Penang Forum

Dear Friends of the Penang Forum,

1. As many of you may be aware, the Penang Forum working group representatives met with the CM of Penang in March this year and submitted the Penang Forum Report to the State Government. Since then some groups have separately lobbied their respective State Executive councillors, while others have carried on implementing some of their recommendations with the state and some groups have not had further dealings with the state. Some people involved in the Penang Forum have worked in their individual capacities with the state while others have worked through their respective organisations.

Over the last few months, there have been efforts by the state to govern better. However there are also instances where state action or inaction has frustrated civil society efforts for a better Penang. Now more than ever we need to continue efforts to engage with the state if we are to pursue the vision we have for Penang.

This is the Report presented to the Penang State Government in early 2009. It contains the recommendations of the eleven working groups.

We, the Penang NGOs, community groups and concerned individuals who participated in the Penang Forum of NGOs on April 13th at Disted College, hereby declare:

i. We congratulate the Pakatan Rakyat coalition on its victory in the 12th General Election and welcome the opportunity to work with the current Penang State Government to further good governance of our state.

14 May 2008

Yang Amat Berhormat Saudara Lim Guan Eng
Ketua Menteri Pulau Pinang
Pejabat Ketua Menteri
Tingkat 28, KOMTAR,
Pulau Pinang

Yang Amat Berhormat Ketua Menteri,

Penang Forum, 13 April 2008 and Declaration of the Penang Forum

On 13 April 2008 over 160 people from 40 different NGOs attended the day-long Penang Forum at Disted College, Jalan Macalister. We attach a copy of the said programme.

Please download this PDF to view the programme.