GEORGE TOWN, May 22 -- Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the state has always depended on land transactions - through leases, alienation, and other methods under the National Land Code - to gen... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- The tuna landing industry in Penang saw significant growth as landings more than doubled in 2024, according to state executive councillor Fahmi Zainol. He said the total tuna l... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- Police have frozen a total of 150 mule accounts used for online gambling in Penang, involving RM32 million between 2023 and this year. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said ... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- The Penang undersea tunnel project remains relevant in addressing traffic congestion on the first Penang bridge, state exco Zairil Khir Johari said. The state infrastructure, t... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- The Penang state government does not plan to gazette the Middle Bank Marine Sanctuary, according to state executive councillor H'ng Mooi Lye. The state local government, town a... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- The Barn Owl and Rodent Research Group (Borg) of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) is pushing for a reduction in rodenticide use in plantations and fields to prevent secondary poi... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- The Asian barn owls, natives of Malaysia, are known as "silent guardians" - whose voracious appetite for rats protects valuable crops on local farms. Since 2014, the Barn Owl a... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- Pertubuhan Jaringan Ekologi dan Iklim Pulau Pinang (Jedi) has called on the Penang state government to immediately gazette Middle Bank as a marine sanctuary due to its role as a... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- Penang Development Corporation (PDC) made record profits of RM527.1 million in 2024, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said to defend multi-month bonuses at the state-linked f... Read More
GEORGE TOWN, May 21 -- The Penang state government is considering a complete ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes (vapes) if the full enforcement of the Control of Smoking Products for Public Heal... Read More