GEORGE TOWN: Plans to corporatise the 133-year-old Penang Botanic Gardens are causing worries about the famous landmark and much-loved green lung of the state, including whether the public will have to pay to use the facility in future and if a cable car project will be built there.
Concerns over the plans were highlighted by Aliran following the passing of the Penang State Park (Botanic) Corporation Enactment 2017 in the state assembly meeting about two weeks ago.
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