GEORGE TOWN, Oct 28 – Chairman of the Local Government Committee YB Chow Kon Yeow hold a press conference Tuesday said that the “Bald Mountain” restoration project will be completed in January next year. He said that the developer General Accomplishment Sdn Bhd commenced repair work was originally expected to be completed earlier (by December), but because of the weather issues (haze and the rainy season), it causes the project to delays.
Mitigation works have been restarted in early July 2015 and the work is being carried out for the work of mitigation are as follows:
- Stabilize slopes and planting grass using methods ‘hydro-seeding’, ‘erodion control mat’, ‘spot turfing’ and ‘close turfing’.
- Build a settlement.
- The work of building a trench to control surface runoff.
General Accomplishment Sdn Bhd has been given notice of the Council under the Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 which it was dated on 25.04.2013 that has been charged in court with fined RM50,000,000. Meanwhile, also charged in court is the owner of lot 34 and 303 with fined RM50,000,000.
A month later, city hall approved the development of Penang Island’s restoration program, but the project was hampered due to underground rock, mineral and geological sciences must first innings and police fried stone permit application, the developer then return to work in July.
In addition, Chow Kon Yeow also urged the illegal exploitation of other landowners in Penang hill, just like any business, must be clear laws and regulations. Also present were MBPP secretary Ang Aing Thye and MBPP director of engineering Ir. Addnan Mohn Razali.
