Site identified: (From left) Wong, PDCP senior project manager Tan Yeow Song and architect Johnny Ooi checking out the project plans with other architects present during the press conference

THE tender to build 694 affordable high-rise units in Teluk Kumbar, Penang, is now open.

The project by Penang Develop-ment Corporation Properties Sdn Bhd (PDCP), which is the state government’s construction arm, is open to local contractors for bidding.

PDCP chairman Wong Hon Wai said the proposed site for the project was just directly opposite the Puspakom office in Teluk Kumbar.

He said the successful bidder would be required to build a low medium-cost (LMC) block with 346 units, a medium-cost block with 348 units, a seven-storey car park and seven shoplot units.

The deadline to submit tenders is noon on Oct 16.

Wong said work on the project was expected to start either at the end of this year or beginning of next year for completion in three years from commencement.

He said the LMC units would have a built-up area of 700sq ft while the size of the medium-cost units would be 850sq ft to 1,000sq ft, adding that the state government would announce the prices later.

It was, however, reported earlier that the units would be priced at RM72,000, RM200,000, RM300,000 and RM400,000.

The Teluk Kumbar project is one of the eight affordable housing projects that have been proposed by the state government.

For more information on the tender, call PDCP at 04-6340111.

Source: StarProperty.my