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  • Penang urged to enforce safety checks for ageing heritage buildings after Armenian Street incident
  • Unsafe George Town heritage properties to be shuttered, MBPP vows strict enforcement on owners
  • Penang gazettes Hungry Ghost Festival as state heritage, six sites also set for official recognition

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

Penang urged to enforce safety checks for ageing heritage buildings after Armenian Street incident

 GEORGE TOWN, Aug 6 — The Association of Tourism Attractions Penang (ATAP) has called on the Penang governmen...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

Unsafe George Town heritage properties to be shuttered, MBPP vows strict enforcement on owners

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 7 — The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) is considering engaging qualified engineers to conduct...

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malaymail.com /6 days ago

Penang gazettes Hungry Ghost Festival as state heritage, six sites also set for official recognition

 GEORGE TOWN, Sept 3 — Penang has gazetted the Teong Guan Phor Thor, or Hungry Ghost Festival, as a state her...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

Penang plans next heritage makeover with east seafront upgrade after Fort Cornwallis, Beach Street works

GEORGE TOWN, July 23 — Penang will continue with its infrastructure upgrading works along the eastern seafront aft...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

Penang State Museum to reopen on July 23 after nearly a decade of restoration

GEORGE TOWN, July 16 — The Penang State Museum on Farquhar Street, which has been closed for restoration works sin...

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malaymail.com /2 weeks ago

Penang State Museum smashes 2026 visitor targets in first month after reopening

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 26 — The Penang State Museum on Farquhar Street has recorded a surge of 47,638 visitors in just 2...

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malaymail.com /2 weeks ago

Penang enforces Private Accommodation By‑Laws, vows crackdown on unlicensed short‑term rentals

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 24 — The enforcement of the Private Accommodation By-Laws 2026 marks a crucial step in ensuring t...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

Penang mulls holding Pesta Pulau Pinang in Seberang Perai this year

  GEORGE TOWN, July 30 — The Penang state government is considering organising the annual Pesta Pulau Pi...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

Penang Port marks 70 years by giving back to those in need

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 1 — The Penang Port Commission (SPPP) reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that the benefits of...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

Penang woodcarver keeps age-old craft alive as demand grows (VIDEO)

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 9 — For more than two decades, Lee Chee Cheng has turned plain planks into ornate signboards bear...

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malaymail.com /2 weeks ago

Airbnb crackdown: Penang introduces new licensing laws for short-term rentals

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 20 — Penang has introduced a new regulatory framework to govern short-term rentals of private acc...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

From wedding thalis to temple decor, Penang goldsmith preserves generations of craftsmanship

GEORGE TOWN, July 25 — For fourth-generation goldsmith Raju Murugesan, every piece of jewellery he made was f...

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malaymail.com /2 weeks ago

Penang’s Eng Seng keeps traditional charcoal-fired ‘kuih kapit’ alive year-round

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 23 — For eight hours each day, the family behind Eng Seng Kuih Kapit carefully bakes thin wafers...

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malaymail.com /4 days ago

Chew Jetty heritage site unaffected by blaze, Penang govt to help owners of five destroyed premises, says CM

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 5 — The historic Chew Jetty here was unaffected by a fire that broke out about 20 metres away an...

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malaymail.com /2 days ago

Penang govt auctions Tanjung Pinang land as bypass project races towards 2027 finish

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 7 — The Penang government will auction a 2.42-hectare plot of land in Tanjung Pinang next month...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

Penang ranks third in international hotel guests, records nearly one million visitors in Q1 2026

SEBERANG PERAI, Aug 6 — Penang ranked third in Malaysia for international hotel guests in the first quarter of 202...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

Penang’s eroding shoreline at Batu Ferringhi gets RM500,000 temporary protection

GEORGE TOWN, July 14 — A RM500,000 coastal erosion mitigation project is underway at Batu Ferringhi as a temporary...

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malaymail.com /4 days ago

Early-morning fire destroys five business premises at Penang’s Chew Jetty heritage area

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 5 — Five business premises at the iconic Chew Jetty heritage area here were destroyed in a fire...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

PwC tapped to chart Penang’s roadmap for international financial hub, says CM

GEORGE TOWN, July 20 — The Penang state government has appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services Sdn Bhd...

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malaymail.com /2 weeks ago

From a Penang home kitchen to nationwide favourite: The story of Jeruk Madu Pak Ali

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 22 — What began as a way to stop surplus fruit from going to waste has grown into one of Penang&r...

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paultan.org /1 week ago

Penang road closures for National Day parade, rehearsal

Click to enlarge Penang lang, take note. Majlis Bandaraya Pulau Pinang (MBPP) has announced a couple of road closures in George Town to make way for the state-level 69th National D...

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malaymail.com /1 month ago

From RM2 to RM59.6m: Melaka’s tourist levy grows into heritage windfall

MELAKA, July 13 — The Melaka government has collected RM59.6 million in heritage charges imposed on out-of-state v...

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malaymail.com /3 weeks ago

From rice to remedy: Penang maker’s time‑honoured 40‑day method keeps traditional ‘bedak sejuk’ craft alive

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 16 — Before commercial talcum powders and skincare products became commonplace, bedak sejuk&...

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malaymail.com /3 weeks ago

Penang exco says traffic fixes before proposed Tanjung Bungah–Batu Ferringhi reclamation project

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 14 — The identification of the coastal area from Tanjung Bungah to Batu Ferringhi as a potential...

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