Shaolin temple, hotel to replace forest area


View of Teluk Bahang coastal line from the bald patches on hill slope.

GEORGE TOWN: A Shaolin martial arts temple, international school, college, four-star hotel and over 2,100 residential units – these are the plans for the huge piece of cleared hillslope forest near Teluk Bahang.

The temple will cover 3,700sq m with a 450sq m meditation yard. The proposed hotel will be 25 storeys high on a 4,280sq m plot.

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