GEORGE TOWN, Feb 7 – Two days, 16 hot air balloons piloted by balloonists of 8 different nationalities and some 170,000 visitors later, the 3rd Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta ended on a high note with balloonists and crew cheering along with visitors as music played and balloons illuminated the sky. The Fiesta’s
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 4 – More than 10,000 devotees attended Jade Emperor Birthday Celebration, who know as Thiⁿ-kong Seh, at Chew Jetty in Weld Quay here this evening together with Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. 36.5m-long altar was set up and food offerings were placed on the table for the deity
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 4 – Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta Night Glow Performance with Fireworks Display was kicked off at Padang Polo here this evening. This was the third times Hot Air Balloon Fiesta is being held in Penang which officiated by the Governor of Penang Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas. The state government of Penang which endorsed and
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 3 – About 100,000 people present at the Penang Chinese New Year Celebration 2017 at UNESCO Heritage area which included at Lebuh King, Penang Street, Lebuh Gereja, Lebuh Bishop, Cannon Street, Lebuh Armenian, Lebuh Ah Quee, Lebuh Pasar, Lebuh China here this evening. Spectacular sights of glowing cherry blossom trees,
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 – Main Market-bound first hybrid community-centric retail Real Estate Investment Trust, KIP REIT recently held its balloting ceremony at Malaysian Issuing House Sdn. Bhd.(MIH) where its 10,200,000 Offer Unit made available to the Malaysian Public has been oversubscribed by 5.07 times. The Institutional Offering of 220,650,000
NIBONG TEBAL, Jan 3 – The Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta went off to a flying start, literally, as ten balloons made their maiden flight in Padang Awam Jawi today. By far the ideal venue for hot air ballooning in Penang, this free-flying event was held to promote the upcoming
TOKYO, Feb 3 – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has reached a general agreement on the terms for making a minority stake investment in a new company (NewCo) to be established by the AREVA Group of France, all-round specialists in nuclear energy. The move follows a formal proposal by MHI
BAYAN LEPAS, Feb 2 – 5th Ban Ka Lan Snake Temple annual ‘Chneah Hoay’ (flame-watching) ceremony was happening at Snake Temple here this evening. The flame shows that the overall for the Penang State’s is average in the Year of the Fire Rooster. The ritual began at 11.35pm on Thursday, the first
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 2 – Several roads in Penang to be closed for the progressively from 7pm on 2nd February until 6pm on 3rd February 2017 in the conjunction with Penang Chinese New Year celebration. Roads affected are Lebuh King, Penang Street, Lebuh Gereja, Lebuh Bishop, Cannon Street, Lebuh Armenian, Lebuh Ah Quee, Lebuh
GEORGE TOWN, Feb 1 – Part of Weld Quay in Penang to be closed from 8:00pm on Saturday to 2.30 am on Sunday to ensure the Jade Emperor birthday celebration go smooth. Jade Emperor Festival marks as the birthday of the Jade Emperor on ninth day of Chinese New Year. The event was jointly organised by Chew Jetty Kongsi
MUSLIM women dressed as superheroes, princesses, and mighty sword-wielding warriors took part in a hijab cosplay event in Malaysia Saturday, where the role-playing craze continues to grow. Around 20 women showcased their love for anime with elaborate make-up and costumes while still wearing their traditional hijab – the headscarf worn by
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 29 – About 2,000 over crowd join Chinese New Year celebration concert with Hong Kong Artist Ruco Chan and Malaysian Pop Singer Alvin Chong in conjunction with the launching of the Brighter Future Project he Brighter Future Project by Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng at Gurney Paragon Mall here
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 28 – About 25,000 guests including politicians and state leaders turned up to Penang Chief Minister Chinese New Year open house at SPICE Arena, here, today. The open house was held from 10am until about 12pm with the present of Penang Governor Tun Dr Abdul Rahman Abbas, Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and his
KOTA KINABALU, Jan 22 – The Ministry of Domestic Trade Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry (KPDNKK) has listed 12 types of controlled items under the Chinese New Year Festive Season Price Control Scheme 2017 for Sabah. KPDNKK secretary general Datuk Seri Jamil Salleh said the measure to curb traders from raising prices of
NEW DELHI, Jan 22 – Rescuers struggled on Sunday to pull survivors from the wreckage of a train crash which killed 36 passengers in southern India, the latest in a series of disasters on the country’s creaking rail network. Officials were investigating whether Maoist rebels had tampered with the track, after eight
PORT DICKSON, Jan 22 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak has denied that MCA had requested for the post of deputy prime minister to be given to the party as claimed by Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The Prime Minister said throughout his tenure as the country’s number one leader, never once did
SYDNEY, Jan 22 – A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Sunday, but a tsunami alert intially issued for the Pacific island nation and its neighbours was later cancelled. The tremor struck 40km (25 miles) west of Panguna on Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville island at a depth of 153km at
LABUAN, Jan 22 – Panic buying by the public and traders has led to shortage of cooking oil at some retail stores, supermarkets and hypermarkets around the duty-free-island here. Member of Parliament for Labuan, Datuk Rozman Isli noted that some consumers were buying two to three 1.5kg and 5kg bottles of cooking
SYDNEY, Jan 22 – A major 8.0-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea today, the US Geological Survey said, with a tsunami alert issued for the Pacific island nation and neighbouring countries. The tremor struck 40km (25 miles) west of Panguna on Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville Island at a depth of 153 kilometres
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 22 – Thousands of multi-coloured lights and Chinese lanterns was lighted up with fireworks display was happened at Kek Lok Si temple in George Town here this evening together with the present of Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng. Also present were State Public Works, Utilities and Public Transportation
