A food court that was razed by a fire last year will be rebuilt into a RM3.49 million disabled-friendly food court.

State traffic and infrastructure committee chairman Zairil Khir Johari said the structure will be the first green building index (GBI) certified public food court in Penang.

He said it will have environmentally friendly features such as a rain harvesting system and be redesigned with a lot of natural lighting and ventilation.

Zairil said the new design will place the food court on a flat platform with seating surrounding the stalls in the centre.

He added that it will still be a single-storey food court with the addition of storage space, a surau and an office.

“We will call for tender to appoint the contractor in May and the tender duration is three weeks,” he said during a press conference today.

Zairil said the project is expected to start work by July this year and to be completed by the end of the year.

“We hope to obtain CCC and open it by January next year,” he said.

The original food court was razed by a fire in November last year.

Zairil said the only option was to rebuild as the structure could not be salvaged as most of the roof and stalls were destroyed in the fire.

He said the state held several meetings on the food court before deciding on rebuilding it with state funds.

“Initially, we planned to give it to the city council but it doesn’t have the funds to rebuild it so this matter was brought up in the state exco in February and it was decided that the state will fund it,” he said.

He said Chief Minister’s Incorporated (CMI) will be the custodian for the land and eventually the state will alienate the land to CMI to manage fully.

The food court originally had a total 33 stalls but the new food court will have 40 stalls so that roadside stalls outside the food court could be shifted into the new complex.

As for the 33 affected hawkers, Zairil said they were called in for interviews to be offered other stalls in other places.

“Only 27 turned up for the interview, nine received offers to temporarily open their stalls in other complexes while the 18 others chose to wait for this food court to be completed,” he said.

He said all of the affected stalls were offered cash aid of RM500 each from Zakat in November last year and his office had also given every stall RM500 each in December.

He said the stalls also received RM500 aid in April 2020 and again in January this year, bringing the total cash aid they had received between last year and now to RM2,000 each.

As for the hawkers’ licences, he said the city council had to cancel them pending the construction of the new food court.

“This is so that there will not be accumulated arrears as the licensing system will automatically calculate their fees even though they are not operating so we have to cancel the licence for now and they will be offered lots in the new food court once it’s completed,” he said.

He said the cancellation of the licence will not affect the hawkers’ status and that all 33 affected hawkers will be offered lots in the new food court.

Source: MalayMail.com

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A newly proposed landed residential development by General Supreme Sdn. Bhd. (a subsidiary of Airmas Group) at Bukit Mertajam. Strategically located along Jalan Betek, diagonally opposite Harmoni Residensi gated and guarded scheme. It is conveniently connected to Jalan Song Ban Kheng and Jalan Sungai Rambai, just a mere minutes’ drive to Bukit Mertajam Town Centre and about 10 minutes to North South Expressway. Nearby amenities include SK Sungai Rambai, SJKC Keow Kuang, MPSP Sports Complex, markets, banks and popular eateries.

This development comprises 27 units of 2-storey terrace and 4 units of 2-storey bungalow houses.

The project is pending approval. More details to be available upon official launch.

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Property Type : Residential
Land Tenure: Freehold
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Total Units : 27 (terrace), 4 (bungalow)
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The Al-Itqan Education Centre in Teluk Kumbar near here is scheduled for completion in 2023 and will begin its intake in the same year, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.

He said the education centre, comprising four blocks of five-storey buildings, would be built on a three-acre (1.2ha) site.

The Al-Itqan Education Centre will consist of 51 classrooms which can accommodate around 1,000 students, and facilities such as four laboratories, four meeting rooms, three multi-purpose halls and two prayer rooms.

“The proposed Al-Itqan Education Centre is estimated to utilise up to RM15 million in construction cost, and the Ideal Property Group, a Penang-based property developer, will undertake the construction,” he said in his speech at the groundbreaking ceremony.

Speaking at a press conference later, he said the project had gone through a number of postponements in the past few years due to the process of planning and approval.

He said the proposed education centre was part of the compliance process implemented by the state government and the local council for the developer undertaking an affordable housing project in Bukit Gelugor.

“Since there are already sufficient schools nearby the (affordable housing) project site, we took the opportunity to assist the Al-Itqan Education Centre to realise their wish for the building block,” he added.

He said several schools had been built under the compliance policy for the past 10 years.

Source: Bernama

An apartment block known as the Mak Mandin People’s Housing Project (PPR) consists of 70 three-bedroom units now completed and being offered to qualified first home buyers.

Penang State Exco for Housing, Local Gov and Town & Country Planning, Jagdeep Singh Deo informed that the State Government today through the Rent-to-Own (RTO) will try to help eligible citizens to own their first home in the Affordable Housing (RMM) Type A and Type segments B.

“Together with us this morning are part of the recipients, namely 20 people out of a total of 70 recipients.

“Currently 34 units are being offered to the eligible buyers with the remaining 36 units that will be offered in the next phases.

“The amount to be paid each month is RM310 for 19 years and five months with a deposit of RM1,120,” he explained at the PPR Mak Mandin Flats Rent-to-Own Scheme offer letter handover ceremony here on April 24, 2021.

Following the completion of the Mak Mandin PPR project, Jagdeep who is also the Chairman of the Housing Selection Process Enhancement Committee  (SPEC) expressed his appreciation to the Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) for increasing the number of PPR units compared to 999 units previously.

In a related development, Jagdeep, who is also the State Assemblyman (ADUN) Datuk Keramat, also said that the State Government today since 2009 has spent about RM271,207,877.30 for the maintenance of all public and private housing projects.

Source: Buletin Mutiara