Ikea breaks ground in Penang

Rojkjaer (right) having a chat with Pathmalingam during the ground-breaking ceremony in Batu Kawan, Penang.

THE upcoming RM600mil Ikea store in Aspen Vision City, Batu Kawan, Penang, is scheduled for opening in the first quarter of 2019.

Ikea Southeast Asia managing director Christian Rojkjaer said they were targeting some six million visitors a year, the same number received at its store in Damansara in Kuala Lumpur yearly.