LBS Bina 3Q net profit rises 11% on higher property development contribution
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 1): LBS Bina Group Bhd reported an 11.
Protestors ‘mourn death’ of Penang govt’s competency, accountability and transparency policy
GEORGE TOWN (Nov 9): It is called competency, accountability and transparency or the state government’s CAT policy but some NGOs in Penang claim the authorities are not practising it when it came to environmental worries of citizens.
Tioman needs better facilities, not new airport: Group
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 25): Tioman Island does not need a new airport that is being proposed by the Berjaya Group but requires better infrastructure to cope with the rising number of tourists, says Reef Check Malaysia, an environmental group.
MBPP wants paired road project consultant to show cause over landslide
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) today instructed the consultant of the Bukit Kukus paired road project to show cause over the deadly landslide last week, reported the Malay Mail.
Penang’s Pan Island Link could make proposed LRT redundant, says don
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 1): Penang’s ambitions to build its Pan Island Link (PIL1) highway could make the state’s planned Light Rail Transit system redundant, a Universiti Sains Malaysia academic told the Malay Mail today.
Schools and home want Penang’s PIL 1 away from them
KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Penang’s Pan Island Link 1 (PIL 1) seems to be liked and loathed by a lot of people at the same time.
Gabungan AQRS sees brighter prospects for FY19-FY21
KOTA DAMANSARA (Sept 5): Gabungan AQRS Bhd expects better performance for financial years ending Dec 31, 2019 (FY19) to FY21, buoyed by its construction, property development and precast component manufacturing businesses.
Govt to conduct feasibility study on Carey Island port
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 30) : The new government will conduct its own feasibility study on the proposed development of the third port in Port Klang, on Carey Island, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook.
Gabungan AQRS bags RM115m facility to finance E-Island project
KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 14): Gabungan AQRS Bhd’s wholly-owned unit, AQRS The Building Company Sdn Bhd (AQRS TBC), has secured a fresh RM115 million Islamic banking facility from Maybank Islamic Bank Bhd to part finance the construction of its E-Island Residence development.
Penangites urged to move off the island due to pollution and congestion woes
GEORGE TOWN (August 14): State executive councillor in charge of the environment, Phee Boon Poh said Penang is encouraging families to resettle in sparsely populated townships of the mainland, to reduce pollution.
