Saturday, 3 September 2011

Ministers To Open Talks With Opponents Of Planning Reforms

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So is this the future that when we are in a position of a global downturn then we start to look evermore towards taking green belt land and allowing developers to build more homes, on the basis that we have to keep up the numbers to be in line with government guidelines and utilizing the fact that they have to keep the electorate happy.

Ministers To Open Talks With Opponents Of Planning Reforms:

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- Ministers are ready to hold talks with opponents of their planning reforms, it emerged today.

Planning minister Greg Clark told The Times that he was prepared to sit down and discuss the demands of the National Trust and other groups.

The draft National Planning Policy Framework was published in July, with a presumption in favour of sustainable growth, but critics have raised concerns that it will lead to a return to damaging development.

Mr Clark told the newspaper that he was ready to discuss opponents' views with them but warned there would be no backing down on the overall thrust of the proposals to simplify English planning laws in an attempt to trigger growth.

Any change would be to the "wording" of the document to express more clearly protections for the countryside.


Mr Clark said that opponents had got the "wrong end of the stick".

He said sustainability of developments meant that the impact on the community and the environment would be taken into account.


If anything in the consultation paper had failed to stress the importance of protecting the environment, he would think again.


However failure to see the reforms through would be devastating for future generations.

"The consequences would be to continue the position we are in where we are not building enough homes for the people needing them for the first time. We are contributing to homelessness, to overcrowding, to poverty."

The National Trust welcomed the move, the newspaper said.

Peter Nixon, its director of conservation, told it that the National Trust was not anti-development but had "acute concerns" about the plans, which they believe prevent a balanced approach to planning.


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Century of strong faith

Century of strong faith:

The Huat Tian Keong temple in Bercham is a unique place of worship with 88 types of Taoist, Buddhist and Hindu deities in its cave.

Among them are statues of the ‘Laughing Buddha’, Lord Ganesha, Thailand’s monk Lombok Khoon, a Siamese God ‘Lusi’ (King of Bomoh) and the temple’s main deity Huat Tian Keong (Datuk Hitam).

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The Huat Tian Keong cave temple in Bercham is 100-years old.

There are also the figurines of the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac.

Temple treasurer Sunny Mangal Singh said the temple had been in existence for over 100 years.

He said he had sourced the statues from all over the world to be placed at the temple located on a 3.2ha site.

A 60-feet tall dragon statue is neatly placed on the outside of the cave making it look like it is descending from the top of the cave.

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Sunny posing with the statue of the Siamese God 'Lusi' at the temple grounds.

To fulfill a vow for his business to flourish, Mangal Singh also constructed a feng shui mountain in 2004.

He added that in 2008, the state government had declared the area as a temple reserve land.

“People of all races from all over the country and even tourists have been visiting this cave temple. The temple committee had also set up a restaurant for the devotees to get refreshments. We rely on donations and the profits from the restaurant is used to pay for utility bills,” he said. – By MANJIT KAUR, Photos by LEW YONG KAN

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Monday, 29 August 2011

How Global Warming Will Make Hurricanes Like Irene Worse

Does global warming cause an impact on the worlds weather, this is the crux of the stories on the web following yesterday`s Hurricane Irene the answer is no body really knows or do we?

We can cite examples over history of massive earthquakes of x and y on the richer scale and also hurricanes like the ones seen over many years gone by, but one thing is certain each time we have another one we say that was different it never did what we thought it would do, or it was not like that before.

So my question is simple are we seeing changes that are so different that we cannot believe it is possible or are we so brain washed with knowledge provided by the so-called scientists that we continue to believe what they tell us, this story from my news stories is just one take on global warming and hurricanes like Irene.

Maybe it is about time to just say alright l will not disbelieve what l am told until it is proved in my heart that l am wrong.

How Global Warming Will Make Hurricanes Like Irene Worse:

Climate science suggests that global warming may lead to more and more extreme weather events like Hurricane Irene.


Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Monday, 23 May 2011

Black Lung Disease On The Rise Again

Black Lung Disease On The Rise Again: "

Black lung disease, long a killer of coal miners, is on the rise again after retreating in the 30 years since Congress passed tougher mine safety laws, health and safety experts said on Friday.

The renewed appearance of the disease emerged from an investigation of the worst U.S. coal mining disaster in four decades. It comes at a time when coal prices have risen sharply and some mine operators have been accused of cutting corners on safety in favor of profits.


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