Dr Teng: Put up proper hoarding
The Star Penang 3/12/2004

THE Penang Municipal Council has been asked to put up proper hoarding around the abandoned Bayan Central shopping complex project in Bayan Baru to prevent the public from trespassing into the area.

State Local Government, Traffic Management, Information and Community Relations Committee chairman Datuk Dr Teng Hock Nan said the public should likewise stay away from the project site.

“Since the project's developer has dissolved its company, the council should step in and mend the existing hoarding to keep the site out of public reach,” he said recently.

Dr Teng said the authorities had placed some fish in the pond to prevent it from becoming a mosquito-breeding ground.

Children fishing at the abandoned complex.

“Let us not make political mileage out of this issue as nobody would have wanted the project to be abandoned.

“We understand that a new developer is being sought to revive the project and we hope it will be expedited,” he said.

Earlier, Penang DAP Action Team chief Tham Weng Fatt visited the project site for the fourth time since he first highlighted the issue in the media in May.

“Many children have been fishing for sepat and puyu at this pond. It is also home for monitor lizards, turtles and green vipers.

“The water is about 1.8m or 6ft now, covering the entire basement car park of the complex,” he said.

The RM100mil six-storey shopping centre was developed by Bayan Galleria Development Sdn Bhd on a 1ha plot and was supposed to accommodate business and retail shop lots, a food court and over 300 parking lots.

The project was supposed to have been ready in 1999 but Bayan Galleria went into receivership in that year with Pricewaterhouse Coopers appointed the receiver and manager of properties and undertakings of Bayan Galleria.

Dr Teng: Put up proper hoarding The Star Penang 3/12/2004

Dr Teng: Put up proper hoarding
The Star Penang 3/12/2004