By Helen Ong

The interior has a mix of furniture with large backdrops.With the rejuvenation of George Town has come the restoration of many of Penang’s old buildings. This includes the 140-year-old Logan Heritage in Beach Street, which now houses a few new F&B outlets.

One such is the Pinang Peranakan Restaurant, opened by the enterprising Sherina Lim last year. The former economy rice seller has designed the large outlet set on the ground floor to take advantage of the heritage aspects of...

Date: 23 March 2013
Time: 8.30 – 9.30pm

This Saturday, millions of people all over the world will switch off their lights to show support for Earth Hour, a global campaign by World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to raise awareness on climate change. The campaign was first launched in Sydney in 2007 and since then has been an annual movement to reduce energy consumption. Penangites and organisations in Penang are urged to participate in this movement and to spread the message to friends and...

Request for Proposal for Penang Educational Tourism Hub

 

Opening Date: 1st March 2013 (Friday)

Closing Date: 31st March 2013 (Friday)



The Chief Minister of Penang Incorporated in looking for project proposal by local and international Project Sponsors for the development of an educational tourism hb at a government reserve land. The address of the land is LOT 705, Section 1, Bandar Tanjung Pinang, North East District, Penang. (Adjacent to Tesco Tanjung Pinang)



For enquiries...

CHIEF MINISTER OF PENANG INCORPORATED



 

PRE- QUALIFICATION DOCUMENT



The offer is made to local and international Project Sponsors to participate in the Pre-Qualification as follows:-

TITLE : PRE-QUALIFICATION DOCUMENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CRUISE TERMINAL AT LOT 4 AND THE ADJOINING LOT 4, SECTION 24, GEORGE TOWN, PENANG, MALAYSIA



OPENING DATE : 15th MARCH 2013 (FRIDAY)

CLOSING DATE : 15th MAY 2013 (WEDNESDAY)



1. The Pre-Qualification document can be...

This 30th & 31st of March, travel the world at the Quarry Park, Penang Botanic Gardens with 12 International World Music bands from Brazil, Japan, Turkey, Philiphines, Malaysia, Portugal, Iran, South America and many more.

The beautiful landscape of the Quarry Park will provide a nature-themed backdrop for the open-air festival which will start from 2pm with art and music workshops followed by the night concert from 6pm onwards.

One of the highlights of the night concert is an...

 

 

Event: Loka Nritya –Utsav Folk Dances of North India

Date: 24.03.2012 (SUNDAY)

Time: 7.30 pm

Venue: penangpac (Straits Quay), Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang, Tanjung

Tokong, 10470 P.Pinang.





Temple of Fine Arts Penang proudly presents Loka Nritya-Utsav; celebrating the vibrant pulse of folk dances of North India. The performance showcases a variety of Indian Folk dances which abounds from festivities such as harvest festivals, weddings, fertility rituals and religious...

The Penang Tourist Guide Association (PTGA) had just recently launched their first ever website: ptga.my. The website acts as a good platform to recruit new members and to keep members up-to-date with periodical online newsletters packed with informative articles and updates on guiding-related issues, major events, new tourism sites and current tourism issues.

Penang Tourist Guide Association has been around for more than 46 years and is the first tourist guide association to be formed in...

On the 8th of March 2013, more than 40 local singers and actors visited Penang as part of the 25th Malaysian Film Festival Roadshow 2013.

Some of the celebrities were Fauzi Nawawi, Sheera Iskandar, Yus Raja Lawak, Tokey Jambu, Zulkifli M. Osman, Erul AF9, Noni, Keena Mentor and many more. Winners of the recent Festival Filem Malaysia ke-25; Faizal Hussein and Normah Damanhuri made an appearance as well.

For an hour, the crowd at the 308 Celebration were entertained by these celebrities with...

In conjunction with the state government’s five year anniversary celebration, a fun Char Koay Teow competition was held as one of the side programmes by the Penang State Tourism Development and Culture Committee. These participants were judged by a team of four judges; Helen Ong who a famous food blogger and author of the “Great Dining in Penang” series, Ms Chin Poh Chin who is the president of the Penang Tourist Guide Association, Mr Joharie Shafie who is the chairman of the Malaysia...

Date: 8th March 2013

Time: 4pm – 12 midnight

Venue: Padang Esplanade

Pakatan lead Penang State Government will be celebrating it’s 5 year anniversary on the 8th of March, 4pm to 12 midnight at Padang Esplanade. Various activities have been lined up for the people of Penang to participate and enjoy themselves on this historical day.

There will be more than 20 booths from various government agencies such Penang State Tourism, Halal Penang,  Local Government, Penang Women Development...

Date: 8th March 2013

Time: 7pm- 9pm

 

Malaysia’s Most Popular award ceremony; the “Festival Filem Malaysia” will be conducting a roadshow on th 8th March 2013 from 7pm-9pm.

More than 40 popular Malaysian artists such as Fauzi Nawawi, Normah Damanhuri, Sheera Iskandar, Yus Raja Lawak, Tokey Jambu, Zulkifli M. Osman, Erul AF9, Noni, Keena Mentor and many more.

“Festival Filem Malaysia” will be setting up a booth at the Esplande where fans can meet and greet their favourite...

Date: 8 March 2013
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: Esplanade

Penang State Advisory Committee on Women, Family & Community Development and the Penang Women’s Development Corporation (PWDC) is organising an International Women’s Day celebration as part of the State Government’s “308 – 5 Year Anniversary” event . The women’s day celebration is also in conjunction with the International Women’s Day (IWD) that is celebrated all around the world every 8 March. The aim of the women’s...