(Updated 6 April 2010, 1:25pm) BUKIT Gelugor Member of Parliament (MP) Karpal Singh’s response to the MP Watch: Eye on Parliament project, which asks all 222 MPs six questions. (Source: parlimen.gov.my) Name: Karpal Singh Ram SinghConstituency: Bukit Gelugor Party: DAP (Opposition)Years as MP: 1978-1999 (Jelutong) 2004-present (Bukit Gelugor) Government position: None Party position: DAP chairperson […]
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Kg Buah Pala residents appeal to PM
PUTRAJAYA, 28 July 2009: The residents of Kampung Buah Pala in Bukit Gelugor, Penang have appealed to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to intervene in their village land ownership issue. Their appeal, in a memorandum, was handed to the Prime Minister’s Offfice today through Najib’s Special Officer Datuk Nasir Safar. Kampung Buah Pala village […]
Kg Buah Pala residents want Penang CM to resign
PENANG, 1 July 2009: The Kampung Buah Pala Residents Association in Bukit Gelugor here today urged Lim Guan Eng to step down as Penang chief minister for having failed to serve and help the people in the state. Its spokesperson, C Tharmaraj, said the association also felt that Lim, who is DAP secretary-general, was not […]
Ponggal celebration for Hindus
PENANG, 14 Jan 2009: Today is Ponggal Festival, an occasion that has R Subramaniam’s family waking up much earlier than usual to make the necessary preparations like decorating their house with sugar cane, mango leaves and drawing the kolam. Dressed in their colourful new clothes, Subramaniam, his wife and their three children began the Ponggal […]
