Participants attending the briefing on adjustment of assessment rates at the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce building in Light Street, George Town.
THE expenditures of Penang’s local councils have increased by many folds over the years, more than justifying the increase in property valuations for assessment, said state local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo.
Jagdeep Singh said the increase in expenditures went up by nearly 300% from 2005 to 2015 on the island and a staggering 800% for the same period on the mainland.
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