武吉占姆慶中元 吳竟誠：讓人民瞭解內容 應公開升旗山發展計劃

光明日報   2011-08-28

（檳島西南區28日訊）峇都蠻協調員吳竟誠促請有關機構出示發展升旗山的研究報告與計劃，讓民眾了解計劃的內容，再決定要不要發展升旗山。

他說，若發展升旗山有良好的規劃，相信人民也不會反對，但若升旗山的發展會引發環境生態問題，就應該被反對。

吳竟誠週六晚出席武吉占姆慶讚中元聯歡晚宴時這麼表示。

另外，他也希望人民珍惜目前國家擁有的一切，若有不完善之處則一併改善。

Barisan has been helping needy Penangites for years

STAR: Friday August 19, 2011

Concerted effort: Salmah Osman (second left) and Aminah Balalakhcumi Abdullah (fourth left) receiving goodie bags from Abdul Rahim (right). With them are (from second right) Koperasi Tunas Muda Sungai Ara Berhad chairman Mansor Musa, Goh Kheng Sneah, Wong and (third left) Bayan Baru Kemas senior supervisor Roslan Mohamed

THE Federal Government gave out RM58mil in welfare aid to needy Penangites last year, said Bayan Baru Barisan Nasional coordinator David Yim Boon Leong.

He said the money, channelled through the state Welfare Department, was more than three times the RM14.3mil given out by the state government for its senior citizens appreciation programme last year.

“Although the amount was far more than that given out by the Penang government, we in Barisan have never created a big hoo-ha over this. In fact, we have been handing out aid for so many years.

“The amount given out to each needy individual was between RM100 and RM450 monthly,” Yim said during an aid presentation organised by the Bayan Baru Community Development Department (Kemas) at Balai Rakyat Sungai Ara on Wednesday.

Cash aid totalling RM18,600 was given out to 137 needy folk at the event in conjunction with Ramadan.

Batu Uban Barisan Nasional coordinator Goh Kheng Sneah said the Penang government was still harping on the RM100 it gives out under the senior citizen’s appreciation programme although the programme was launched last year.

Bayan Baru Kemas senior supervisor Roslan Mohamed said the 137 recipients, including single mothers and children, were from the Bayan Baru parliamentary constituency.

 

The recipients also received a hamper each containing essential items worth RM50.

Besides Yim and Goh, others who chipped in for the event using their allocation were Pantai Jerejak Barisan coordinator Wong Mun Hoe and Batu Maung Barisan coordinator Datuk Abdul Rahim Saibu.

Other sponsors were Koperasi Tunas Muda Sungai Ara Berhad, Koperasi Sungai Nibong Berhad and Suiwah Corporation Berhad.

JKSB diminta timbang pampasan RM13.7 juta

Berita Harian 1/8/2011

JOHARI (kanan) meninjau kawasan penangkapan ikan di Jambatan Kedua Pulau Pinang.

GEORGETOWN: Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd (JKSB) diminta mempertimbangkan tuntutan pampasan sebanyak RM13.7 juta yang disuarakan Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia (LKIM) dan nelayan di Pulau Pinang.

Pampasan itu bagi meringankan beban kira-kira 2,900 nelayan pantai di negeri ini yang terjejas akibat kerja pembinaan Jambatan Kedua Pulau Pinang yang menghubungkan Batu Kawan, Seberang Prai dan Batu Maung di bahagian pulau. 

Timbalan Menteri Pertanian dan Industri Asas Tani, Datuk Mohd Johari Baharum, berkata tuntutan pampasan itu adalah munasabah kerana mata pencarian nelayan pantai terjejas dengan pelaksanaan projek berkenaan. 

"Tuntutan pampasan nelayan Pulau Pinang kepada JKSB pada mulanya sebanyak RM27 juta yang membabitkan 2,900 nelayan, tetapi pihak JKSB mencadangkan nelayan dibayar sebanyak RM3 juta saja.

"Bagaimanapun nelayan dan LKIM membuat cadangan baru yang berjumlah RM13.7 juta, April lalu menerusi Unit Perancang Ekonomi Negeri (UPEN)," katanya selepas merasmikan Program Juara Rakyat Pemimpin Bersama Nelayan Parlimen Bayan Baru di Kampung Teluk Tempoyak di sini, kelmarin.

Hadir sama, Penyelaras Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Batu Maung, Datuk Abdul Rahim Saibu; Penyelaras DUN Batu Uban, Goh Kheng Sneah dan Pengarah LKIM, Raja Kahalid Raja Ariffin.

Terdahulu, Mohd Johari menyampaikan sumbangan barangan makanan kepada 20 Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU), orang tua, ibu tunggal dan isteri ahli Persatuan Nelayan di kampung berkenaan.