BUTTERWORTH: The Penang Port Commission (PPC) has set its sights on receiving international recognition from the Apec Port Services Network through the Green Port Awards System.
GEORGE TOWN: If there is to be a tunnel under the sea between the Penang island and the mainland, it needs to be at least 23m beneath the seabed – almost equal to the height of a seven-storey building.
GEORGE TOWN: The undersea tunnel plan will be important for the development of the state, provided it can be built in line with the growth of Penang port, which operates near the tunnel's proposed site, says Datuk Tan Teik Cheng.
GEORGE TOWN: Many times have the ferry service between Penang island and its mainland been changed, and it is going to change again, with all the blessings of modernity while retaining the centuries-old delight of ferry-crossing.