TASEK GELUGOR – The Penang government expects two people-centric projects in Seberang Jaya to be completed by early next year.
“Adun angkat” or adopted assemblyman for Seberang Jaya, Lee Khai Loon, said the outstanding issues regarding the upgrading of Seberang Jaya Hospital and the reconstruction of Seberang Jaya Market and Hawker centre will be resolved before the state election.
“The Seberang Jaya market project is expected to be completed by June this year while the Seberang Jaya Hospital upgrading project is expected to be completed by early next year,” he told reporters during the state-level Woman’s Day celebration, officiated by Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, here today.
Lee, who is also Machang Bubok assemblymen, explained that the hospital upgrading project that began in 2016 has affected traffic flow in the area.
Once the project is completed, the hospital will get an additional 315 beds, in addition to improved bedding and intensive care unit facilities, as well as more parking spaces, he said.
Meanwhile, Seberang Jaya Market and Hawker Centre will be able to house about 200 traders once reconstructed.
It was reported previously that the RM368 million hospital upgrading project and the RM19.5 million market reconstruction project, which began in 2016 and 2019 respectively, were further delayed due to the implementation of the movement control order during the pandemic. – Bernama, March 11, 2023
