News about Penang

  PETALING JAYA (Oct 24): The handing over of reclaimed land off Gurney Drive to the Penang government has begun.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 24): Parliament’s special select committee on the consideration of bills will have four public consultation sessions on the Independent Police Complaints and Misconduct Commission (IPCMC).

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 19): MMAG Holdings Bhd is buying a piece of land together with buildings in Penang from Dynaciate Group Bhd, formerly known as Tatt Giap Group Bhd, for RM41 million to expand its logistics business.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 14): The Penang Development Corp (PDC) will “step up” its monitoring of the state’s affordable housing projects “to ensure they are in tip-top condition”, said state local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 11): An illegal quarry in Teluk Bahang is still mining thousands of tonnes of granite despite a stop-work order by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP), an online report by The Star said today.

PETALING JAYA (Oct 10): The government is anticipated to ink the development agreement for the long-held up controversial Penang tunnel project tomorrow morning just before the Budget 2020 tabling, sources said.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 10): Integrated facility management and construction outfit Widad Business Group (WBG) has offered to buy the PLUS Expressways Bhd's concessionaires by taking over 51% of Khazanah Nasional Bhd's shares for RM1.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 8): The Penang government should go ahead with building People’s Housing Project (PPR) in the state without the need for the Federal government “to initiate” it, said state Gerakan chairman Oh Tong Keong.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 4): Some buyers of affordable homes along Jalan S.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 2): Kerjaya Prospek Group Bhd's wholly-owned subsidiary has landed a piling contract worth RM22.