Housing Issue at Tanjong Tokong

As reported in The Star
April 15 deadline for residents
By TAN SIN CHOW


THE Penang Government has pledged to help residents of Kampung Tanjung Tokong to reach an amicable solution with UDA Holdings Bhd regarding their resettlement and compensation.

State Housing and Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Wong Hon Wai said the residents had until April 15 to forward their input and resubmit names which were left out in the Tanjung Tokong resettlement programme.

The programme’s survey was carried out in July 2003.

Wong said many residents who claimed that they were entitled for resettlement had complained that their names were not in the list released by the company.

“All the proof and requests which are in written form must reach me or Tanjung Bungah assemblyman Teh Yee Cheu by April 15.

“After that, I will forward all the documents to the company. The state government is here to co-ordinate the negotiation between the residents and the company,” he said after a dialogue session with the residents recently.

He said the residents had to show proof such as marriage certificates, MyKads or other relevant documents to back their claims that they are actual residents of Kampung Tanjung Tokong.

The residents had refused to move out of their houses sited on land owned by UDA which wants to develop the area.

Some families had expressed their dissatisfaction on UDA’s proposal to build apartments to replace their existing kampung houses