WHEN you order teh tarik at your favourite stall, you pay after drinking it. Like almost every purchase of products, the full price of the product is paid only when the product is delivered to the customer or within a very short time thereafter.
MUCH has been spoken but little said by the Election Commission in relation to growing public criticism of the electoral system. Sweeping statements by its officers that Malaysian electoral lists “are among the cleanest in the world” in the face of growing evidence of unfairness in the electoral roll and delineation of electoral boundaries serve only to undermine public confidence in the electoral system.
THE recent controversy about an attempt to rezone part of S12 Petaling Jaya has raised concern as to what is the proper planning function of a local authority.
MUCH of the controversy in relation to the Lynas Advance Materials Plant in Gebeng (Lynas), Kuantan, could have been avoided had the Kuantan City council (MPK) conducted public dialogues or stakeholder discussions under Local Agenda 21 before granting planning approval under the Town and Country Planning Act 1976 (TCPA 1976).
THE delay in the appointment of councillors for the local authorities in Selangor does not auger well for the administration of the state government.
While some delay may be forgivable as various political parties “jockey” for their favorite candidates, there should never ever be a situation where at any given time a vacuum is created in local government where there are no councillors to serve.
AZIZ is a senior citizen who has been living in Petaling Jaya for 37 years. He lives in a small bungalow with his wife. Their children have grown up and he had hoped to enjoy his retirement playing with his grandchildren in the family home.
ON June 1, 2011, the Selangor state government implemented a new land policy designed to provide a more equitable renewal of residential leases for individual owners of property.
Prior to this scheme, there was substantial concern by owners of leasehold property that they would lose their homes when their leases expired, if they were unable to pay the relatively high premiums to renew their leases.
