PENANG can be the number one city in Malaysia by incorporating both rural and urban characteristics, said National University of Singapore Department of Architecture adjunct Professor Tay Kheng Soon (pic).
To achieve this, Prof Tay, who is also an architect, said Penang should integrate six elements — work, live, learn, play, farm and heal — from rubanisation, a word coined from the words ‘rural’ and ‘urbanisation’.
“Balik Pulau can become a strategic centre for this movement,” he said.
He was giving a lecture on ‘Rubanisation and Its Relevance to Human Settlement’ in the South-East District and Land Office, Balik Pulau.
He explained that the rubanisation concept could be adopted as there were still countrysides and mountains in the state.
Rubanisation can be defined as the act of rebalancing local production and consumption in which people can work, live, learn, play, farm and heal within 1km from their home.
The public lecture moderated by Balik Pulau MP Yusmadi Yusoff was attended by some 50 people which included Penang Municipal Council members, village leaders and members of the public.
Also present were State Speaker Datuk Abdul Halim Hussein, State Town and Country Planning, Housing and Arts Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai and Pantai Jerejak assemblyman Sim Tze Tsin. - The Star
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