News about Penan

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): The Penang state government has yet to receive any formal approval for the Penang South Reclamation (PSR).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): The federal government via the Ministry of Transport will review the proposal for the development of Kulim International Airport in Kedah, says deputy transport minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar.

  GEORGE TOWN (June 28): The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has issued a stop-work order on the owner of Lost Paradise Resort over a retaining wall collapse that took the lives of four workers this week, reported the Malay Mail today.

GEORGE TOWN (June 20): The state government may review “the scale of the Penang South Reclamation (PSR)” project if there is funding from Putrajaya for the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP), The Star reported today.

  BALIK PULAU (June 11): The first low-cost rent-to-own (RTO) housing units for the poor have been rolled out by the Penang government.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): The federal and state governments are not aware of any proposals from the private sector to build a new airport in Penang, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng in a press statement released today.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): The Ministry of Transport says it has not received any proposals to build a new airport in Penang, following a news report today stating that two private companies have plans to build one, but in two different locations in the state.

  The Penang government is unaware of two proposals to develop a new airport in Seberang Perai, which may pose a threat to the current Penang International Airport (PIA) in Bayan Lepas.

SEBERANG PERAI (May 24): Three top executives from a Penang-based developer company have been charged at the Special Sessions Court for Corruption here for graft.

  PETALING JAYA (May 6): In order to maintain the roads better, the Penang state government is applying to convert federal roads into state roads.