Flash back 03 : The slogan that brought down Barisan Nasional

REINVENT

Just right after parliament dissolved, banners like the above which mean " Reinvent " were seen mushrooming around Penang.

The slogan were the brilliant work of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia's veteran election campaigners that consists of Kerk Choo Ting, Kang Chin Seng and Yang Chuan.

Both Kerk and Kang were PGRM leftovers and Yang happens to be a lecturer in School of Education of Universiti Sains Malaysia.

The trishaw rider sincerely thank the 3 fellas for their brilliant effort in encouraging voters in Penang to reinvent the state and making UMNO the sole opposition party in the state legislative council.

But too bad the Prime Minister still managed to secure his parlimentary seat in Penang state but anyway he will soon be a spent force come 1 April 2009.

Flash back 02 : Penang's famous son

The headline reads " Tsu Koon goes to capital ".

Subheadline reads : " Teng, Cheah, Lee and Teng, who is to be the next chief minister ? "

Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon was highly anticipated to clinch a federal seat and made a full cabinet minister since his then boss, Dato Sri Lim Keng Yaik not going for General Election 12.

Tsu Koon said " I want to go to the capital " and he also submitted 3 names of who may be the future chief minister of Penang.

Alot of high hopes were on Tsu Koon.

One of his loyal apple polisher, the famous elephant task property developer in Penang that put up megasize posters and banner in support of Tsu Koon at their projects in town and in Tanjung Bunga area. 

Flash back 01 : 1 year & 2 weeks ago

On 13 Feb 2008, PM Datuk Seri Ahmad Abdullah Badawi said " Parliament will not dissolve today "

On 14 Feb 2008, The headline reads " Parliament dissolved "

Nomination day : 24 Feb 2008, Election Day : 8 Mar 2008

For the days to come, the trishaw rider will publish more flashbacks to remind us what was put to print during that memorable week 1 year back.

Stay tuned.

How up to date are Gerakan and MCA Penang are ?

Not very up to date

www.mcapenang.com domain name was not registered properly and now belongs to a bulk reseller.

www.penanggerakan.org.my however fair a little bit better, at least they still hold on to the domain.

However the content on the website is like time locked. 

So what say you ? both these parties still want to remain relevant to the citizen of Penang ? 

Can ah ?

Is this the indication that our juditiary system is not functioning ?

If you drive past Jalan Farquar area you will notice these two huge banner hung from the high court which is still under renovation.

Headaches for UMNO in Penang

The Penang state legislative council begin its meeting today, and for the second time in history, UMNO and Barisan Nasional/Pakatan is made into opposition in the hall.

Wonderful !

Thanks to the overwhelming support of Penangites, we managed to get rid of UMNO and it's dogs from administrating, some said killing of Penang state.

From now till 31 of July 2008, do point your browser to the following links to see for yourself how UMNO, as the sole representative from Barisan Nasional, which also is the opposition party in Penang state, reacts to the truth that was hidden to the public by the previous BN administration.

Official Link
http://www.penang.gov.my/index.php?ch=14&pg=90&ac=875

http://dunpenang.ipglobal.tv/ [ Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox friendly ]
mms://kl.cdn.tm.net.my/dunpp [ Microsoft Internet Explorer only ]
mms://202.75.59.123/dunpenang [ Microsoft Internet Explorer only ]

Accelerating Penang - Step 1: Cleanliness

The image above was taken at Gurney Drive on Sunday, 6th July 2008. over 1/2 of Gurney Drive esplanade is covered with 50 meters wide of sludge and mud, no thanks to the land reclamation project along Tanjung Tokong.

A while back one Gerakan linked political analyst, Gavin Khoo called for ways to make Penang a better place to live since it was neglected by Barisan Nasional government for nearly 2 decades.

The first being Cleanliness.

Well Mr Khoo, the current state administration heard you, and ADUN of Pulau Tikus, Mr Koay Teng Hai and his service team took the initiative to organize a cleanup Gurney Drive event on the same day.






This is the good start for the state of Penang. Kudos to Mr Koay Teng Hai and his team for doing a good deed to clean up Penang, our island, our home.