Saturday, October 11, 2008

From vegetable farm to township

By Regina William

Eight years ago, if you had driven to Penang island from the Penang Bridge heading towards George Town, a vegetable farm would have been among the first things you saw as you cruised along towards the Udini underpass. Today, that vegetable farm is MetroEast — a thriving self-contained development by IJM Land Bhd. The 30-acre freehold MetroEast site is part of the 324.9 acres allocated to IJM Corp by the Penang government in exchange for the construction of the 4.8km Jelutong Expressway, a toll-free highway allowing alternative access into the city centre.... more< http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=336214&page=74 >

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