Heated up over balloon fiesta’s venue


Traffic tangle: Penang MCA public services and complaints bureau deputy chief Tan Eng Hin showing visual evidence of the road congestion that occurred at the Polo Ground during last year’s fiesta. With him is Chuan Hong.

GEORGE TOWN: Almost all respondents of an online survey on the Penang Hot Air Balloon Fiesta are against it being held near the Penang Hospital.

Penang MCA secretary Dr Tan Chuan Hong said the survey conducted last year showed that 98.99% or 392 out of 396 respondents wanted the fiesta to be held away from the present site at the Polo Ground.

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