With the level of apathy among the Malaysian public high, non-government organisations have to take the brunt of attacks from policymakers.
When I read the article “Penang NGOs: An opposition force without accountability?” by Timothy Tye and Joshua Woo, the first thing that came to mind was “Ouch!” because even though I have no affiliation to the NGOs Timothy and Joshua were referring to, I do follow the issues raised, in particular the proposed PIL1 highway and the so-called Penang Transport Master Plan .
What the authors have conveniently failed to mention are the details of the grouses raised by NGOs and affected public. But, then again, why should they shoot their own foot? The onus of finding out the details of the issues raised lies with the readers themselves. that is if they care to find out. Personally, I think the use of the PTPM as a reason to reclaim new islands is just an excuse to camouflage a developer bias policy by the Penang government. After all, therecommendations which, for all intents and purposes, deviate entirely in form and functions.
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