Penang Forum, a group of NGOs concerned over hill slope development on the island has taken the state planning committee, chaired by Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, to task for unnecessarily widening the definition of 'special projects' under its 2009 project guidelines.
Penang Forum’s Agatha Foo said the committee should have restricted special projects to cover only areas above 250 feet which have been re-zoned for housing (bungalows) in the Pelan Dasar and have been granted planning permission before the adoption of the Structure Plan.