Housing project to tackle foreign workers’ issues

Chow (second left) and Wong flanking an artist impression of the workers village after the signing ceremony. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow is confident the RM108mil foreign workers housing project between MY EG Lodging Sdn Bhd and Penang Development Corporation (PDC) can help address challenges faced in the industry.

“The quarters will resolve issues such as foreign workers being placed in existing residential areas, influx of illegal foreign workers, and the drop in property prices due to certain areas being used as foreign workers’ housing,” he said after witnessing the signing of the 30-year lease agreement to build a workers village in Batu Kawan Industrial Park 3.