‘Healing’ Botak Hill in stages

A developer allegedly stripped the top of the hill bare without council approval but restoration work has been carried out by the new landowner since 2014. — Photos by GARY CHEN/The Star

MITIGATION works are being carried out in stages at the infamous ‘Botak Hill’, said its landowner Tan Sri Khor Eng Chuen.

He said the mitigation works, which were approved by the Penang Island City Council, had been carried out since 2014.