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The Penang International Dragon Boat Festival. — Picture courtesy of Penang International Dragon Boat Regatta

Penang’s Dragon Boat legacy: From Gurney Drive glory to a global regatta

Yeoh Soon Hin (centre) witnesses Truong Quoang Cuong of Viet Princess Cruiser Corporation and Kenny Nye (right) sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). — Penang Port Commission pic

Penang launches luxury cruise ship set to draw affluent tourists and boost local economy

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow holds up the 2026 state budget at the Penang Legislative Assembly in George Town today, November 14, 2025. — Bernama pic

‘Clear, clear, clear’: Chow Kon Yeow shuts down Kedah's Penang ownership claim in assembly speech

High-rise buildings are visible from Komtar in George Town, Penang, on July 20, 2022. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Penang identifies RM87b worth of rare earth deposits, eyes new economic boom

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said Penang logged RM17.3 billion in total investments for the whole of 2024, based on data from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA). — Picture via Facebook/Chow Kon Yeow

Penang CM: State investments hit RM15.78b to September amid renewed call for federal revenue share

State Housing and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Seri S. Sundarajoo said the housing board has to clear its system and streamline its database after they found a large portion of previously registered applicants were no longer eligible for the affordable housing. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

Faster access to housing: Penang cuts Rumah MutiaraKu application waiting from six months to three

File picture of an aerial view of Gurney Drive as from Komtar in George Town, Penang, September 7, 2020. State agrotechnology, food security and cooperative development committee chairman Fahmi Zainol said the state is collaborating with the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board to introduce an organic pineapple project with an urban farming concept.  — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Pineapples in the city: Penang pilots urban farming for food security

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow  said the system should not have been implemented immediately without assessing its feasibility first to ensure public health and safety are safeguarded and without endangering lives. — Bernama pic

Penang CM urges relevant ministries to act after emergency hotline disruptions

State social development, welfare and non-Islamic religious affairs committee chairman Lim Siew Khim said the state government, together with the Penang Island City Council, has introduced initiatives to encourage senior participation in the workforce. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

Penang on track to become age-friendly city by 2030, says state exco

An undated photograph shows Masjid Kapitan Keling. — George Town World Heritage Incorporated pic

Penang designates seven 19th-century mosques, including Masjid Kapitan Keling, as official heritage sites

Fishing boats are seen near Queensbay Bayan Lepas Beach during cloudy weather on November 24, 2023. — Bernama pic

Penang on alert for floods, monitors 20 hotspots with real-time updates from MetMalaysia

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (right) launches the state environmental health action plan (SEHAP) and the Penang information complaints system (ePINTAS)-SEHAP online platform, November 18, 2025. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

Penang rolls out real-time dengue tracking platform to sharpen outbreak response

Penang state exco for health, youth and sports Daniel Gooi Zi Sen said it is often the case when one suicide case was reported, more cases will follow. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin

Follow suicide reporting guidelines, Penang health exco tells media; it can save lives

Local government, town and country planning committee chairman Jason H’ng Mooi Lye said the state government, through the local authorities, will focus on assisting existing TLQ operations to transition to centralised labour quarters (CLQ) in accordance with the 2022 guidelines for planning and building worker accommodation in Penang. — Picture by Raymond Manuel

Penang to halt applications for new TLQs after Dec 31 amid shift to centralised worker quarters

The Tanjung Bungah assemblyman said construction works will continue as planned even during the Chinese New Year period in February and Hari Raya Aidilfitri in March. — Bernama pic

Mutiara Line LRT construction to start January, no breaks for festive season

Penang Chief Minister and Padang Kota assemblyman Chow Kon Yeow at the Penang legislative assembly, November 18, 2025. — Picture from Facebook/Chow Kon Yeow

Malaysia-US Reciprocal Trade Agreement set to boost Penang’s E&E, halal and agriculture sectors, says CM

The deadly King Cobra is pictured with its hood raised during a workshop by the Fire and Rescue Department's King Cobra Squad. — Picture by Opalyn Mok

What really happens when you stand two feet from a King Cobra — a Malaysian expert explains (VIDEO)

Penang recorded a total 564 cases of death due to suicide, putting it in fifth place among all states between 2020 and 2025, according to Air Itam assemblyman Joseph Ng Soon Siang. — AFP pic

One in 10 Penang teens have attempted suicide; backbencher calls for action plan

The Mutiara LRT Line construction project at the Bandar Sri Pinang project site in George Town, Penang, January 10, 2025. Penang Opposition leader Muhammad Fauzi Yusof said the Mutiara LRT Line has been approved and is underway but questioned if its implementation genuinely benefits the public and does not become a financial liability to the state. — Bernama pic

Penang on brink of mobility crisis? State Opposition leader warns of rising congestion, LRT shortfalls

 

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