News about Penang

KUALA LUMPUR (May 5): Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Amirudin Shari (pictured) has “defended his administration” over the decision to only partly follow the conditional movement control order (MCO) ordered by the Federal government, reported the Malay Mail.

PETALING JAYA (April 30): The number of Penang's serviced apartment/SOHO overhang units has decreased by 51.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): MMAG Holdings Bhd, which is buying two parcels of land in mainland Penang from Dynaciate Group Bhd for RM41 million, today entered into a supplemental agreement on the deal.

GEORGE TOWN (April 22): This durian season in Penang will be different from before, with roadside durian stalls barred during the movement control order (MCO), the Malay Mail reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): Kedah, Perlis and Penang can be the first states in the country to be declared as Covid-19 green states, according to Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a Malaysiakini report yesterday.

GEORGE TOWN (April 14): Her koay teow soup in Jelutong Market is known to be positively good but fake news of her testing positive for COVID-19 going viral on social media has impacted her business.

GEORGE TOWN (April 1): The cops nabbed 24 college students yesterday when they insisted on playing football in Tanjung Bungah, Penang in violation of the movement control order (MCO).

GEORGE TOWN (March 30): There will now be stricter MCO rules imposed on Penang’s Air Itam market, reported Malay Mail.

GEORGE TOWN (March 30): The cardiologist who was caught jogging during the movement control order (MCO) and scolded Penang Island City Council (MBPP) officers telling him to follow the rules was charged over two related offences today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 20): Property developer and contractor PLB Engineering Bhd, who has secured a deal with the Penang state government to rehabilitate the Jelutong dumpsite in exchange for three-fourths of the rehabilitated land, plans to rope in the Malaysian unit of Chinese company China Railway Group Ltd to undertake the work.