George Town News

Effective January next year, all hypermarkets, supermarkets and minimarkets will have to comply with the �No Plastic Monday� if they want to get their licences renewed. Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said those applying for new licences will also have...

The Penang Government will declassify the minutes of meetings between the state executive council (exco), state Land Committee and the Penang Development Corporation regarding the conversion status of a 1.4ha plot of land here. Chief Minster Lim Guan Eng said...

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The Penang state government and Gerakan continued bickering over the decision to turn down a US$3bil (RM10.1bil) investment deal because the state government could not guarantee 1,000 electric and electronic (E&E) engineers required by the company. In a statement yesterday,...

British Columbia have recruited environmental activist and convicted gas-well bomber Wiebo Ludwig of Alberta in their attempt to stop the pipeline bomber. The triple murder trial of a Quebec woman accused of killing her three children has been delayed because...

Having learnt from the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, beach hotels in Batu Ferringhi were quick to act this time around when the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued an alert following the earthquake in Sumatra. A Golden Sands Resort resort...

After the controversial tiger park plan in Relau met stiff resistance, the state has come up with plans for a park to house cats and dogs in the same area...Councillor Lim Siew Khim said the park would house stray dogs...

Firm, fair, friendly and fast — this should be the approach used by civil servants when providing services to the public, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said. Dr Koh said people’s awareness of...

The three black-and-white prints being showcased in the corner of the State Art Gallery in Dewan Sri Pinang here are by no means the main attraction of the current exhibition but they may prove to be the most provocative. Entitled...