GEORGE TOWN, July 12 -- Every month, about 60 children are placed under the care of Penang's Welfare Department, but only a handful receive adoption applications. Many are left waiting for a permanen... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, July 9 -- Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow has called on the federal government to restrategise and renegotiate with the United States regarding the 25 per cent tariffs to be imposed o... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, July 9 -- A 7.4m-long steel trolley track bearing the words "Barrow Steel" and the date "1895" has been uncovered during sidewalk works near Fort Cornwallis, facing the seafront here. Pe... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, July 8 -- The Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) plans to delay the implementation of a proposed water tariff increase for at least six months, should it be approved by the federal C... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, July 8 -- The imposition of a 25 per cent tariff by the United States will impact Penang's highly export-oriented economy, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said the state's export-o... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, July 5 -- Tucked between rows of pre-war shophouses and modern office buildings along Bishop Street, the Sun Wui Wui Koon building which is in a recessed lot behind a stone fence with gra... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, July 4 -- Perak has agreed to sell treated water to Penang under the Perak-Penang Water Project, said Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said the Penang state government received a ... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, July 4 -- Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic is preparing to bring AirAsia to court over intellectual property (IP) infringement with a fundraising interactive art installation. The art... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, July 4 -- Originally established to manage communal cemeteries for Chinese immigrants from Guangdong and Fujian provinces in China, the Kwangtung and Tengchow Association's beginnings her... Read More
SEBERANG PERAI, July 3 -- The Penang state government may consider renegotiating the terms and scale of the reclamation project off Karpal Singh Drive, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said the ... Read More