN (April 18): A Penang Forum member questioned the professionalism of federal regulators, as the environmental study report for a highway project contained drawing errors.

PETALING JAYA (April 11): Alternatives need to be sought for the Pan Island Link 1 (PIL 1) as the Federal Government is not providing financial aid for the highway project, says an NGO The Star reports that Penang Forum member Dr Lim Mah Hui said the state should treat the situation as an opportunity instead of a setback.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 21): UEM Sunrise Bhd plans to launch RM1.

  KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): While expectations were high after the 14th general election on May 9, 2018, Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad highlighted that most of the administration’s efforts for the past year have been to “plug the almost bottomless pit created by the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB)” scandal.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 21) — The Save Penang Hill online petition has garnered more than 22,000 signatures today, within only six days.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 29): Penang Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman said the special committee established to probe the deadly Bukit Kukus landslide is not opened to the public, reported the Malay Mail.

  KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): Sunsuria Bhd has unveiled the retail tenants of Sunsuria Forum@7th Avenue, Setia Alam, Selangor — a freehold integrated development consisting of serviced apartments, corporate offices, small office home office (Soho) suites and a lifestyle mall.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 3): In a debate on the durability of a Light Rail Transit (LRT) (pictured) system, Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) project manager Szeto Wai Loong was reported saying that “such a system was likely to last forever, requiring only minimal maintenance such as software upgrades in the long run compared with trams and bus-tram hybrids”.

GEORGE TOWN (October 1): At the public dialogue to discuss the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) yesterday, Penang Forum suggested the state consider an Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) system.