Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Man donates land worth Rm4 million for road project in Penang...

and I think the least the state government can do is to name it after him! This might be a novel way to encourage others.

"A BUSINESSMAN has donated a 0.8ha plot of land worth RM4mil in Mak Mandin to the state government to construct a 500m-long road linking Mak Mandin and the Raja Uda township.

Datuk Goy Chiap Thuan of Chiap Thuan Holdings Sdn Bhd said he decided to give away the piece of land as it was for a worthy cause.

“The purpose is to build a new road to help divert traffic flow, especially from the busy Jalan Raja Uda.

“And, I did not have any earlier plans to develop this vacant land, which was covered with undergrowth,” he said after Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng inspected the road’s construction work in Butterworth yesterday." ...

Source:
The Star
Wednesday May 18, 2011
A RM4mil gift to Penang
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