News about Penang

Eastern & Oriental Bhd (April 6, RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 6): Titijaya Land Bhd has entered into an agreement with The Ascott Ltd for two of its upcoming property developments located in Penang and Shah Alam, Selangor, which have a collective gross development value (GDV) of RM4.

PETALING JAYA (April 6): The Yeangs Sdn Bhd has introduced its 20-unit Y Cantonments four-storey town villas development for retirees and bigger families who are looking for properties on Penang island, with selling prices from RM2.

GEORGE TOWN (April 6): The Federal Government is willing to provide input on the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP), according to Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (April 4): Dissatisfaction over expensive home prices has been escalating in Malaysia in recent years, with prices now reportedly beyond the reach of an average worker in key states like Kuala Lumpur and Penang.

GEORGE TOWN (April 4): Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB)’s Penang Sky Cab, a 4.

THE Penang housing market will see houses on the secondary market and in new projects priced below RM450,000 hogging the limelight in the coming months, says Raine & Horne International Zaki + Partners director Michael Geh (pictured, below).

RUNDOWN factories and warehouses, small and large, have long been a common sight in Malaysia.

WHO: Tang Mun Kian, Desmond Phang and Bernard Chong met while working at the same advertising agency and struck up a friendship that has endured for more than a decade and counting.

THE sight of an elderly man enjoying a cup of kopi — the local lingo for a dark, sweet and full-bodied brew of coffee — while reading a newspaper is a befitting reflection of Ipoh’s leisurely pace.