Malaysia Info Guide
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THE roads in Penang are an institution itself, with every single lane giving you stories from centuries ago.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Three weeks into the job and already Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Teng Chang Yeow has cracked the whip on dissidents in Gerakan, taking a hardline approach with his message - "work with me or stay away". "I am a straightforward guy. I speak my mind. I am blunt. Some people do not like my style but that is their ...

BUTTERWORTH: A group of Penang contractors expressed dissatisfaction today over the decision by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) to allow a contractor company that had its licence suspended to proceed with its ventures.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — Tunku Aziz Tunku Ibrahim has dismissed the Penang Institute’s continued offer of a senior fellowship, saying the think tank “must be utterly mad.”

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — The senior fellowship at Penang Institute is still on the table for Tunku Aziz Tunku Ibrahim despite the former DAP vice-chairman’s resignation from the party on Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 — Lim Guan Eng today defended Penang’s decision to ban Umno-owned Utusan Malaysia, calling it a “party organ” masquerading as a newspaper following criticism that the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) bloc does not guarantee media freedom.

BUTTERWORTH, May 18 (Bernama) -- A group of Penang contractors expresseddissatisfaction today over the decision by the Construction Industry DevelopmentBoard (CIDB) to allow a contractor company that had its licence suspended toproceed with its ventures. The group''s representative, Mohd Najib Ghaney claimed the company''s licencehad been suspended since May 7 yet at the same time a special ...

BUTTERWORTH, May 17 (Bernama) -- The Penang Telekom Malaysia has incurredRM5.9 million losses since 2009 due to cable theft, its General Manager AzharOmar said today.It has suffered RM500,000 losses between January and April this year, RM3million in 2009, RM1 million in 2010 and RM1.4 million last year, he said.He said various preventive measures have been taken, including installingsafety ...

GEORGE TOWN, May 17 (Bernama) -- Penang Syariah High Court judge AdamTumiran, 44, and his partner Nurul Izani Md Isa, 35, were acquitted by theSyariah High Court, here today, of a charge of close proximity. Syarie judge Othman Ibrahim made the decision after recognising a decisionfrom the Kota Tinggi Syariah Court in Johor which confirmed both the accusedwere husband and wife when they were ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The Penang Institute’s fellowship offer to Tunku Abdul Aziz Tunku Ibrahim has been misconstrued as compensation for his senatorship, its CEO Zairil Khir Johari has said.