RESIDENTS of Batu Ferringhi can soon look forward to a new market.
Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) building director Yew Tung Seang said work on the single-storey building would start this year.
“We are going through the building plan and will monitor the project closely,” he said.
Earlier, Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu, who visited the site of the project in Jalan Sungai Satu, told reporters that the 0.9ha land was handed over to the MPPP recently.
Waiting with anticipation: Residents looking at the plot of land for the proposed Batu Ferringhi market.
He said the developer had planned to scale down the market’s size to build ‘affordable housing’ but the plan was rejected.
He said building more houses would benefit the developer while the community would be denied of a comfortable facility.
“When they sell these ‘affordable houses’, they increase their profits but the people will have to make do with a crammed facility.
“This market is long overdue.
“Residents here have waited some 16 years for the developer to build the market for them but until today, it hasn’t happened.
“Under council regulations, developers are required to build public amenities in their projects before handing them over to the MPPP to manage.
“In this case, the developer has taken too long so we’ve transferred the land back to the state.
“The developer must still fulfil its obligation to build the market and we will make sure that everything goes as planned,” he said.
The market is expected to cost some RM4mil. - The Star
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