News about Penang

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 7): The Package 2 Project of a road bypass from Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Highway to Air Itam involving a distance of 6km to disperse traffic is expected to be completed within 36 months, before Jan 31, 2025.

PETALING JAYA (Jan 6): Marriott International Inc has signed an agreement with Rackson Hospitality Sdn Bhd to bring the Paris-born Le Méridien brand to Penang, which is the 200-room Le Méridien Penang Airport hotel.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 7): Kerjaya Prospek Property Bhd (KPPROP) — via its wholly-owned subsidiary Pixel Valley Sdn Bhd — has acquired 1.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 19): The state government through the Penang Health Department (JKNPP) plans to have more facilities to administer Covid-19 vaccine booster doses in efforts to provide better access for people in the state.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 14): Kedah will ban all 4D lottery shops in the state by not renewing the business licenses issued by local councils in a bid to stamp out social ills, said Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Nor.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng’s appointed private law firm made a “big mistake” when evaluating the preliminary agreement of the Penang undersea tunnel project between the Penang state government and Construction Zenith BUCG Sdn Bhd, the Sessions Court heard on Friday (Nov 12).

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): The Court of Appeal (CoA) has fixed Nov 16 to deliver its decision on former Penang chief minister and Bagan Member of Parliament (MP) Lim Guan Eng’s appeal to transfer his undersea tunnel graft trial from the Sessions Court to the High Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): A former Penang state secretary testified on on Thursday (Nov 11) that former chief minister Lim Guan Eng had not declared at a state executive council (exco) meeting in January 2011 that he had met Beijing Urban Construction Group (BUCG) managing director Datuk Zarul Ahmad Mohd Zulkifli over the undersea tunnel project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 11): Sessions Court judge Azura Alwi on Thursday (Nov 11) rebuked deputy public prosecutor Wan Shaharuddin Wan Ladin for not informing the court and defence that the prosecution did not intend to use the written witness statement prepared for ex-Penang state secretary Datuk Seri Farizan Darus, who is testifying in former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng's corruption trial involving the proposed Penang Undersea Tunnel.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 5): Three large local companies (LLCs) in the equipment manufacturing supply chain are expanding their respective footprints in the Batu Kawan Industrial Park, with total investments of RM520 million for their expansion projects.