GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 28 -- Penang is ramping up its efforts to attract fresh American capital and encourage existing US multinationals to expand their footprint in the state. Chief Minister Chow Kon Ye... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 27 -- For the first time in over five decades, Pesta Pulau Pinang will not be held on the grounds Penangites have long called home. The festival's longtime site in Sungai Nibong ha... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 15 -- Pesta Pulau Pinang will return this year for a month-long celebration starting December 1, with the event relocating to Padang Menora in Tasek Gelugor. Penang Chief Minister ... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 13 -- Before he was brining chicken and making coconut milk-laced romesco at Gilda Restaurant, Ahmad Soffian Salim was washing plates in restaurants more than 14 years ago. It was ... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 12 -- The Penang government is unlikely to table a proposed law guaranteeing equal constituency development funds (CDF) at the coming state legislative assembly sitting, due to time... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 12 -- Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has ordered all state executive councillors to identify Penang2030 initiatives under their portfolios that have not been started or complet... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 10 -- A 10-year-old boy holds up his injured hand with only three fingers. An injured elephant lies on the ground waiting for treatment at the Friends of the Asian Elephant Hospita... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 7 -- The Penang government will auction a 2.42-hectare plot of land in Tanjung Pinang next month to help Consortium Zenith Construction Sdn Bhd (CZC) secure the cash flow needed to ... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, Sept. 4 -- A 43-year-old local man was injured after he was believed to have been shot at a used-car workshop near a Chinese cemetery along Jalan Sungai Lembu in Machang Bubok yesterday. ... Read More
Kuala Lampur, Sept. 3 -- GEORGE TOWN, Sept 3 - Penang has gazetted the Teong Guan Phor Thor, or Hungry Ghost Festival, as a state heritage item under the Penang State Heritage Enactment 2011, recognis... Read More