GEORGE TOWN: High-rise units at the controversial Taman Manggis plot will cost up to RM400,000 each under a proposal by the Barisan Nasional-backed company which has paid a 1% earnest money for the 0.4ha land.
The figure is based on the maximum selling price of RM400psf decided by Taman Manggis Fasa 2 Development Sdn Bhd for the 112 units proposed of which 66 will be 1,000sq ft in size and 56 at 860sq ft.
The proposal was announced by company director Khoo Boo Soon who said the building would be not more than 22 stories high and will also have 250 parking lots, shops and a recreational garden.
The proposal has however come under fire from Penang Barisan Youth chief Oh Tong Keong who said the land was intended for People’s Housing Programme flats.
“I disagree with the proposal. Nevertheless, I will discuss the matter with Khoo and the final proposal will be announced next week,” he told a press conference at the Penang Barisan Nasional elections operations centre in Datuk Keramat Road here yesterday.
Oh said he was unaware of the proposal which was announced by Khoo in a separate press conference at Penang Times Square about an hour earlier.
Khoo said the company had started working on the proposal towards providing “affordable housing” to Penangites since Oct 3 when it paid RM224,073 in deposit to the state government for the plot.
“We will only release limited information as the company had yet to secure the land,” said Khoo who is a former Penang Municipal Council Town Planning Department acting director.
At his press conference, Oh said the “affordable housing proposal” was Khoo’s idea.
He stressed that the issue of purchasing and obtaining the 0.4ha plot was more important than other aspects.
Oh also showed a copy of what he claimed is a letter dated Nov 9 addressed to Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng by Kuala Lumpur International Dental Centre (KLIDC) chief executive officer Dr Low Soo Huat.
In the letter, it was stated that KLIDC is agreeable to the sale of the land by the state government to Barisan and hopes to be compensated for all interest, costs and expenses incurred by KLIDC for the acquisition of the land.
Oh said Barisan would only pay the remaining 99% of the price for the plot provided that the state government can settle the matter with KLIDC.
It has been reported that Taman Maggis Fasa 2, a special-purpose vehicle owned by Barisan supporters, is given until Dec 4 to pay up the remaining RM22,183,227.
Oh had, however, insisted that state government must provide the sale and purchase agreement for the land first.
It was reported on Sunday that the Health Ministry had issued an approval certificate on Nov 7 to KLIDC to build a specialist hospital on the land. - The Star
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