There was talk of bringing in a bomoh, or witchdoctor, to chase away the ominous-looking black clouds that hovered over the beachside gardens of the Bayview Hotel, home to the Penang Island Jazz ...

For small, independent jazz festivals heavily reliant on private sector sponsorship, it can be a jungle out there. In the case of the Penang Island Jazz Festival, sandwiched between the Straits of ...

Malaysia’s Penang Island has undergone massive development since the 1960s, a process that continues today with plans for transit and land-reclamation megaprojects. The island is increasingly facing ...

Penang has become the first state to introduce the Strata Scheme for Abandoned Vehicles, a collaboration between the Ministry ...

Heavy rainfall prompted flooding that led to multiple flight delays and evacuations in parts of Malaysia's Penang Island earlier this week. The New Straits Times reported several roads in the island's ...

The Penang Light Rail Transit Mutiara Line project will now cost RM16.8 billion, and not RM10 billion (US$2.4billion) as announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim in the 2024 Budget.

We are halfway through a three-hour dinner at the opening night of the Kita Food Festival, held in October in George Town, the colonial capital of Malaysia’s Penang island, when the chefs serve a ...

As Penang prepares to begin work on its now rescaled Penang South Island (PSI) project by the end of this year, the state government will continue to undertake a number of marine-related studies to ...

One of Malaysia’s top tourist draws, Penang Island, has slapped a partial ban on Airbnb Inc. and similar short-term rental services, following complaints of tourists behaving badly. “Housing premises, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jim Dobson is a full-time luxury travel writer based in Italy. The tiny island of Jerejak located off the coast of Penang in ...

Malaysia’s housing market has seen a surge in transactions recently, though prices are being held in check by a glut of inventory, brokers say. 16 Photos View Slide Show › By Alison Gregor This ...