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Penang govt and council taken to task over project delay

Wednesday, 28 December 2011 11:31

GEORGE TOWN: The state government and the Penang Municipal Council have been taken to task for the delay in completing upgrading work at the Cecil Street market.

Pengkalan Kota Barisan Nasional coordinator Loke Poh Chye said the council’s RM1mil project was supposed to have been completed in April.

He questioned the delay as the project had gone through three different contractors since work started in September last year.

“Why was the contractor changed three times? Is it because they were unable to complete the job?” asked Loke.

He said since the project was delayed for almost eight months, the contractor responsible for the project should be fined at least RM40,000 based on council regulations stipulating a fine of RM200 for each day of the delay.

Loke said the council should collect the fine and distribute it to the market traders who were affected by the delay.

 

“The money can be used for roof extensions as well as repairing some of the damaged flooring,” he told reporters at the market recently.

He said the delay had also caused inconvenience to the devotees of a nearby temple.

Loke urged the state government to speed up the project.

Meanwhile, Cecil Street Market Traders Association chairman Ling Siew Keng hoped that the project would be completed soon as Chinese New Year was around the corner.

He claimed that when the matter was referred to Pengkalan Kota assemblyman Lau Keng Ee, the latter said he had not seen the structural plans for the project.

The upgrading work involves improving ventilation and ensuring a cleaner and more comfortable environment.

 

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