19 Nov - Workshop on "Housing for the Poor: The Way Forward"

3Gs together with Penang Institute will be jointly organising a Forum cum Workshop on “Housing for the Poor: The Way Forward.”

Summary
Housing for the poor is the responsibility of all governments of the day. For the past decades, under a Federal policy of increasing privatization, many State Governments and Local Authorities, including those in Penang, have shifted a large part of that task to the private sector. Many problems have arisen as a result. This Forum cum Workshop hopes to generate informed discussions on the actual situation of housing for the poor in Penang and to explore alternative approaches to meet their needs, in particular, those of women who make up half the population. The organizers hope that the recommendations, which will aim at promoting social justice, good governance and gender equality, will be adopted by the State Government and the newly incorporated Housing Board.

The details of the Forum cum Workshop are as follows:

Date: Saturday, 19 November 2011
Time: 8.30 am -5.00 pm
Venue: Bayview Hotel Georgetown (formerly known as the City Bayview Hotel Penang)

Speakers
1)      YB Chow Kon Yeow
Chairman, State Local Government and Traffic Management Committee

2)      YB Wong Hon Wai
Chairman, State Town and Country Planning, Housing and Arts Committee

3)   Dr Goh Ban Lee
Chair of City, Urbanization & Environment Programme, Penang Institute

4)  Stuart Macdonald
Head of City, Urbanization & Environment Programme, Penang Institute

5)   Lim Kah Cheng
3Gs Committee Member and Former President of the Women's Centre for Change, Penang (WCC)

6)   Puan Nor Saadah Bt Abd Majid
Manager of State Housing Department

Tentative Programme


basic

Participation is by registration on first come first serve basis only.
RSVP to Ms Marlina Sara Sylvester ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) or Ms Ong Siou Woon ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) of Penang Institute (Tel: 04-2283306) by Monday, 7 November 2011.
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