News about Penang

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 17): Tourism hot spots in Penang are becoming livelier barely a week after interstate travel restrictions were lifted.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 16): Traffic flow has been reported to be smooth with no traffic jams at main expressways following the lifting of the interstate travel ban.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 10): The Penang government has approved an electrical maintenance project under the 80:20 Maintenance Fund at Block 46, Greenlane Heights here.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 8): Aspen (Group) Holdings Ltd subsidiaries Aspen Vision Land Sdn Bhd (AVL) and Aspen Vision City Sdn Bhd (AVC) have filed a defence and RM161.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 3): Power supply on the Penang Bridge has been fully restored after repairs were made to a damaged cable which was identified as the cause of Friday (Oct 1)'s power failure.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 2): PLUS Malaysia Bhd (PLUS) is working towards restoring the power on the Penang Bridge and toll plaza as quickly as possible.

GEORGE TOWN (Sept 30): The police are now waiting for further instructions from the Penang Prosecution Office on the case of DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng who (pictured) was alleged to have violated a home-quarantine order by attending the Penang State Legislative Assembly sitting last Sept 2.

GEORGE TOWN (Sept 29): Penang-based property company Ivory Properties Group Bhd remained optimistic on its performance for 2022 underpinned by support from the government’s stimulus plans to spur the property market.

NIBONG TEBAL (Sept 29): The Penang government is advised to look into several matters before proceeding with plans to build a third bridge to replace the undersea tunnel, says Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

GEORGE TOWN (Sept 27): The feasibility study for the undersea tunnel project has been completed and will be presented to the state executive council meeting after receiving feedback from the relevant federal and state technical agencies.