Plan to turn Penang Hill bungalows into relaxing retreats

A file photo of Crag Hotel in 2011 when a Perak-based company had won an award to develop it but the project did not materialise.

THEY are the coolest heritage treasures in Penang in terms of temperature, and they may be starting a new chapter of existence soon.

Crag Hotel and the surrounding colonial bungalows — Richmond, Edgcumbe, Lomonds and Ban Hin Lee — are given a special place in the Penang Hill Special Area Plan (SAP) to be gazetted on Aug 1.