News about Penang

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

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.

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 (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.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 16): Hotel Royal Penang (pictured) will permanently cease operations “soon”, the New Straits Times (NST) reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 8): The hearing for the corruption trial of former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng involving the Penang undersea tunnel project, which was supposed to resume today till Friday (Sept 10), has been postponed.