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Council to discuss residents’ concerns with high-rise developer

Looks good: (From left) Ang, Patahiyah, public relations assistant director Xavier Sebastian, Corporate Department head Akbar Mustapha and Heritage Department head Noorhanis Noordin going through a news report on MBPP after the council’s monthly press conference at Komtar.

Penang Island City Council (MBPP) will hold discussions with the developer of a high-rise project in Tanjung Bungah to reduce the number of levels of the building.

Mayor Datuk Patahiyah Ismail said even though the MBPP had already approved the housing project, it would still hold talks with the developer’s consultant.

She said this was because many residents in Tanjung Bungah had voiced their concerns about the building’s height.

She added that the council had approved the project as it had fulfilled the building guidelines and requirements.

Patahiyah was commenting on a recent news report in which Tanjung Bungah residents voiced their concerns over the proposed development which was expected to cause traffic congestion in the area.

Desa Embun Emas Apartments Council chairman George Lee had said the residents foresaw an additional 2,000 cars in the vicinity based on an estimation of two cars per household.

Speaking during her monthly press conference with the media in Komtar, Patahiyah said four units under the previous Penang Municipal Council (MPPP), would now have their status upgraded to departments.

The new departments will be the Landscape Department, Heritage Department, Enforcement Department and Solid Waste Management and Public Cleanliness Department.

She explained that the upgrading was needed to cater for the demands that came with the new status of the MBPP.

Patahiyah also said that MBPP had hired an additional 388 staffers for the new departments, bringing the total to 3,964.

MBPP secretary Ang Aing Thye who was also present, said the hiring of extra staff involved an additional expenditure of about RM12mil annually for their sala-ries.

Patahiyah said the Heritage Department would work closely with the George Town World Heritage Incorporated (GTWHI) to handle heritage-related mat-ters.

“Currently, our Heritage Department is working with the GTWHI to identify heritage buildings out of the core and buffer zones.

“We’re still fine-tuning the list and we expect it to be completed by end of the year,” she added.

Patahiyah also said the council would hold a press conference in Komtar on every second Tuesday of the month, as well as after the full council meeting, which usually falls on the last Friday (subject to changes) of the month.

“We will address issues during the press conferences. The heads of departments will be around to answer questions too,” she said.

Source: StarProperty.my

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  1. jenny
    April 18th, 2015 at 18:54 | #1

    What an absolute joke!! 2000 new cars as the estimated traffic increase if theses concrete monsters get built. EXCUSE ME…do the math..hasn’t anyone in the traffic dept stopped to assess this when all the other concrete monsters recently got the go ahead in TB..er hellooo..MIRAS and ALILA 2 within a stones throw of one another and ALL the thousands of owner vehicles will access these developments from the same old one lane Lembah Permai Road…not to mention the ever crumbling Mount Erskine hill road. Why is it that DEVELOPERS are always, without constraint, given permission to throw communities into unsustainable environmental chaos…..destabling hill slopes and …not once..no not once..ever denied plannning permission…nor …and take note here…DEVELOPERS ARE NEVER REQUIRED TO BUILD THE NEW TRAFFIC SYSTEMS NEEDED TO ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC CHAOS/CONGESTION THAT THE FUTURE OCCUPANCY OF THEIR CONCRETE MONSTER SKY SCRAPERS WILL INEVITABLY….FORESEEABLY…CAUSE!!!!! Come on MPPP what and who are you in office for if not for the “man on the street”…thats what local government is supposed to be for..but as it seems the DEVELOPERS are actually in control..they ride rough shod over the Island of Penang and consequnetly the environment is all to quickly being dessimated!!

  2. Lousy
    April 18th, 2015 at 19:32 | #2

    @jenny

    The best thing they can do is installing traffic lights. Some guys will then
    praise them for doing a good job !!!!!!!

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