Town hall session for Penang highway project
KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): A public town hall on the Pan-Island Link (PIL) highway project has been announced, said NGO Citizen Awareness Chant group (Chant).
Save Kuala Lumpur: Engage with stakeholders before gazetting Draft KL City Plan 2020
PETALING JAYA (July 27): Federal Territories Minister Khalid Abdul Samad said in meeting yesterday that Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will engage with the Save Kuala Lumpur (SKL) coalition and relevant stakeholders before the Draft KL City Plan 2020 (DKLCP 2020) is gazetted.
Penang Transport Masterplan RM1b loan proposal from SRS
GEORGE TOWN (July 25): The proposal for the RM1 billion soft loan for the Penang Transport Masterplan originated with Southern Reclamation Scheme (SRS) Consortium Sdn Bhd, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.
CAP says RM1b loan for Penang Transport Plan may burden Penang residents
PETALING JAYA (July 23): The Penang state government should not be asking for the RM 1 billion loan to accelerate the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) implementation and the Federal Government should not be providing such a loan, said the Consumers Association of Penang (CAP) in a press release today.
Soft loan from federal govt will help expedite Penang’s PTMP projects
KUALA LUMPUR (July 23): A soft loan from Putrajaya will allow the planned Pan Island Link (PIL) and the light rail transit (LRT) system projects in Penang to be implemented simultaneously, Bernama reported chief minister Chow Kon Yeow saying yesterday.
UPDATE: Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 to be gazetted by year-end
PETALING JAYA (July 19): The Kuala Lumpur City Plan 2020 will be gazetted by year-end, just two years shy of its namesake year, reported the Malay Mail.
Penang to seek federal funding for PTMP if land reclamation not allowed
PETALING JAYA (July 13): Penang will request for federal funding for its Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) if its application to reclaim land from the southern coast of the island to create three man-made ones is rejected, reported the Malay Mail.
DBKL to reveal KL City Plan 2020 next week
KUALA LUMPUR (July 10): It has been a long time coming and it will be revealed next week – the KL City Plan 2020.
‘RM6.3b Penang project to start soon with undersea tunnel’
KUALA LUMPUR (July 9): Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZC), the contractor of Penang’s RM6.
Iconic MGS tree in Ipoh saved after lawmaker’s intervention
KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): It is a tree that is part of the daily school lives of many generations of students of Ipoh's famous Methodist Girls’ School (MGS) and it was about to meet its end by the blade of a tree cutter.
