Penang exco promises no high-rise residential, hotel projects on reclaimed Gurney Bay

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GEORGE TOWN, May 9 — There will not be any high-rise hotel or condominium projects within the 40.8-hectare reclaimed land marked for Gurney Bay, state executive councillor H’ng...

Penang exco H’ng Mooi Lye showing the 8.5ha land that was transferred to CZC as part of a land swap deal and is not part of the Gurney Bay project May 9, 2024 — Picture by Opalyn MokGEORGE TOWN, May 9 — There will not be any high-rise hotel or condominium projects within the 40.8-hectare reclaimed land marked for Gurney Bay , state executive councillor H’ng Mooi Lye said today.

“The lands, one measuring 2.8ha and another 8.5ha, are not part of the Gurney Bay project,” he said, showing a map of the whole portion of the reclaimed land off Gurney Drive.He said the 8.5ha state reserve land was given as a land swap deal to Consortium Zenith Construction in payment for the construction of the ongoing Package Two highway project.

He added that the project is a private project on private land and not by the state government since the land was already transferred to CZC as a land swap deal. H’ng said phase one of Gurney Bay, covering 10.9ha, was completed and opened to public in February this year while works on phase two is still in progress.

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