Solidarity vigil for 'dead' Rohingyas in George Town – Activists protest against 'breach of duty by Myanmar to its citizens'. http://owl.li/2YX7Gs Solidarity vigil for 'dead' Rohingyas in George Townowl.liActivists protest against 'breach of duty by Myanmar t …
Read More »Gurney Drive, the popular seafront area within George Town in Penang, is in dang…
Gurney Drive, the popular seafront area within George Town in Penang, is in danger of losing its charms, for a series of high-rise development have been earmarked for the area. Residents protest highrise projects for Gurney Drivewww.malaysiakini.comThey decry the over-development and congestion of t …
Read More »George Town Festival is once again seeking proposals for 2015 but the question t…
George Town Festival is once again seeking proposals for 2015 but the question that often haunts its director Joe Sidek is "where are the local artists from Penang?": bit.ly/1FVVtTi Only 58 percent of the total programmes in this year's festival involved Malaysians. At the time of thi …
Read More »Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (Plus) is to close the George Town to Bayan Le…
Projek Lebuhraya Usahasama Berhad (Plus) is to close the George Town to Bayan Lepas stretch of the Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu Expressway from 9am to 1.30pm on Tuesday to facilitate an emergency exercise. Plus emergency exercise on highway in Penangwww.malaysiakini.comThe exercise was aimed at gauging the e …
Read More »The High Court in George Town today allowed an appeal by a quantity surveyor who…
The High Court in George Town today allowed an appeal by a quantity surveyor who was sentenced to jail and fined for flashing obscene hand gestures at Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Haminah and a police officer last year. Judicial Commissioner Wong Teck Meng also ordered Leong Pei Koe, 30, to be retri …
Read More »P Ramlee missing from George Town bash? Allegations that renowned Penang-born e…
P Ramlee missing from George Town bash? Allegations that renowned Penang-born entertainer P Ramlee is missing from the George Town heritage celebrations and promotions have been rubbished by the state government. George Town celebrated its Unesco World Heritage Site anniversary on July 7, its sixth …
Read More »George Clooney engaged!
LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2014 (AFP) – Oscar-winning heartthrob George Clooney, one of Hollywood’s most coveted bachelors, has got engaged to his British lawyer girlfriend Amal Alamuddin, People magazine reported Saturday. “George and Amal are trying to keep things very low-key but th …
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