the northen coridor

can this transform Penang to.....

this

i alaways belive it would happen. i got a feeling that it would happen.but somehow others see it too. am talkin bout penang. the first time i took the ferry i was wondering, " hey, why don the government change the state to a metropolitan like Hong Kong, or better still, New York"

all of them got some similirities like

• all of it got island.



• bridge



• a very important port as an economy recourses



• industrial area



• tourist attraction



• good food??

Penang have a very Good potiental to be the next big thing other than the already over developed KL. than the news is out about Ird (iskandar development region) in Johor. although its good for the people down south, am still wondering why not penang. till in a day in september the Prime minister annouce that Penang will get its own monorail system. then all the good news come to the northen region

• the extension of the komuter service from Perak to Penang



• the double track project is back on after years of delay, that will assure a more efficient and faster train service. and hopefully in the near future, we will have our own eurostar. tho KTM is looking at some of those fast train to purchased



• finally the Master Plan of the Northern region development have been anonounce, where 4 states are involve, Perak Penang, Perlis and Kedah.



• with argriculture as the core of the development in Kedah and Perlis and yesterday was the lunch of the Seed center, the 1 of its kind in the country. its a research center to produce better quality seed for our farmers to improve their life style at LEAST being them out of the poor state.



• the government too cut some of the red tape so could attaract foreign investor to penang industrial area



• the extension of the Perak airport and the Bayan Lepas international airport to also make some promise.



• the introuduction of rapid Penang. make it easier and more efficient for travelers and local to travel around penang



• the booming of the real estate prices at Penang even when nothing is build yet also make it sound like there lots and lots of promises



• the building of penang 2nd bridge also open another industrial region in the butterworth side, and with the cooperation with China.. am sure there are lots of Chinese investor would b delighted to tap in our market



• the new development project after the relocation of the old penang turf club.

things are really looking up for the country, with the nothern region and down south with the Ird. the thing that concern me is, with the rapid deve;opment, i hope all the states don lose their true identity.. like the gurney drive, line clear's nasi kandar, or the peaceful serenity of the paddy field in Kedah and Perlis, or the temple in Ipoh.