Friday January 5, 2007
Bleak future for Penangites
PENANG has grown at an alarming pace. So far, the charms of the place, thankfully, are still quite intact.
However, with buildings going up fast in the name of progress, we have a bleak future.
Penang island doesn’t have much space left. We have a ferry service and a bridge that connects us to the mainland. This is our lifeline and a minor disruption of bridge services creates chaos on both sides of the bridge.
Building another bridge will ease the traffic situation but it will choke our little island.
It's a short-term solution bringing long-lasting damage to the island.
Penang has much useable land on the mainland. If better jobs are available there, people will remain on the mainland.
Developers are not giving us our breathing space. They are jamming every nook and corner of the island with buildings.
The worst example is Gurney Drive where 30-storey condos are springing up just for profit.
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