The Penang Forum, a coalition of public interest groups and individuals, notes with dismay that Boustead is claiming compensation from the MPPP for consequential losses in having to reduce its hotel from 12 to five storeys. Before the matter develops further, perhaps Boustead would wish to reconsider its position carefully taking the long-term big-picture view and the following.
ULU BALINGIAN, 5 April – Gangsters seems to be running the show in the current native customary land dispute between a logging company, Bitani Maju Sdn Bhd, and the Iban communities of Sungai Tepus in Ulu Balingian.
MIRI, 31 March – The Kayan community of Long Teran Kanan, Tinjar, Miri Division finally got the justice they deserve after fighting a legal battle at the High Court for more than 12 years for recognition of their native customary rights to their native customary land.
Penang-based NGOs and concerned individuals are rallying behind the Municipal Council president for her stand in opposing the use of Council funds to finance the controversial Penang International Convention Centre.
KUALA LUMPUR, 8 March 2010: A hundred years after the world recognised the role of women in society, women are still robbed of their rights. On the occasion of the 100th year anniversary of International Women’s Day, CARAM Asia calls upon governments in both sending and receiving countries to protect the rights of migrant women who constitute more than half of the migrant population in the world today.
The Malaysian and Indonesian government should ensure a minimum wage and proper complaint mechanisms for domestic workers, says Human Rights Watch.
One hundred civil society groups have issued a joint statement on the second anniversary of the watershed 8 March 2008 general election.
Participants at the forum ‘Penang: Has anything changed after two years?’ organised by the Penang Forum Working Group, today passed two resolutions.
The Working Group for the Penang Forum is holding a public forum “Penang Forum 2″ from 9.00am to 5.00pm at the Caring Society Complex along Jalan Utama on Sunday, 7 March.
The Penang Forum is an informal network of some 40 Penang-based NGOs and concerned individuals who came together in April 2008 to chart a possible way forward for Penang.
Bangkok, 23 February 2010 – The Thai government should swiftly act to end police abuse and discriminatory laws and policies against migrant workers and their families, Human Rights Watch said in a new report released today. The February deadline for more than a million migrant workers to enter the “nationality verification” process or face immediate deportation creates the risk of further abuses and should be postponed until it can be carried out in a fair manner.