Buddhist Tzu-Chi Merits Society sets up RM200m community centre in Batu Kawan
Penang Tzu Chi CEO Koay Chiew Poh, Penang Development Corporation deputy general manager Mohd Bazid Abd Kahar and Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow look at the project’s site map in George Town June 26, 2019. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Koay said the project will cost between RM150 million and RM200 million to develop its dialysis centre, training and education centre, charity and recycle centre, relief centre, conference halls, hostels, a library and offices. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, who announced the deal, said the 30-acre land at Bandar Cassia in Batu Kawan was sold to Tzu Chi for RM52.3 million.He said Tzu Chi had first approached PDC on plans to build the centre in Batu Kawan in 2017.
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