Politik, Legislatif, Dasar dan Tadbir Urus

By Opalyn Mok The Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) wants the authorities to devise a comprehensive plan to preserve historical burial sites and memorials in Penang, and to prevent the exhumation of ancient graves belonging to historical figures. "Cemeteries are a part of our heritage and culture, so it is something that should not be neglected and forgotten," said PHT secretary Clement Liang. Referring to the recent exhumation of tombs from a private plot within the Batu Lanchang Hokkien cemetery, Liang said the tombs and memorials are vital, as they serve as a physical link to the past. He said all burial sites, tombs, memorial monuments and cenotaphs that are over 50 years old have significant historic value and should automatically come under the state's legal protection. "There should be a record and listing of all historical sites, monuments and tombs in the state," he added. Speaking at a press conference at the PHT today, Liang said tombs with historical value...

The Nine Emperor Gods' Tow Boo Kong Temple in Butterworth, Seberang Perai started its 40th anniversary celebration yesterday with chantings, prayers and various offerings made to the deities. Besides, several well-known Taoist priests were also invited from China, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong to grace the event. The celebration began yesterday and will end this Saturday 25th September 2010.

The month of September 2010 is very significant for the history of Tow Boo Kong Temple Butterworth. For in this month, the temple will be celebrating two major events of the year: its 40th Anniversary as well as The Grand Ritual Praying for World Peace and Prosperity in Malaysia. These celebrations will last for 5 days. Invitation has been sent to invite high ranking Taoist masters from Fujian China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore to preside the ceremonial prayers for the temple. Other representatives from the Taoist Associations from these countries, as well as Thailand and Malaysia have also been invited to grace this special occasion together. At the same time, these associations will be sending more than 100 Taoist Masters to perform the Blessing and Prayers Ritual. Vast effort and planning has been put in for the preparation of these two massive events. Prior visits to China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore have also been made to understand and learn the intricacies of t...

Did you all know why we said the Malayan Communist Party (MCP) secretary-general Chin Peng should regret for the rest of his life? The reason is very simple! He was stupid enough to let the British colonist retake Malaya when the Japanese forces surrendered to the Allies after the end of the Second World War. Chin Peng welcomed the British’s return to Malaya in 1945 to establish the transitional British Military Administration (BMA) in Malaya to receive the Japanese’s surrender. As the result, the British past the then Malaya to an organization filled with racist and violent leaders who later presided the tragic 13 May incident in 1969 and later continue on to rule our nation for more than 50 years. And today, our nation remained racially and politically divided as the result of one man’s stupid mistake. If Chin Peng had done what the other revolutionaries did in Korea (Kim Il Sung), Vietnam (Ho Chin Minh) and Indonesia (Sukarno) by resisting the colonist’s return to their land, Malays...

PACE will be organising a talk on Heritage Conservation - the Georgetown case on 25 October 2008 at the Socio-Economic & Environmental Research Institute (SERI) office, 10 Jalan Brown off Jalan Ayer Rajah, 10350 Penang. The talk will commence from 2.30pm to 4.30 pm and the speaker for this session will be Mrs Loh Lim Lin Leem who is a senior council member of Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) since 1990 and also a member of the Georgetown Dossier Submission Team for Unesco World Heritage Listing.

Jalan Alor on Yahoo! returns more than 900,000 results. It is that famous. Yet, Kuala Lumpur City Hall is adamant that changing the name to Jalan Kejora - a move that has sparked a public outcry - is the right thing to do. Datuk Bandar Datuk Ab Hakim Borhan said the move, which was planned three years ago, would give the tourist destination of Bukit Bintang a new image. “Other roads in the area will soon have new names, and they will all be named after the stars to create the new image,” he said yesterday during a visit to a landslide site in Cheras. The name change came to light when city hall replaced the road sign about a week ago. The Jalan Alor name has been in existence for 35 years. City Hall explained that the name was changed at the request of the National Economic Action Council to meet requirements under the road naming guidelines and to go with other roads in the vicinity. The DAP MP for Bukit Bintang, Fong Kui Lun, who has brought the matter up with the Federal Territories...