Global interest in Penang Bay

(From right) Jagdeep explaining the state’s vision for Penang Bay. With him are Deputy State Secretary Datuk Azhar Arshad, Chief Minister Incorporated deputy general manager S. Bharathi and Think City executive director Hamdan Abdul Majeed.

THIRTY-SIX finalists have been shortlisted for the final round of the Penang Bay International Ideas Competition.

Penang local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the contest concerning the state’s vision for the waterfronts of Butterworth and George Town received 79 entries from 20 countries.