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Luxurious garden living

Luxurious garden living

Renowned for its large scale gated and guarded development on the mainland, namely in Simpang Ampat, Bukit Mertajam and Butterworth, the reputable Tambun Indah Land Berhad continues with great strides to expand its distinctive garden-living concept. With only limited units remaining, Pearl Garden with certificate of fitness (CF) to be ... Read More
Homely haven

Homely haven

Reputable developer Asas Dunia Berhad has done it again in delivering an architectural wonder that is the envy of all with its prestigious Asas Murni development in Bukit Minyak, central Seberang Prai. Comprising 40 exclusive units of two-and-a-half storey townhouses that have been completed with CF, this prestigious gated and ... Read More
Tropicana Ivory’s RM10bil Penang World City to feature diverse cultural components

Tropicana Ivory’s RM10bil Penang World City to feature diverse cultural components

GEORGE TOWN: Tropicana Ivory Sdn Bhd's (TISB) RM10bil Penang World City (PWC) project in Bayan Mutiara will have affordably priced high-rise units and a world culture' component, featuring different cultural residential enclaves. TISB is a joint-venture company in which Dijaya Corporation Bhd holds a 55% stake, while Ivory Properties Group Bhd the remaining 45%. Ivory group ... Read More
Skyrocketing shophouses

Skyrocketing shophouses

THE cost of buying a pre-World War II shophouse in George Town, Penang, has reached RM2,000 per square foot — equivalent to the price of the poshest Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) condominium units. An entrepreneur, who declined to be identified, has just paid RM4mil for a 2,000sq ft shophouse ... Read More
All abuzz over second bridge

All abuzz over second bridge

With  the hum and buzz of Free Industrial Zone factories on one side and sights of the Penang Channel on the other, driving on the southern end of the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway on Penang Island has always been scenic. But over the last year, more interesting things ... Read More
Call to revive link proposal

Call to revive link proposal

The state government should revive a proposal originally mooted by the former state administrative to construct a road-cum-bridge connecting the Penang Science Park in Batu Kawan and Juru Heights in Juru. Barisan Nasional’s Bukit Tambun constituency co-ordinator Lai Chew Hock said the estimated 3km-long link was supposed to include a ... Read More
Contractors invited to attend building conservation workshop in Penang

Contractors invited to attend building conservation workshop in Penang

GEORGE TOWN (Mar 15): Contractors who are interested in undertaking heritage building conservation work are invited to participate in a Heritage Building Conservation Workshop organised by George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) on April 21-22. GTWHI Education Programme Coordinator Rozaini Hassan said the two-day workshop would be held at the ... Read More
Brighter times ahead

Brighter times ahead

Residents  in Batu Kawan, South Seberang Prai, are eagerly awaiting the completion of the RM4.5bil Second Penang Bridge, which will connect their hometown to Batu Maung on the island. The oil palm estate, which is fast shedding its kampung image, is set to become an industrialised township, with the bridge ... Read More
Loan applicants fail to meet eligibility criteria

Loan applicants fail to meet eligibility criteria

BANK Negara Malaysia said slightly less than half of the applicants for My First Home Scheme were unsuccessful in obtaining loans under the scheme as they failed to meet the eligibility criteria. These applicants amounted to 505, or 47.5 per cent, of the total applications of 1,062 as at the ... Read More
Second Penang Bridge toll set at RM7 for cars

Second Penang Bridge toll set at RM7 for cars

GEORGE TOWN: Car toll for the Second Penang Bridge has been set at RM7, said Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd managing director Datuk Dr Ismail Mohamed Taib. “Tolls will match those of the first Penang Bridge. We want it to be lower, but if we are lower, the first bridge management will complain ... Read More