Penang hopes that the federal government will approve the infrastructure projects which will make a positive impact on the state and the northern region in the re-tabling of the 2023 Budget on Feb 24. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said these included the Light Rail Transit (LRT) project for the ... Read More

A group of residents in Sungai Ara have won their final appeal to challenge the Penang island city council’s (MBPP) decision to grant planning permission to a developer to build a housing scheme on a hillslope. Federal Court judge Nallini Pathmanathan said the local authority’s approval of Sunway City (Penang) ... Read More

The Penang government has filed an appeal against a High Court ruling which denied it leave to pursue a judicial review aimed at reinstating its Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project. In its notice of appeal, state legal advisor Norazmi Mohd Nawawi said they were not satisfied with Justice Wan Ahmad ... Read More

From 2008 to March 1, 2022, Penang State Government has spent a total of RM293.93 million for 29,944 maintenance works on all public and private housing schemes in the state. According to State Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo, a total of RM214.26 million involves maintenance work ... Read More

Malaysia attracted a record amount of approved investments worth RM306.5 billion in the manufacturing, services and primary sectors in 2021, driven by higher foreign direct investment (FDI) and increased projects in the manufacturing and the electrical and electronics (E&E) sectors, according to the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) at its ... Read More

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced yesterday that the self-employed can now apply for loans for the Perbadanan Pr1ma Malaysia Berhad (PR1MA) housing scheme through the Housing Credit Guarantee Scheme (SJKP). He said SJKP — which is fully owned by the Ministry of Finance — allowed greater flexibility for ... Read More

The consultant for the phase one of the urban regeneration programme at ‘5 Point Blocks’ flats in Lorong Mahsuri 10, Bayan Baru has been appointed. This was announced by state Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo during a press conference held on Monday at the Taman ... Read More

Penang will consider building its light rail transit (LRT) line separately from an earlier transport master plan if the three islands project does not get regulatory approval. Previously, the three islands project, known as the Penang South Reclamation (PSR), was supposed to finance the LRT project with land from the ... Read More

Recipients of the 8th PropertyGuru Asia Property Awards (Malaysia), presented by Kohler, were announced today in an innovative virtual gala presentation broadcast on AsiaPropertyAwards.com and multiple digital platforms, with highlights to air on the History Channel. The programme celebrated the achievements of the real estate sector from north to south ... Read More

Penang Institute today unveiled the results of its Happiness in Penang (HIP) Index and found that 76.5% of the 3,011 residents surveyed identified as happy. The survey, which was conducted during October 2020 and May 2021, found 23.5% of the respondents are “not-yet-happy”, 13.7% are “narrowly happy” and 9.9% are ... Read More