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Penang Government under fire Penang Government under fire
Friday, April 25th, 2008 at 8:11am (17 weeks 6 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: politics] [published 17 weeks 6 days ago]
tags: penang : fire : political representatives : non-governmental organisations : ngo : local council : koris : federation of malaysian consumers associations : fomca : indian community : r guna segaran :

From thestar.com.my: PENANG: The state government has come under fire for appointing more political representatives than non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the local councils.

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Health Ministry to study hospital charges Health Ministry to study hospital charges
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 2:42pm (19 weeks 7 hours ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: health] [published 19 weeks 7 hours ago]
tags: malaysian medical association : fomca : khoo kah lin : charge : health ministry : liow tiong lai : doctor's fee : teddric jon mohr : koris :

From thestar.com.my: PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) and Fomca support the Health Ministry’s plan to review private hospital charges for room, equipment and medicine.

MMA said the charges should be uniform while Fomca proposed the ministry use existing mechanism within its purview to address the issue.

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Penang to make auditor’s findings public, says Lim Penang to make auditor’s findings public, says Lim
Monday, April 14th, 2008 at 2:17pm (19 weeks 3 days ago)
[submitted by arjunan.org] [category: economics] [published 19 weeks 1 day ago]
tags: tanasekharan : seberang prai municipal council : penang consumer protection association : penang : loga bala mohan : lim guan eng : land : koris : koh tsu koon : jasmin mohamed : chow kon yeow : abdul rashid abdullah :

BUTTERWORTH: The findings of the private auditor into the financial status of Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP), whose reserves fell from RM229mil in 2000 to just RM25.6mil at the end of 2007, will be made public.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the public had the right to know how the council’s reserves had come down.