OVER 100 teachers on Penang island have received letters instructing them to transfer to schools on the mainland, including Sungai Petani and and Kulim, starting in December. "I will have to fork out an extra RM25 per day for the journey and toll charges which equals to RM500 per month," said an Air Itam teacher who is being transferred to Bukit Mertajam.

State Education director Ibrahim Mohamad said the transfer is necessary as there are too many teachers on the island, while NUTP secretary-general Loke Yim Pheng said that the government should pay for the added expenses the teachers are facing. The teachers only received their transfer letters, dated November 26, on December 13. Read here.

Meanwhile, Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services president Omar Osman said that 350 contract employees under the state education department face unemployment once their contracts end. Read here.

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• Only seven local council posts for NGOs: The Penang government announced today that NGOs would only be given seven municipal council seats and that these may include representatives from the business community. Read here.
• Penang councils say no to Yes application: The two local municipal councils here have rejected YTL Communications Sdn Bhd 4G mobile Internet-with-voice service (Yes) application to set up telecommunication base stations here. Read here.
• 100 nails and screws found on road: About 100 pieces of nails, screws and bolts were found strewn over a busy stretch of road here, sparking fears that they could have been deliberately scattered by unscrupulous people. Read here.
• Hub and spoke don't work any more: One of the biggest obstacles in improving the ridership of transit buses on Penang Island is the lack of visibility of route networking. Read here.

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