Putrajaya agreeable to affordable housing on Gelugor, Batu Maung land


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 17 Aug 2017

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (second left) visiting the Casa Anggun medium cost apartment garden in Sungai Nibong,Penang, Thursday.

GEORGE TOWN: The Federal Government will consider a proposal to transfer land in Gelugor and Batu Maung to JKP Sdn Bhd for the building of 10,000 units of affordable housing in Penang.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he would work to make the proposal by JKP a success so that the land owned by the Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Ministry can be transferred to JKP.

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Monthly Plan

RM 13.90/month

RM 9.73/month

Billed as RM 9.73 for the 1st month, RM 13.90 thereafter.

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Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.63/month

Billed as RM 103.60 for the 1st year, RM 148 thereafter.

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