Friday, March 27, 2009

This Month in Balik Pulau (March 2009) - Drugs, Drinking, Debt, Deceit, Defeat > Death!

Not so quiet of village-town it seems!

Welcome to Bandaraya Balik Pulau, the center of actions (too), just at the backside of the world-famous island of Penang...

On the good side, entrepreneurial spirits, women power and massive developments (infrastructure-wise plus towards social & economic ones) are hailing rapidly from this small, remote town, some 10+ kilometres away from George Town, Gelugor or Bayan Lepas metro-like cities of Pulau Pinang.

Here's what being talked about, and had been in the media (THE BIG NEWS STORIES) during the full month March 2009:-

agaknya ahli akan akhirnya aku ara asar atas attractions bahawa barat baru batu beaches beautiful berada berbangsa berjanji bersetia berubah cina daerah dan daya dengan eileen few final hidangan hingga ini kami kenangan kepada krmbp kuala lagi membelasah pada penang pengakap pinang saya selamat skpdl sungai tahun terus wajah yang

Man found buried at beach

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 27, 2009‎
By ANN TAN BALIK PULAU: A tourist had a shock when he stumbled upon a body that was partially buried in the sand on the Teluk Bahang beach. ...

Winners and Losers

The Malaysian Insider - ‎Mar 26, 2009‎
Datuk Norraesah Mohamad – the former banker was told by Abdullah that she would be appointed to the Cabinet if she won the Balik Pulau parliamentary ...

Foreigners with vital info can get witness protection

New Straits Times - ‎Mar 23, 2009‎
To a call by Yusmaidi Yusof (PKR-Balik Pulau) that an annual report be tabled in the house on the programme, he said this could not be done as it would ...

Balik Pulau’s online marketing bid

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 22, 2009‎
By MANJIT KAUR BALIK PULAU: Housewives have a new reason to be tech-savvy – to buy poultry, fish and vegetables with a click of the mouse. ...

Tour agent faces 10 years’ jail

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
BALIK PULAU: A travel agent claimed trial in the magistrate’s court here to cheating a man of RM22,300 by writing him a cheque for the sum from an account ...

Man Charged With Trafficking In Ketamine

Bernama - ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
BALIK PULAU, March 19 (Bernama) -- An Indian national was charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with trafficking in 13.676kg of ketamine. ...

Travel Agent Charged With Cheating

Bernama - ‎Mar 19, 2009‎
BALIK PULAU, March 19 (Bernama) -- A travel agent pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate's Court here today to a cheating involving RM22,300. ...

Buses to remain in Penang

New Straits Times - ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
The five depots are at Lorong Kulit, Tanjung Bunga, Sungai Nibong and Balik Pulau on the island and in Butterworth. However, state Local Government and ...

Nifty touch

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
Hailing from Balik Pulau, Penang, Soong had already amassed a string of beauty titles by the time she was 19. A small-town girl with big dreams and steely ...

Speculation that Penang DCM Fairus on way out

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
Balik Pulau division chief Dr Mansor Othman, Deputy State Legislative Assembly Speaker Tan Hock Leong and state PKR election director Mustafa Kamal Mohd ...

Rapid Penang denies threatening state govt

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 18, 2009‎
"Currently, Rapid Penang has four depots for buses, with one each in Tanjung Bungah, Balik Pulau and Lorong Kulit and belonging to the Penang Municipal ...

3 M’sians, 2 Indonesians nabbed with 8kg ganja

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 16, 2009‎
By LOOI SUE-CHERN BALIK PULAU: The police have arrested three Malaysians and two Indonesians and confiscated about 8kg of ganja in Sungai Ara in Bayan Lepas ...

Give Priority To Small Projects, Says Backbencher

Bernama - ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
Datuk Mohamad Aziz (BN-Sri Gading) and Mohd Yusmadi Mohd Yusoff (PKR-Balik Pulau) called on the government to ensure that the RM60 billion allocation would ...

Guan Eng thanks Najib for money, then asks where it will come from

The Malaysian Insider - ‎Mar 11, 2009‎
... such as the proposed RM500 million halal hub in Balik Pulau and Batu Kawan; RM200 million loan for its Heritage Rehabilitation Plan in Georgetown as a ...

‘Datuk Kabi’ hearing on June 24 and 30

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 10, 2009‎
By K. KASTURI DEWI BALIK PULAU: A magistrate’s court has fixed June 24 and 30 to hear two charges against C. Kamaleshwaran, popularly known as “Datuk Kabi,” ...

5 Rapid Penang depots more than sufficient, says exco man

New Straits Times - ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
Four of its depots are on the island, in Sungai Nibong, Lorong Kulit, Tanjung Bunga and Balik Pulau while the one on the mainland is in Butterworth. ...

Plumber allegedly beat daughter

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 9, 2009‎
Balik Pulau OCPD Supt Mohd Hatta Mohd Zain said initial investigations revealed that the father might have beaten his four-month-old baby girl when he could ...

RapidPenang: No depot site, no 200 extra buses

New Straits Times - ‎Mar 6, 2009‎
The five depots RapidPenang are at Lorong Kulit, Tanjung Bungah, Sungai Nibong and Balik Pulau on the island and one in Butterworth. ...

Dead newborn found dumped in drain

AsiaOne - ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
By TAN SIN CHOW BALIK PULAU, MALAYSIA: A newborn baby boy with his umbilical cord still intact was found dead in a drain at KM55.3 of Jalan Teluk Bahang ...

Ying Ying’s mum to face two drug trials

Malaysia Star - ‎Mar 4, 2009‎
BALIK PULAU: Although the case of lodging a false missing person’s report about her dead daughter is now behind her, former sales executive Jess Teh Hooi ...

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