Penang Event, Food and Travel Info

Penang Umno lauds IPGB’s decision

WeLovePenang — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 13:48:09 +0000

BATU KAWAN: Penang Umno today lauded the assurance given by Ivory Properties Group Berhad (IPGB) that public facilities like a mosque, a school and other houses of worship would be built on the super prime land, Bayan Mutiara, Bayan Baru, near here.

Penang got RM79.4m for upgrade of industrial parks

WeLovePenang — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 01:35:34 +0000

SEBERANG PRAI: Penang received more than a quarter of the federal government's allocation for upgrading industrial parks from 2008 to 2010. Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed yesterday said with continuous allocations being committed during the 9th and 10th Malaysia plans, investors can expect to see an ease in doing business in the state. Pointing to the …

Boustead seeks RM20.8m compensation from Penang govt

WeLovePenang — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:14:25 +0000

KUALA LUMPUR: Boustead Holdings Bhd is seeking RM20.80 million in compensation after the Penang government decided not to approve the reclamation plans.

UMNO BACKS PENANG UMNO’s ACTION AGAINST GUAN ENG – MUHYIDDIN

WeLovePenang — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:27:33 +0000

NIBONG TEBAL, Sept 17 (Bernama) — Umno deputy president Tan Sri MuhyiddinYassin said today the party backed Penang Umno’’s action against Chief MinisterLim Guan Eng over an allegedly slanderous statement he had made against theparty. “We have our dignity. What was said is slanderous. If we don”t do anything,the people will believe what was said,” the deputy prime minister told reportersafter …

Penang mulls luxury property charge

WeLovePenang — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:35:55 +0000

How do we curb mounting speculation in the property market? Can the Penang state government do anything to stop any over-heating? Yesterday, a reader of this blog who goes by the handle of ‘Sam9W2CFS‘ tweeted to me several links to articles on how other countries are handling their own over-heating property markets. He also sounded out state government leaders about the possibility of a tax on …

Penang Hill Railway: From RM40m to RM73m

WeLovePenang — Sat, 07 May 2011 09:30:43 +0000

Initial news reports for the Penang Hill Railway ‘upgrade’ had mentioned an allocation of RM40m. But later news reports put the cost at RM63m and finally RM73m for what is now a totally new system. “It’s actually not an upgrade but a totally new system,” said a source. According to an NST report, former PM Abdullah Ahmad Badawi had agreed to Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop and Chief …

Ocean-Green Restaurant & Seafood

WeLovePenang — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:22:40 +0000

Hidden from the main road is a well known seafood restaurant own by Paramount Hotel. However weird it may seems, I always prefer having seafood beside the sea because it gives me the sense of freshness no where else can offer. The restaurant not only offer a great view of the sea but also seafood at reasonable price.

My favorite dish at the restaurant is cheese baked crab (RM6 a piece). Other than that, I kind of like their fried bean curd with sushi type seaweeds (RM8). As far as I can recall, this is the first time I tried that dish. However, I found out that their fried mantis prawn in duck egg yolk is only average. It cost a bit more than one of the seafood restaurant in Butterworth (will review it soon). The cost is RM10 per 100 gram. One mantis prawn is around 300 gram. I ordered fried noodle (RM6) as a stomach filler.

Old Town Kitchen Hokkien Mee

WeLovePenang — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:24:07 +0000

Locating not far from the Kim Seng Restaurant Koay Teow Soup is another coffee shop competing for the appetite of the breakfast-goers. The specialties of this coffee shop is Hokkien Mee; one of my favorite hawker fare and they have been selling it since my parents’ time. You can bet nothing can go wrong with a dish that sold for so long. Each time I visited the coffee shop, I ordered dry version of the Hokkien Mee. I don’t know exactly why. Maybe, no one can make the dry hokkien mee as good as theirs. A regular bowl of the dish (dry or with soup) cost RM3.50. A smaller serving is RM3. You can add other side dishes such as fish ball soup and “bak kut”. The restaurant serves hokkien mee everyday except Monday from 8am to 2.30pm.

LIM WANTS PENANG GERAKAN TO SHOW PROOF (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

WeLovePenang — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:52:06 +0000

PENANG, Nov 29 (Bernama) — Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today asked Penang Gerakan to prove that the building of the RM84 million Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) headquarters in Bandar PERDA was mooted by the then deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. “Please show proof that Anwar directed them to built the MPSP building in PERDA, not Ampang Jajar,” …

Seberang Perai Municipal Council HQ: Lim wants Penang Gerakan to show proof (The New Straits Times)

WeLovePenang — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:52:06 +0000

Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng today asked Penang Gerakan to prove that the RM84 million Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP) headquarters in Bandar PERDA was mooted by the then deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.