Penang Hill has not hit capacity crowd of 4,800 yet, assembly told

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Exco man allays concerns that the new cable car project will bring too many people to the hilltop. FMTNews Penang

A cable car project to the top of the 833m-high Penang Hill has been announced in the 2020 federal budget.

He was seeking to allay concerns over a cable car project to the top of the 833m-high hill, as announced in the 2020 federal budget. He said an open tender for this pre-feasibility study was called in June and negotiations for shortlisted bidders were held in October. The winner of the bid will be announced soon.

Friends of Penang Hill, an informal group of activists had fought against the cable car idea in the late 1980s. The group’s protests were said to have cost former chief minister Lim Chong Eu his state seat in the 1990s. The project was then scrapped when his successor, Koh Tsu Koon, took over.

 

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