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Blowing RM10m on a car park

The Penang government should perish the thought of spending a further RM5.5-6.75m on a new car-park to replace the RM4.3m ‘Kancil car park’.

Old Penang: Air Itam Road

A light rail or tramway once extended from the Weld Quay jetty to Penang Hill via Air Itam Road.

A tram probably along Air Itam Road before 1930 - Photograph from Ric Francis, also published in his book Penang Trams, Trolleybuses and Railways

Kuantan MP cooks up a ‘love dish’

That’s your energetic chopper-wielding chef, ‘Cik Wani’, rustling up a meal with a difference. Not for the faint-hearted.

44-acre theme park near Teluk Bahang Dam

There is no let-up in the development frenzy in Penang. The MPPP has approved a 44-acre RM120m theme park near the Teluk Bahang Dam.

The Escape theme park in Teluk Bahang

RM5-8bn Penang tunnel: Another controversial swap deal

The Penang government plans to hand over more super-prime sea-front land to corporations as part of a swap deal to finance the controversial proposed RM5-8bn 6.5km tunnel from Gurney Drive to Bagan Ajam.

Hawaiian ‘Bob Dylan’ croons Occupy protest songs at Apec dinner

Wearing an ‘Occupy with Aloha’ T-shirt, Hawaiian recording artist Makana crooned protest songs for 45 minutes during a top-security Apec dinner for world leaders in Honolulu.

Ivory-Dijaya JV for RM10bn ‘Penang World City’ project

Ivory Properties Group Bhd is entering into a 51:49 joint venture with Dijaya Corporation Bhd to develop 103 acres of super-prime Bayan Mutiara sea-front land that it is acquiring from PDC for RM1.1bn or RM240psf.

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The Bayan Mutiara project - Graphic: Kwong Wah

Large turnout at Diwali Open House near Klang

A large crowd has turned up at a Diwali Open House at a school in Kampung Jawa near Klang tonight. 

Penang: Opt for rail transport instead of RM8bn on roads

A Pakatan state assembly member has urged the Penang state government to opt for rail transit instead of blowing RM8bn on more road infrastructure.

US tax authorities target evaders’ Swiss bank accounts

US tax authorities are probing whether a Swiss bank has helped Americans evade tax. Similarly, the Malaysian tax authorities should request data about the foreign bank accounts of Malaysians.