News about Penang

GEORGE TOWN (Feb 23): The Penang government today unveiled plans for a new seafront public park at its popular Gurney Drive, to be known as Gurney Wharf.

GEORGE TOWN (Feb 23): A heritage watchdog in Penang yesterday asked Penang Island City Council (MBPP) why it did not try to prevent several old structures on the Runnymede (pictured) property from being demolished by a developer.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 19): Inari Amertron Bhd plans to acquire a 5.

GEORGE TOWN (Feb 18): Remedial measures must be taken to ease traffic congestion before other stages of the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan can begin, according to chief minister Lim Guan Eng (pictured).

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GEORGE TOWN (Feb 12):  The Penang government has refuted claims that a neo-classical building constructed in 1921 in Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah here was demolished to make way for a commercial complex and five-star hotel.

This is Part 2 of a story that ran yesterday.

SHORTLY after the federal government unveiled the revised Budget 2016 last Thursday, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng called a press conference at his Komtar office and criticised Putrajaya for not abolishing the 6% Goods and Services Tax, which he claims is an added burden for the man in the street.

GEORGE TOWN (Feb 3): The Penang government will be publicly disclosing its land reclamation agreements in Bayan Mutiara and Pantai Jerejak which were inked by the present administration.

GEORGE TOWN (Feb 1): Government staff at the state administration offices in Komtar, Penang start separating the garbage at source today.