The Penang Municipal Council has issued a stop-work order to DMV Sdn Bhd, instructing it to halt construction works on its bungalow project in Batu Ferringhi.
During a visit to the site this morning, council president Datuk Zainal Rahim Seman said was unhappy with the site that appeared to have no proper drainage system, allowing water from higher ground to flow non-stop into the site before flowing into a temporary retention pond.
“There must be a proper drainage system that diverts the water into the pond. The developer must also find out where the water is coming from because it could weaken the soil and affect the high-rise condominiums located above the site.
“They are to stop all construction work until they solve the drainage problem,” he said.
The project located at Jalan Batu Feringhi near the Mar Vista apartments involves 37 units of three-storey bungalows.
Before the Bukit Antarabangsa incident, nobody complains. Now after the tragedy happens, here and there starts to point fingers and take actions. Isn't this a little too late? Seriously, Penang is really over crowded and over developed. All the developers wants to come to this island and have a piece of share of land to be develop into housing area. This is simply because they can earn a lots of money due to the high selling price of property in Penang especially to the foreigners and investors. We as Penang people ended up as the losers, to cope with the inflation rate of the property as well as the social and insfrastructure problems....
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