Looking at the grave Covid-19 situation, the Penang government is ready to help expedite applications to turn vacant commercial buildings (away from housing schemes) into worker dormitories and also help expedite the application process to set up temporary worker dormitories at factory grounds. State Local Government, Housing, Town and Country and ... Read More

The Malaysian state of Penang is fast becoming an IoT-Enabled Smart City modeled on the tenets of green living, strong ESG principles and sustainable economic momentum. Soon, it could be one of Southeast Asia’s hottest investment destinations. Central to that transformation is Penang South Islands (PSI). The three-island development will ... Read More

Six private hospitals in Penang will dole out Covid-19 vaccines with an additional four vaccination centres (PPVs) to be opened alongside in the near future. Chief minister Chow Kon Yeow said this would help the state achieve herd immunity by October. He said the private hospitals involved would be Lam ... Read More

The enhanced movement control order will be enforced in 13 localities around Pekan Bayan Lepas in Penang beginning June 4 after a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases. The affected areas are Sri Bayu, Bayu Tiara, Bayu Nyaman, Halaman Murni, Bayan Permai, Bayan Tiara, Taman Ara Indah, Kampung Bukit, ... Read More

A newly proposed affordable housing township development plan by Concrete Gold Sdn. Bhd. near Mengkuang at Bukit Mertajam. Located adjacent to Mengkuang Dam, about 3 minutes drive from BKE Penanti interchange. It is only about a few kilometers to Penang-Kedah state border. This project will see the development of a self-sustainable township ... Read More

The state-level Home Ownership Campaign (HOC), which has been extended to June this year, may be extended by another year. State Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said he would be appealing to the state government to consider extending the campaign again due to ... Read More

By the Penang Infrastructure Corporation Time and again we have been allaying misconceptions regarding Penang South Islands (PSI). Penang and its people will gain from the tangible returns and social capital from PSI that will be disproportionately high to the investment in the form of innumerable benefits. Penang stands to gain ... Read More

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has agreed to extend the residential home stamp duty exemption scheme under the Home Ownership Campaign (HOC) for six months to Dec 31, 2021. In a document sighted by EdgeProp.my, the letter stated that MoF has agreed to extend the stamp duty exemption on Instrument ... Read More

Kerjaya Prospek Property (KPP) plans to acquire land to build serviced apartments. Major shareholder of the company Datuk Tee Eng Ho (pictured) told The Edge Malaysia that the purchase will involve “a few plots of land: two in the Klang Valley and one in the northern region”. “The land will ... Read More

A new era of the Penang ferry service will start soon with a RM20mil upgrading works of the Raja Tun Uda ferry terminal on Penang island and Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal in Butterworth that will begin in June. Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) chief executive officer Datuk Sasedharan Vasudevan ... Read More