Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow clarifies that the land allocated for the Sungai Pinang LRT station was initially designated for a school and not for low-cost housing, addressing claims made by Penang Gerakan.
Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow said the land allocated for one of the Penang Mutiara Light Rail Transit ( LRT ) stations in Sungai Pinang was not previously marked for low-cost housing. It was for a school, but we have already discussed this with the education department since it was identified as a site for a LRT station, he told reporters after attending a gathering with civil servants at the Dewan Sri Pinang today.
He said the land is only big enough for the LRT station and would not be able to accommodate a school. He stressed that the land was not marked for low-cost and low-medium housing as claimed by Penang Gerakan. Before this, Penang Gerakan chairman Oh Tong Keong claimed that low-cost housing was supposed to be built on the land in Sungai Pinang. Chow also said he attended the federal government LRT procurement meeting yesterday where MRT Corporation gave a presentation on the project and details of the contract for the project.He said the Penang Mutiara LRT Line will be officially launched by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim this Saturday.Earlier, in his speech, Chow said as of December 31, 2024, a total 306 projects were approved for Penang under the 12th Malaysian Plan. From that total, 246 projects were new under the 4th rolling plan and 60 were project continuation, he said. The total project costs for Penang were RM28.406 billion and the allocation approved for 2024 totalled RM1.356 billion, he said.We are entering the 5th rolling plan in 2025 and the state has submitted its wish list for 10 priority projects, he said
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