News about Penang

GEORGE TOWN (July 26): The Penang government “is considering proposals” to construct an incinerator to dispose waste, state exco Jagdeep Singh Deo told the media today, reported The Malay Mail.

GEORGE TOWN (July 25): Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the state is preparing to apply for funding from the Federal Government for its Light Rail Transit (LRT) system project.

  KUALA LUMPUR (July 22): It is a big relief to many, particularly Penangnites, when the federal government confirmed the project to expand the capacity of the Penang International Airport (PIA) to 20 million passengers per annum (mppa) from 6.

PETALING JAYA (July 4): The Boon Siew group has rebutted a report on its involvement in the purchase of a plot of land which the state of Penang had alienated to a private company.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 4): The Penang state government has yet to receive any formal approval for the Penang South Reclamation (PSR).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 1): The federal government via the Ministry of Transport will review the proposal for the development of Kulim International Airport in Kedah, says deputy transport minister Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar.

  GEORGE TOWN (June 28): The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has issued a stop-work order on the owner of Lost Paradise Resort over a retaining wall collapse that took the lives of four workers this week, reported the Malay Mail today.

GEORGE TOWN (June 20): The state government may review “the scale of the Penang South Reclamation (PSR)” project if there is funding from Putrajaya for the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP), The Star reported today.

  BALIK PULAU (June 11): The first low-cost rent-to-own (RTO) housing units for the poor have been rolled out by the Penang government.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 10): The federal and state governments are not aware of any proposals from the private sector to build a new airport in Penang, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng in a press statement released today.