News about Penang Island

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 23): In its war against dirty eateries, Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has recently fined and shut down two hawker centres.

GEORGE TOWN (Jan 8): The Sessions Court here today fined the contractor of the Bukit Kukus paired road project RM22,000, reported Free Malaysia Today.

GEORGE TOWN (Sept 13): Penang property owners have to be prepared to pay higher assessment rates next year as the state’s two local councils review the rates to counter increased expenditures.

GEORGE TOWN (March 7): The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) said today that the proposed RM600 million GDV township development in Balik Pulau does not exist because no planning permission application has been received from the developer.

GEORGE TOWN (Feb 15): Following a fall off the ferry during the journey from the Penang Island to the mainland, a passenger is feared to have drowned.

PENANG (Dec 10): Unit owners in Penang who discard their garbage without first separating their recyclables will be fined RM250 come January when Penang Island City Council and Seberang Prai Municipal Council starts enforcing the law on landed commercial and residential property.

PENANG (Dec 3): Penang Island City Council (MBPP)’s internal committee established to probe the Bukit Kukus landslide will deliver findings before the year is out.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) today instructed the consultant of the Bukit Kukus paired road project to show cause over the deadly landslide last week, reported the Malay Mail.

GEORGE TOWN (August 14): State executive councillor in charge of the environment, Phee Boon Poh said Penang is encouraging families to resettle in sparsely populated townships of the mainland, to reduce pollution.

PETALING JAYA (July 31): From 2008 to 2018, the Penang government has detected 30,913 dirty eateries within the state.