An apartment block known as the Mak Mandin People's Housing Project (PPR) consists of 70 three-bedroom units now completed and being offered to qualified first home buyers. Penang State Exco for Housing, Local Gov and Town & Country Planning, Jagdeep Singh Deo informed that the State Government today through the Rent-to-Own (RTO) will try to ... Read More

The Penang Hill Corporation (PHC) has launched its Penang Hill Upper Station Upgrading Project (Phase Four) to provide better comfort to its visitors on the hill. The RM9.3 million project would comprise expanding the waiting halls and facilities at the Penang Hill upper station. PHC general manager Datuk Cheok Lay ... Read More

Short-term accommodation in stratified residential buildings in Penang can only be allowed when the Joint Management Body (JMB) or Management Corporation (MC) gets 75% approval from the unit owners. State Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said JMB or MC would need to conduct an ... Read More

Strata property owners should know their rights involving any issues related to the joint management body (JMB) or management committee (MC) members who are in charge of the building management of strata residences. Penang Island City Council (MBPP) mayor Datuk Yew Tung Seang said the problem nowadays is that many ... Read More

Penang is preparing itself for the next phase of growth and development by incorporating innovative ideas to transform the Penang Bay area into a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-compliant and economic zone. The Penang Bay area includes the George Town and Butterworth waterfronts. Think City managing director Hamdan Abdul Majeed ... Read More

The Mengkuang Dam in Bukit Mertajam, Teluk Bahang Dam, Air Itam Dam and Bukit Dumbar Recreation Park in Jelutong will officially reopen to visitors for recreational activities starting from tomorrow (Feb 26). State Youth and Sports Committee chairman Soon Lip Chee said all the three dams and one park under ... Read More

The People’s Housing Project (PPR) which commences this year will be known as ‘Rumah Malaysia’, as part of policy reform carried out by the Housing and Local Government Ministry. Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin said the built-up area of ‘Rumah Malaysia’ would be no less than 900 sq feet compared to ... Read More

The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) has agreed to give consideration for the special approval of moving in and out within the strata scheme during the Movement Control Order (MCO) period. The KPKT, in a statement yesterday, said the application for special approval, however, only applied to those ... Read More

The family here that has been living in their old Proton since their home burned down eight months ago have been given a People's Housing Project (PPR) unit plus monthly financial assistance, Malaysiakini reported today. Security guard S Ganesh, 34, and his family (wife and three young children) made the ... Read More

The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) has appointed an independent checker to carry out the Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA) for developers in the Penang island. According to MBBP mayor Datuk Yew Tung Seang, Lean Kok Woei from Perunding Trafik Bakti Sdn Bhd will be council’s official consultant effective from January ... Read More