Paper 7
Abstract
REGENERATION OF THE INNER CITY AREA – THE EXPERIENCE OF MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF PENANG ISLAND (MPPP) Just like any other cities in the world, the City of George Town in Penang Island experiences phenomena of an old city such as decreasing population growth, increasing traffic congestion, conflicts of building use and generally leading towards decreasing in quality of life. Realising these changes, the Council has embarked many programmes in line with national and state policies. Eight urban renewal projects were implemented in George Town since 1986. The principle of ‘liveable and safe city’ has been the main vision of MPPP in these projects. These include segregating traffic and pedestrians and giving back the space to the people to encourage them to have their activities in the city centre of George Town. This paper will demonstrate the urban renewal projects aimed at regenerate, rehabilitating and rejuvenating the city of George Town again. Apart from implementing these project ourself with the assistance of the Ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, MPPP also encourages the private sector to rejuvenate or regenerate the development in the city of George Town. MPPP works closely with the private developers to create or to attract people back into George Town through the concept of ‘in-fill’ development in the ‘brownfield’ areas. Through this private – public partnership, MPPP hopes to create a living heritage in the city of George Town and bring back life to the city and ultimately to be the next liveable city in Malaysia by 2010. The state of Penang and MPPP have worked very closely towards listing George Town in the World Heritage List under UNESCO. As a conclusion, MPPP aims to achieve the status of the most ‘liveable city’ in Malaysia.
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