dated July 28 on the Sia Boey Rejuvenation project, in which NGO Penang Forum criticised the so-called ‘hiding’ of dirty water.
The Sia Boey Rejuvenation project was launched March 25, 2018, with the aim of transforming the run-down Sia Boey into an area that facilitates the coexistence of development and heritage conservation. A July 27 site visit by Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow revealed to the press the rejuvenated site prior to its estimated official opening in September.
This rejuvenation project marks the commitment and effort by the Penang government in the appreciation of heritage conservation and sustainable development, by turning once a dirty and rubbish-filled canal into a new icon for George Town, as with the rivers and ponds found in Japan or South Korea.