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Penang port: Wise to move to bigger location

I THINK moving the Penang port to another location is a brilliant idea by the Federal Government. Not only is the present port inadequate to accommodate the ever-increasing trade volume in the north, it is also too small and shallow to allow bigger ships to berth. Continue reading

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More synthetic turfs in the pipeline for Penang (New Straits Times)

DATUK Seri Dr Ibrahim Saad said he will make it his priority to build two synthetic hockey pitches in Penang — one on the island and the other on the mainland. Continue reading

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Eighty teams turn up for the Penang leg of The Amazing Race Asia auditions (The Star)

IT may have been the Penang audition but the early birds bidding for a place in Season Four of The Amazing Race Asia (TARA) were mostly from out-of-state, including the Klang Valley where a similar audition was held a week earlier. Continue reading

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We can’t sue Utusan every day, says Penang CM (The Edge Daily)

And it seems the best way to keep them away is to stop them from covering official functions. “We have sued them and they have apologise from time to time but after that they go back to printing lies,” said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at the parliament lobby today. Continue reading

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Painting the town red (The Star)

RED FM has important dates to keep next month. It is hosting the exciting Love Classifieds, and is one of the partners for the 6th Penang Island Jazz Festival which takes place from Dec 3-6. Continue reading

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Mail Box (The Malay Mail)

A MAIL READER WRITES: THE manners, skills and road mentality shown by Malaysian drivers on highways are just so bad. Once, while driving along the highway to Penang, I purposely took a break near Taiping… Continue reading

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Revoke ban on dailies, Karpal tells Guan Eng (The New Straits Times)

GEORGE TOWN: DAP national chairman Karpal Singh wants Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to lift the ban on the New Straits Times and the Utusan Malaysia from attending state functions. Continue reading

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2009/03/29 (The New Straits Times)

GEORGE TOWN: DAP national chairman Karpal Singh wants Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to lift the ban on the New Straits Times and the Utusan Malaysia from attending state functions. Continue reading

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EFFECTS OF ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ON PERAK NOT ALARMING (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

TAIPING, March 26 (Bernama) — The effects of the economic slowdown in Perak are not alarming as in Penang, Johor and Selangor, said Human Resource Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam. Continue reading

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