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Marina Emmanuel
New Straits Times
06-10-2009
Bitter pill to swallow for Penang developers
Byline: Marina Emmanuel
Edition: Main/Lifestyle
Section: Business Times
Column: Comment
Type: News

THE Penang government's move to take a firm stand in deciding once and for all the fate of four property developers who were said to be affecting George Town's status on the World Heritage List is commendable.

By deciding that all development projects within the heritage core and buffer zones must stick to an 18m or five-storey height ruling ahead of a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) meeting in Spain next week (where the George Town issue is to be discussed), shows ...

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