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Badminton / penang open: Hashim brothers stay on course (The New Straits Times)
HASHIM siblings Hafiz and Roslin stayed on track to win the Penang Open in the absence of Beijing Olympics silver medallist Lee Chong Weiwhen they advanced to the third round at the Penang Badminton Association (PBA) Hall, Bukit Dumbar in George Town yesterday. Penang Umno to seek feedback (The New Straits Times)
GEORGE TOWN: Penang Umno will seek feedback from its grassroots members and local leaders on weaknesses which led to its candidate, Datuk Arif Shah Omar Shah losing the Permatang Pauh by-election. PERAK TO HELP OUT PENANG, SELANGOR IN WATER SUPPLY (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
IPOH, Aug 27 (Bernama) -- The Perak government plans to channel raw water to Penang and Selangor to assist the two states reduce costs in providing treated water to their consumers. Penang feeling heat of politics (Otago Daily Times)
The leafy, colonial capital Georgetown on the island of Penang, Malaysia, is cooler at this time of year, and a refreshing breeze blows in from the sea. Penang loses multi-billion ringgit investment (The Star)
GEORGE TOWN: Penang has lost a multi-billion ringgit investment by a South Korean company which had planned to open a plant in Batu Kawan but has now opted to go to a neighbouring country. Four of five top seeds withdraw from Penang Open (The Star)
GEORGE TOWN: The Proton Penang Open Badminton Championships have lost four of the five top seeds in the Division One competitions through withdrawals. SEVERAL ROADS WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW FOR MERDEKA CELEBRATIONS (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
PENANG, Aug 28 (Bernama) -- Several roads leading to Komtar and Prangin Mall will be closed starting midnight tomorrow to facilitate preparation work for the Merdeka celebrations. Chong Wei gets his Datukship (The Sun)
GEORGE TOWN (Aug 28, 2008): Malaysia’s Olympic silver medallist Datuk Lee Chong Wei was all smiles today when he received a Datukship from Penang’s Yang diPertua Negri Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas, to cap his glorious achievement in Beijing on Aug 17. Penang barfigures in sex and bribes case (The New Straits Times)
IPOH: From the state secretariat building right down to a bar in Penang. These are among the pla-ces where two state executive councillors and three others allegedly received bribes pertaining to a housing project in Seri Iskandar. After Anwar's Win, Is Real Change Probable? (Sin Chew Jit Poh)
The Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's impressive showing in a Penang by-election carries deep significance, which politicians raised in a culture of patronage and race segmentation ought to ponder. The win was by a margin bigger than his wife's in the March general election. | 