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CAP: End sugar subsidy

GEORGE TOWN: The Consumers Association of Penang has urged the government to withdraw the "sinful" subsidy on sugar, describing the recent 20 sen a kg increase in sugar price as small.

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Tue Jan 05, 2010

The Star Online

British girl breezes through first day in Chinese school

GEORGE TOWN: British girl Lois Tolley stood out among her Year One Chinese classmates on her first day of school at SJK Shang Wu in Jalan Sekolah La Salle here.

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Sun Jan 03, 2010

Gasgoo

Chinese railroad company eyes projects in M'sia

According to a report in Nanyang Siang Pau today, the projects are a track for magnetic levitation trains between George Town and Butterworth and two high-speed rail links -- between Kuala Lumpur and Johor Baru and between Kuala Lumpur and Kuantan -- that allow trains to reach 350km per hour.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Southeast Asia, Malaysia,

Thu Dec 31, 2009

New Straits Times

Too much a shock for guard to take

GEORGE TOWN: Police detained a 35-year-old security guard after he accidentally fired a shot from his pump gun inside the Maybank premises in Jelutong yesterday.

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Tue Dec 29, 2009

Nothing To Do With Arbroath

Dogs stand guard at shop throughout fire

Dogs are truly a man's best friend. Ask tailor Teo Siang Boo. Two of his dogs, Blacky and Tommy, refused to leave even when fire was about to engulf his shop in George Town, Malaysia.

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Related Topix: Fire, Malaysia, World News

Sat Dec 26, 2009

The Star Online

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GEORGE TOWN: Playing the violin and dancing at the Gurney Drive seafront promenade is a no-no, as a Taiwanese and his Kazakhstan girlfriend found out.

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Thu Dec 24, 2009

New Straits Times

Penang's north coast promised laid-back charm

THERE was a time not so long ago when Penang's famed north coast, stretching from Tanjung Tokong to Teluk Bahang, was more natural and undeveloped.

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Related Topix: Home Gardening, Home, World News, Malaysia,

Tue Dec 22, 2009

Business Times

Khazanah's grant a timely boost for Penang tourism

The launch of a RM20 million grant by Khazanah Nasional Berhad's subsidiary Think City Sdn Bhd to rejuvenate George Town's heritage enclaves in Penang, could serve as a timely economic and tourism boost for the state.

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Sun Dec 20, 2009

The Star Online

Penang's great food paradox

GEORGE TOWN: To many, Malaysia is a food paradise. To others, it is a food paradox.

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Fri Dec 18, 2009

The Star Online

Cloudy sky hampers viewing of meteor show

GEORGE TOWN: More than 500 meteors lit up a cloud y Penang s ky at the peak of the Geminid meteor shower yesterday.

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Related Topix: Malaysia, World News, Astronomy, Science

Wed Dec 16, 2009

New Straits Times

Hawkers win a nearer site

GEORGE TOWN: The state government has bowed to demands from Penang Botanic Gardens hawkers to be located near the entrance.

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Related Topix: Malaysia, World News, Agriculture, Science

Mon Dec 14, 2009

The Star Online

Prices of greens soar

GEORGE TOWN: The prices of vegetables in the country have soared because of the monsoon rains and adverse weather conditions in countries from which these vegetables are imported.

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Vegetables, World News, Malaysia, Weather

Sat Dec 12, 2009

The Star Online

Man escapes gallows and gets tongue-lashing in court

GEORGE TOWN: A coffeeshop helper was admonished in a High Court for causing his wife to be charged along with him on two counts of drug trafficking.

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Related Topix: Malaysia, World News, Drugs

Thu Dec 10, 2009

The Star Online

Catch the meteor shower on Sunday night

GEORGE TOWN: Local astronomy buffs who want to catch this year's Geminid meteor shower should remember to look to the skies this Sunday night.

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Related Topix: World News, Malaysia, Astronomy, Science

Tue Dec 08, 2009

Southeast Asia News

Penang to attempt new Guinness dance record on New Year's Eve

Kuala Lumpur, Dec 8 : Malaysian state Penang is set to welcome 2010 by making an attempt at a new Guinness world record through the 1 Population 1 World dance event.

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Related Topix: Malaysia, Southeast Asia, World Records, Life, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve

Mon Dec 07, 2009

Business Times

Mah Sing plans Penang condo

PROPERTY developer Mah Sing Group Bhd plans to develop an upscale condominium worth RM280 million at Pykett Avenue in George Town, Penang.

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Sat Dec 05, 2009

New Straits Times

Man told to enter defence

GEORGE TOWN: The High Court yesterday ordered a 37-year-old unemployed man to enter his defence on a charge of murdering a 45-year-old businessman.

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

The Star Online

MPs: Stepping on photos of people not Asian culture

KUALA LUMPUR: Members of Parliament from PKR have turned on their Pakatan Rakyat partners DAP, condemning their act of stepping on photographs of politicians.

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Tue Dec 01, 2009

The Star Online

Penang Assembly: Daily gets a bum rap from Azhar

GEORGE TOWN: State Opposition leader Datuk Azhar Ibrahim shocked pressmen and visitors to the assembly when he took a swipe at an English daily reporter, saying the paper was not even good enough to wipe his buttocks.

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Sun Nov 29, 2009

New Straits Times

Student crowned Miss Persona

GEORGE TOWN: Mass communication student Chee Hui Ming was named Miss Persona at a function held at Pensonic Holdings' office on Saturday.

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