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October 24th, 2009, 02:07 PM
RM50mil convention centre for Penang
Saturday October 24, 2009 By MANJIT KAUR
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/24/nation/4965701&sec=nation
GEORGE TOWN: A RM50mil mini Interna-tional Convention Centre with double the seating capacity of the Penang International Sports Arena (Pisa) will be built in Relau early next year.
Penang Municipal Council president Tan Cheng Chui said the centre, which would be a smaller version of the Kuala Lumpur Conven-tion Centre, was expected to ready in a year after the ground-breaking ceremony.
He said it would be built on council land near Pisa.
“This centre will complement Pisa as many people have found that Pisa’s arena seating capacity of 10,000 is not enough,” he told reporters after unveiling the council’s 2010 Budget here yesterday.
He said RM30mil would be allocated for the project from the 2010 budget, while the remaining RM20mil would come from the 2011 budget.
Tan said the council had engaged a consultant to provide them with a conceptual plan.
He said there was a need for a good convention centre in order to achieve international city status.
“Currently we have direct flights from Penang to several countries. Another direct flight would be launched soon to Chen-nai.
“We are aware that there are many investors who are interested in doing business with Penang but we don’t really have a good convention centre as a venue to sell our products,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tan said the Housing and Local Government Ministry would supply another 24 closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) for installation on the island soon.
He said this would complement the existing 31-odd CCTVs.
“The police have identified the hotspots to place these CCTVs.
“The ministry has already tendered the CCTVs for both the island and mainland totalling 24 each, but since the price has come down, they had to re-tender it,” he added.
Saturday October 24, 2009 By MANJIT KAUR
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/10/24/nation/4965701&sec=nation
GEORGE TOWN: A RM50mil mini Interna-tional Convention Centre with double the seating capacity of the Penang International Sports Arena (Pisa) will be built in Relau early next year.
Penang Municipal Council president Tan Cheng Chui said the centre, which would be a smaller version of the Kuala Lumpur Conven-tion Centre, was expected to ready in a year after the ground-breaking ceremony.
He said it would be built on council land near Pisa.
“This centre will complement Pisa as many people have found that Pisa’s arena seating capacity of 10,000 is not enough,” he told reporters after unveiling the council’s 2010 Budget here yesterday.
He said RM30mil would be allocated for the project from the 2010 budget, while the remaining RM20mil would come from the 2011 budget.
Tan said the council had engaged a consultant to provide them with a conceptual plan.
He said there was a need for a good convention centre in order to achieve international city status.
“Currently we have direct flights from Penang to several countries. Another direct flight would be launched soon to Chen-nai.
“We are aware that there are many investors who are interested in doing business with Penang but we don’t really have a good convention centre as a venue to sell our products,” he said.
Meanwhile, Tan said the Housing and Local Government Ministry would supply another 24 closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) for installation on the island soon.
He said this would complement the existing 31-odd CCTVs.
“The police have identified the hotspots to place these CCTVs.
“The ministry has already tendered the CCTVs for both the island and mainland totalling 24 each, but since the price has come down, they had to re-tender it,” he added.