When Richard Kvech first set foot on Pinang four years ago, a dilapidated bungalow used by passing fishermen was the only sign of human life on the island. Kvech and three friends, all from the Czech ...
Jordan Short was on a boat that went missing after it departed Nias in Indonesia. Picture: Instagram Will Teagle. Picture: Supplied Their destination was Pinang Island, a private island resort that ...
Most outsiders know Bintan only for its resort row, where a weekend getaway usually involves sleepy days on a beach. But Bintan isn’t just about banana boats and seaside margaritas – beyond the ...
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Penang embraces pinang revival to reclaim heritage
THE pinang tree – once so common it gave Penang its name – is getting a big push for a comeback. Locals are welcoming a state plan to plant 100,000 pinang trees across the mainland and island, calling ...
The Sungai Pinang area on Penang Island is set to see a major transformation when M Cora, a RM528 million mixed development project near Karpal Singh Drive, is completed. At just 450m from the ...
Left: Sundarajoo (in white) and Baderul Amin (left) watering ‘pinang’ sapling at the event, with MBSP councillors. Photos: — LIM BENG TATT/The Star THE pinang tree – once so common it gave Penang its ...
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