Sustainable Development and Worldviews

The South China Morning Post (SCMP) has published the article ‘ Penang wants to be like Hong Kong and Singapore. Problem: its fishermen don’t ’ (31 March 2019) that contains misleading statements that may confuse readers. I would like to respond to those errors by providing facts about the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) and the state. Penang South Reclamation: Not land swap The SCMP article reports that, “The reclamation is part of a proposed land swap deal with the project delivery partner of the PTMP, SRS Consortium…” Penang state government has clarified many times that the reclamation is not a land swap deal. The most recent was the Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow’s statement published in February 2019. The reclaimed islands will be owned by the state government and it is in the authority’s plan to develop the land for various purposes such as providing public spaces, affordable housing, commercial and industrial opportunity. And the rationale why the choice...

The recent study by Cent-GPS on racial discrimination in private sector recruitment have provoked many responses. I bet many are angered by such discrimination and have many brilliant ideas of how to fix it. I just wanna highlight two things about that study by Cent - GPS : First, the report states on page 12 that it is based on an earlier study done by Lee Hwok Aun and Muhammed Abdul Khalid, which was published in 2016, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy . Guess what? While the earlier study was prepared by 2 researchers, the Cent - GPS report only highlighted the Malay researcher in the sub-headline, "The Work by University Malaya's Dr Muhammad Abdul Khalid" (see attached photo). The Chinese researcher's name, Lee Hwok Aun was dismissed. Not only that, the sub-headline stated that Muhammed Abdul Khalid was from University Malaya. This is wrong. Lee Hwok Aun was the researcher from University Malaya, while Muhammed ...