News about penang

  PETALING JAYA (Nov 14): On Nov 22, the long-awaited Penang Sentral transport hub will open its doors to the public.

NIBONG TEBAL (Nov 9): Half of the low cost flats in the state have become slums, says Jawi assemblyman Jason H’ng Mooi Lye.

KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): A wholly-owned subsidiary of Caely Holdings Bhd has proposed to acquire three parcels of freehold land in Penang for RM30.

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.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 7): The contractor of the Bukit Kukus construction site has declared that the nine foreign workers which were killled in the landslide last month were not his.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 5): Extending the housing loan term to 90 years or more may help reduce the overhang of property stocks, but are the children ready to shoulder the burden? The concern was raised by Kebun Bunga assemblyman Jason Ong Khan Lee in response to a proposal by the state government to Bank Negara to introduce generational loans to mitigate the problems on securing financing for first-time homebuyers, reported The Star today.

GEORGE TOWN (Nov 5): State Housing Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo (pictured) has been receiving increasingly more complaints from Penang residents about the problems they face from foreign workers living in their areas.

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Penang (Oct 29): Timely delivery of affordable housing schemes in the state will be given close attention by the Penang government.

GEORGE TOWN (Oct 29): Penang Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman said the special committee established to probe the deadly Bukit Kukus landslide is not opened to the public, reported the Malay Mail.