| Lim Lip Eng Posted: 03 Dec 2011 07:59 AM PST
| ‘Peaceful Assembly’ protest turns poetry recital Posted: 03 Dec 2011 01:05 AM PST  A. Samad Said (left) recites a poem to those gathered in the city centre park, Kuala Lumpur December 3, 2011.  Lim Kit Siang (left), Samad (centre) and Wong sing the 'Negaraku' to end the demonstration on December 3, 2011.Pictures by Melissa Chi
Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/peaceful-assembly-protest-turns-poetry-recital/ (By Melissa Chi, 3/12/2011)
The second KLCC protest against the new assembly law became a poetry recital session instead, with national laureate Datuk A. Samad Said reciting his latest poem, Merindu Ruang to a crowd donned in yellow clothing.
"Make yourself comfortable, it's going to be a party," Bersih 2.0 steering committee member Wong Chin Huat told a crowd of about 200 today at the park adjacent to the Petronas twin towers and prominent city building. "We will fight violence with the beauty of literature," he added.
The crowd was joined by among others, DAP lawmakers Lim Kit Siang, Tony Pua, and Lim Lip Eng.
Today's demonstration, last half an hour, was the second to be organised by the Freedom to Assemble Campaign, a coalition of over 30 NGOs. A week ago, almost 300 people gathered here to protest the Peaceful Assembly Bill. Both occasions ended with KLCC security personnel requesting the crowd to disperse.
Today, Wong was told that he needed the permission from KLCC's management to gather in the park. But he told reporters later that they will continue to hold protests every Saturday at KLCC until the law is revoked.
The Peaceful Assembly Bill, which bans street demonstrations, was passed on November 29 on BN votes after the opposition Pakatan Rakyat bloc staged a walkout.
| | Mont Kiara residents against proposed development Posted: 03 Dec 2011 12:50 AM PST  Photo by Leow Mei Chern  Photo by Fazleena Aziz Fighting for a common cause: Residents voicing out their concerns during a meeeting recently.
Source: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/12/3/central/10018000&sec=central (By FAZLEENA AZIZ, 3/12/2011)
Residents from the La Grande, Kiaraville and Tiffani Kiara condominiums are protesting against a proposed commercial development nearby in Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur. About 50 residents carrying placards stood in front of the proposed site near Changkat Mont Kiara expressing their disappointment with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) for approving the project. Residents said the project, consisting of a 26-storey office block and nine floors of car park on a 0.45ha site near the Soho KL @ Solaris Mont Kiara would aggravate the traffic congestion in the area.
The site is now being used as a car park.
On Nov 16, the residents had attended an objection hearing and voiced their concerns. The residents are objecting against Mont Kiara slowly losing its residential status and becoming a commercial centre. Some residents are planning to get an injunction against the development. Tiffani Kiara chairman Carol Lee said the land status was marked as institutional but had been converted to commercial in 2009. She said DBKL had informed that only Kiaraville had the right to object at the hearing. "However, Tiffani and Le Grande should be included because we are directly affected as well," she added, Lee said the residents were not allowed to ask technical questions during the hearing.
Le Grande chairman Terry Openshaw said the plot of land was a landfill and piling work in the area would affect nearby condominiums.
Frankie Chow from Kiaraville said with commercial centres like Soho KL, Plaza Mont Kiara and 1Mont Kiara in the area, there was no need for another development. It is a small plot of land and this development will just aggravate the traffic congestion in the already high-density area.
Segambut MP Lim Lip Eng, who was present at the meeting, said the residents should be united in their stand to get a positive outcome.
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| Lim Kit Siang Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:59 PM PST
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