Penang allocates land in Bagan for temples, churches


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 02 Mar 2017

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government has allocated 32 plots of state land covering 8ha in Bagan Jajar, Bagan, for religious groups to build churches and temples.

Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said each undeveloped plot ranges from 6,000 sq ft to about 0.4ha.

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