George Town, Malaysia

GEORGE TOWN, June 20 -- Part of Jalan Macalister was opened to traffic today after it was closed for a week following the collapse of a lightning arrestor from the top of Menara Umno in a freak storm last Thursday.

GEORGE TOWN, June 19 -- Property developer, Tambun Indah Land Bhd, plans to spend RM100 million to RM200 million in capital expenditure this year to buy more land.

GEORGE TOWN, June 18 -- Telok Air Tawar Assemblyman Datuk Jahara Hamid was elected as the new Penang opposition leader, succeeding Penaga Assemblyman Datuk Azhar Ibrahim.

GEORGE TOWN: A carnival air prevailed at the Eurasian Fiesta 2013 with good food, music and culture.

GEORGE TOWN: It was a heart-wrenching scene in Jalan Macalister, the worst-hit area of Thursday's freak storm, when a woman cried out for her husband believed to be buried some 5m in the ground.

GEORGE TOWN, June 15 -- Maintenance and cleaning-up work in the area where a 20-metre lighting arrestor pole collapsed from the UMNO building in Jalan Macalister during a storm on Thursday, is expected to be completed by tomorrow night.

GEORGE TOWN, June 15 -- The electricity supply disruption in several areas on the island and mainland following heavy storms Thursday evening will be fully restored by 3pm Saturday, said Tenaga Nasional Bhd .

GEORGE TOWN, June 14 -- High Court Judge Datuk Zamani Abdul Rahim rescued himself from hearing the appeal from a quantity surveyor who was found guilty for flashing obscene hand gestures at the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah and a police officer last February.

A freak thunderstorm raged in Penang, causing massive damage to property, uprooting trees and jamming up the Penang Bridge.

GEORGE TOWN: A thunderstorm blew havoc in Penang uprooting trees and causing flash floods on Thursday.

GEORGE TOWN, June 13 -- An evening storm wreaked havoc in 21 areas in Penang today leaving nine people injured.

GEORGE TOWN, June 13 -- The family of Tajudin Zainal Abidin, the victim of the ramp collapse of the second Penang Bridge, has planned to hold a meeting with the project developer, Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd , over the tragedy.

By Samantha Tan Chiew Ting GEORGE TOWN, June 12 -- The hotel industry in Penang is likely to register a healthy growth in occupancy rate next year driven by the Visit Malaysia 2014 , says Malaysian Association of Hotels Penang Chapter.

GEORGE TOWN, June 11 -- Completion of the RM4.3-billion Penang Second Bridge faces the possibility of a delay following Thursday's collapse of a ramp, but Jambatan Kedua Sdn Bhd said it expects to keep to the schedule.

GEORGE TOWN: The percentage of young Malaysians facing debt defaults has been reduced to 10 per cent as at April this year from 15.8 per cent in 2009, according to the Credit Counselling and Debt Management Agency .

The sketch of Joko Avianto's exhibit for Theatre Of Ships is part of the art and history lesson at MPPP Town Hall in Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: The body of Tajudin Zainal Abidin, 45, who was killed when a ramp under construction on the Second Penang Bridge in Batu Maung collapsed on his car and crushed it on Thursday, will be buried at the Batu 39 Muslim Cemetery in Bukit Merah, Perak on Saturday night.

GEORGE TOWN: Four tracker dogs from the K9 unit from KL were deployed Saturday morning at the bridge ramp collapse scene to sniff out possible victims.

Workers trying to clear the mass of tangled steel and concrete at the site ofthe collapse .

A George Town service station attendant was bashed a number of times in the head by a gunman during a robbery in the state's north last night.