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PENANG (Dec 8): The National Heritage Department has been waiting for years for the Penang government to give its consent to gazette 18 buildings in the state as "national heritage".

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 7): The successful implementation of the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan will be pretty much dependent on the outcome of the due process exercise on the plan, says Gamuda Bhd group managing director Datuk Lin Yun Ling (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 7): Tanjung Pinang Development Sdn Bhd (TPD), a subsidiary of Eastern & Oriental Bhd (E&O), has secured RM1.

PENANG (Dec 7): Those who attended yesterday’s open session on the RM27 billion Penang Transport Master Plan were generally welcoming of the ambitious project.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 4): Property developer Hua Yang Bhd is proposing a mixed development with an estimated gross development value (GDV) of RM311 million in Seberang Prai, Penang, which will comprise 480 units of serviced apartments, 148 units of condominium, and 16 units of two-storey shops.

Penang’s street food, laid-back lifestyle and melting pot of cultures draw investors, visitors and would-be residents from near and far.

It has been an eventful year for IJM Land Bhd.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 2): Construction work on the Penang light railway transit (LRT) project, which is part of the first phase of the island’s Transport Master Plan (TMP), will start in 2018.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 30): Gamuda Bhd-led project delivery partner — SRS Consortium Sdn Bhd — for the Penang Transport Master Plan (TMP) estimates the cost of reclaiming two islands measuring about 1,300 acres (526.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 25): Ivory Properties Group Bhd is expected to see a 40% to 45% gross profit contribution from phases four and five of its Penang Times Square project on Jalan Datuk Keramat, over the next five years.