April 22, 2024 PENANG has made it to the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) after more than one million trees have been successfully planted across the state to mark the Earth Day today. The initiative is known as the ‘Planting One Million Trees Within a Day in conjunction with Earth Day’. The programme has earned the distinction of planting the most trees in a single day. The tree planting...
The Package Two bypass stretching 5.7km is slated for completion in 2025. — Courtesy of Buletin Mutiara The construction of the Package Two bypass connecting Air Itam to the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway reached a 42% completion stage in January this year. Penang infrastructure, transport and digital committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said the RM851.04mil project would reduce the...
Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP) chief executive officer K. Pathmanathan said the MDEP is a federal government project that has been running since 2011, and Phase 2B refers to the installation of a 7-kilometre raw water pipeline with a diameter of 1.6 metres from the Mak Sulong Pumping Station to the Sungai Dua Canal. — Picture from social media GEORGE TOWN, Feb 16 — The federal government...
By LO TERN CHERN | Wednesday, 14 Feb 2024 BUKIT MERTAJAM: Penang’s upcoming Light Rail Transit (LRT) project may see one of its lines connecting the island and the mainland in the form of a rail bridge, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said the 29km link, an extension from its initial end at Komtar, would cross the North Channel to reach Penang Sentral, an integrated transport terminal...