Maple Residence, strategically located within the established township of Butterworth, near the Jalan Raja Uda and Sungai Dua. Built on a prime location with easy access to Butterworth Outer Ring Road which connects to the North South Highway. This is a gated and guarded development comprises 207 units of 3-storey terrace houses.

Facilities

• Residence clubhouse
• Swimming pool
• Gymnasium
• Outdoor BBQ zone
• Children playground
• Function hall
• Play room

THE Penang government has started reviewing the Penang Structure Plan 2020 after it reached its five-year term since being gazetted on June 28, 2007.

State Town and Country Planning, Housing and Arts Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said it was a statutory requirement under the Town and Country Planning Act for the state to re-examine the plan every five years.

“We have just recently started the review last month by having workshops for internal departments.

“Usually, it takes more than a year to complete the process; thus, we expect it to wrap up by end of next year,” he told a press conference before launching the ‘PIP Property and Home Showcase’ in Penang Times Square on Friday.

Wong said its department had been assigned to spearhead the review exercise that involved consultation with stakeholders, non-governmental organisations and public.

“Throughout the process, we will incorporate the various issues and proposals raised in the press which included hillslope development.

“Subsequently, we will have an exhibition to display the amended structure plan for public review and hearing,” he explained.

The structure plan is a policy framework and guidelines for spatial planning and physical development for the state.

Source: The Star

Tropical Hillside Villas, phase 4 of Botanica.CT in Balik Pulau, Penang.  Comprises 29 units of bungalow houses with 7 exclusive designs, practical and functional layout. These designs integrate both indoor and outdoor. With individual swimming pool and water feature, lanai and pool deck plus outdoor jacuzzi and kabana enhances the tropical theme.

Well ventilated allowing fresh air and natural lighting into the villas. Large living and dining areas. High ceiling for all floors. Large car porch area to accommodate at least 3 cars parked side by side. Separate wet and dry kitchen. Dining area which opens up to a private lanai, suitable for entertaining and providing an extension to the outdoor space. Each villa comes with at least 4+1 bedrooms.

View floor plans HERE.

Property Project : Tropical Hillside Villas (Botanica 4)
Location : Bonanica.CT, Balik Pulau, Penang
Property Type : Bungalows
Land Area: 9,000 sq.ft. onwards
Built-up Area: 6,000 sq.ft. (average)
Tenure : Freehold
Total Units : 29
Indicative Price: : RM5,000,000 onwards
Developer : MTT Properties & Development Sdn Bhd

GEORGE TOWN: The state government has clarified an online posting by blogger Anil Netto that the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) has frozen high-rise density development.

Instead, State Local Government and Traffic Management Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the guidelines for developers who want to build 87 units of houses per 0.4ha were still being fine-tuned, and not frozen as suggested by the blogger.

Chow stressed that applicants would find it more difficult after the fine-tuning is completed and enforced, as new conditions would be imposed on them.

“Applicants would be required to submit a Traffic Impact Assessment (TIA), and reveal whether the communal facilities would be surrendered to MPPP or not.

“They will have to submit a TIA report in their applications, to propose measures to be taken on alleviating traffic congestion when their projects are completed.

“Hopefully, they (the council) can complete the fine-tuning and sent it to the state planning committee to be adopted soon,” he said when met yesterday here.

He noted that several applications, which were also submitted before the fine-tuning, were still being considered.

He said that since the original guidelines were adopted by MPPP in 2010, only one project was approved under the category of 87 units per 0.4ha.

When contacted, Anil said his posting was based on the remarks by the MPPP president Datuk Patahiyah Ismail at a meeting with the representatives of the Penang Forum, which is a platform attended by non-governmental organisations here.

Anil said the forum participants had scheduled a meeting with Chow today.

Source: The Star

THE George Town city status is both the heritage and right of Penangites, according to Penang Heritage Trust (PHT) president Khoo Salma Nasution.

She said the city of George Town was a flourishing democracy in the 1960s and many citizens who had “tasted” that would like to see their “basic right” restored within their lifetime.

The city status, she added, should not be denied or forsaken due to administrative negligence or miscommunication.

Khoo was responding to reports that the Penang government was diligently pursuing the issue of George Town regaining its city status.

During the Malaysian Architects Association (PAM) ‘World Day of Architecture 2012’ celebration at a hotel recently, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said George Town was accorded the status by Queen Elizabeth II on Jan 1, 1957.

The theme for the celebration was ‘Architects are City Changers’.

According to earlier reports, the George Town City Council merged with the Penang Rural District Council to become the Penang Island Municipal Council in the 1970s.

This eventually led to the loss of the city status.

PAM president Saifuddin Ahmad said that this year marked the first time the association was organising the national celebration outside Kuala Lumpur.

He said although the Federal Government had redefined the parameters of what constituted a city, it did not take away the fact that George Town was the first urban area to be accorded the status.

“This was why we decided to hold the celebration here.

“For older and established cities like George Town that have been recognised as a Unesco World Heritage Site, the process of rehabilitation, regeneration and establishment of new developments need to be looked at,” he said.

He said since the Green Build-ing Index — a green rating tool jointly developed by PAM and the Association of Consulting Engineers Malaysia — was launched in 2009, Penang became the first state in the country to offer incentives for developers to obtain the certification.

In conjunction with the event, a one-day seminar featuring speakers like Khoo and Komtar architect Datuk Seri Lim Chong Keat was held.

Source: The Star