Archive for September, 2009

By the Administrator

Gurny Drive’s condo

High rise living style

The same surrounding

May go for a swim, on top of all that

Inside Gurney Plaza

Gurney Plaza’s open space

Promotion activities

Welcoming a festive season – Hari Rara Aidilfitri

The escalator from basement

Beverages outlet at Gurney Plaza

Coffee or tea?

By the Administrator

At the full council meeting of MPPP (Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang, or Penang Island Municipal Council) yesterday morning, 6 councillors made their adjournment speeches.

Adjournment speeches are views, opinions or suggestions by fellow Councillors for Council’s consideration in its policy-making or actions.

The Municipal Council President Sr Tan Cheng Chooi, accompanied by Puan Pathaya, the Council Secretary

Councillor Gazali posed a few questions on the matters arising

Tay Leong Seng queried on the recent TNB power cut of Balik Pulau Pasar Complex for arrears of payment. “Who is responsible then?” he asked.

Yeoh Soon Hin proposed to consider using solar-powered street lighting to cut costs and to be environmentally friendly. He also took the Engineering Department to task for rampant cable-faults and pot holes in the streets

Lim Kar Cheng from the NGO’s objected to the new plot ratio of the state and called for review of planning guide-lines for development

Cikgu Ismail Ibramsa aimed for quality management, targeting quality returns, quality of goods and services, and quality of participation

Lim Siew Kim, the victim of a recent ’slipper attack’, condemned gangsterism and called for police actions. She also called for the defence of Council’s decision to deter illegal hawking

Zulkifli proposed a Council Institute of Training to be set up to produce quality workers who do not just manage but lead

All these were promised by the Council President with written replies in the following meetings and considerations by the Standing Committees

A smiling Council Secretary after the meeting

The reporters conference of their own now?

槟城在农历七月份（俗称鬼节）大街小巷酬神演戏，祈求国运康泰，人民生活安定。今年更在槟州中元联合会的号召下，为慕义总校筹募扩建基金。

以下乃一些照片纪录：

在宝石花园庆赞中元宴上垄尾区杨顺兴州/市议员致词

近看书法

书法拍卖

巴都兰樟万山盂兰盛会庆25周年

 

舞狮迎宾

日落洞清华园中元节献唱

日落洞清华园中元节献唱

现场

歌唱

司仪出场

慕义总校董事长拿督郑永洁义唱

歌唱

在巴都丁宜中元赞宴会上， 浮罗池滑区州议员郭廷恺致词

右起：章瑛国会议员，培才小学董事长沈良福，丹绒武雅州议员

左起：升旗山国会议员刘镇东、槟州首长林冠英

嘉宾

在巴都丁宜中元宴会上首长致词

嘉宾

By the Administrator

Lately, through the kind invitation of Ah Thai, some of our old boys of Chung Ling who graduated in 1973 met at our peer Ong Choon Huat’s Chin Bee Tea House to exchange our life experiences, it was solely an ad hoc private gathering as nothing could bother us…

No school song but they were still standing very straight for my hand-phone camera

Well, you don’t have to be a French to be a wine expert though!

This talk is actually a talk across the Atlantic ocean

Sort of self service

A tasty lunch that Beng Tat (right) missed in Australia where he already settled down for 13 years

“This bottle of wine is from my home-town,” said the French gentleman

Chin Cheng’s way of making Chinese tea - who said tea can’t go with wine eh?

Beng Tat wouldn’t feel lonely for this trip back to his home-town

Organiser : Bukit Gelugor Residents’ Welfare Association

Date : 4-10-09 (Sunday)
Time : 9 am to 1pm
Venue : 1926 Heritage Hotel, Jalan Burma, Penang

To be officiated by YB Mansor Othman DCMI Penang

Speakers : YB Dato Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim, MP Bayan Baru
                 YB Ahmad Yusmadi, MP Balik Pulau
                  Dr. Goh Ban Lee, Academician/Reseracher on Housing
                  Mr. Lim Chien Aun, Estate Manager/Valuer

Forum materials, tea break and lunch supplied F.O.C. by the Organiser

But must register earlier with participants’ names, IC No’.s, and
addresses.

How many of you can come? Only limited seats are still available.

Can register with me now

Thank you.

Regards,

Boo Chang
bclim26@hotmail.com

By the Administrator

And 2 meetings before that…

By the Administrator

With the impending MCA EGM fixed for Oct 10, the MCA Saga took a new twist of events by the Central Committee changing the Presidential Council’s decision of sacking Chua Soi Lek to one of suspension of his membership for 4 years.

This latest move has been seen as measure to preempt the outcome of the EGM which is one of, among other things, to reinstate Chua as a member. The argument by the President Ong Tee Keat would then be that the resolutions are irrelevant and more importantly, it could not save Chua from the suspension of the 4 years period, one that has effectively excluded him to contest for any post in the next Party election.

None of the MCA EGM’s resolutions have anything to do with the rakyat, as it is basically a power struggle between the old guards and the young turks. Thus the Chinese community, in particular, were not bothered about this narrow-minded party squabbles.

There were MCA leaders openly calling for the intervention by UMNO leaders, bearing in mind that once the late Gafa Baba, the then UMNO No.2,  was the MCA’s chairman during the Neo-Tan factional infighting. But even Samy Vellu could handle his own party affairs, it is a shame that MCA have to be everything ‘cow-towing’ (subservient) to UMNO.

There may be more legal battles after this round of EGM fight, as MCA was known to have EGM’s after EGM’s during their previous party internal splits, and also a protracted legal battles.

As the popular saying goes, the people who wins in a party election may well lose in the general election, as ultimately it is the rakyat who decides!

By the Administrator

(由林武灿拍摄）

槟城嘎档巴佛教会于今年九月十三日举办地藏菩萨与黑色妙音灌顶，出席者众。

灌顶是密宗独具的重要仪轨之一密宗把各级灌顶视为开发佛性的一种仪式，是引导凡夫走向成佛之路的桥梁。

包含“授予权利”的神秘意义。 所谓的灌顶威仪，并不是简单地一圣水浇灌受法人的头顶这么一个仪式而已。

而是上师通过智慧力量，可能是一句话，一种指引，一种显现，令弟子与法相应证悟空性，这才是真正的“灌顶”。它最主要的作用在祛除修持者身心的无明烦恼及垢秽，引出清净心，同时给修持者授予真言，密印，佛意。修持者居获得这些秘诀，就可大大缩短修行成道的期限，可以即身成佛。因此灌顶的意义就在于开发修持者的佛性。灌顶可分为身、语、意的灌顶，透过灌顶授权，究竟速时能获得三身

一下乃该灌顶法会所摄照片：-

吉祥如意！

By the Administrator

(由林武灿拍摄）

以下照片乃由槟城嘎档巴佛教会于今年九月十二日晚上在槟城爱情巷所举办的密宗护国息灾火供烧施祈福及中原超度大法会

呈观音像

呈观音像

呈狮子吼像

、

吉祥如意

By the Administrator

At the Parti KeADILan Rakyat Penang State Leadership meeting yesterday which was chaired by YB Dato Seri Zahrain Mohd Hashim, a new KPI monitoring system of the performance of the party’s  people’s representatives in the state, which include all the Members of Parliament, State Assembly, and the two local councils, has been set up with a unanimous decision.

YB Dato Abdul Halim, the Penang Dewan’s Speaker, was appointed to head a Committee to steer the matter.

It is hoped that with the new system, all the people’s representatives will perform better to meet up with the expectation of the electorates, so that PKR could not only maintain their present seats, but to win back its lost seats and grow stronger.

The candidates of the last elections won, it was generally agreed, not own their won merits, but much to do with the people’s dissatisfaction and disappointment of BN’s 50 years ruling, with rampant corruption, abuse of power, which benefit a few cronies ultimately. Now that these candidates are now wakil rakyat, they are expected to deliver and to perform and the party will monitor all these before making the recommendation of their chances of seeking re-elections.

As YB Abdul Halim is not an elected people’s representative, he was thought to be the best person to do the job with impartiality and neutrality. And the KPI system will be something scientific and ojective which will do a good job to reduce any unnecessary grouses.