Story by Amanda Khong
NEW World Park. or Sin Se Kai, in Burma Road will be getting a new look soon.
Owned by PPB Group Berhad (PPB), the company aims to redevelop the area to further expand it by an extra five acres with mixed development.
The future redevelopment of the building will cause 28 tenants in the food court to temporarily move their business to the nearby parking lot between Swatow Lane and Bawasah Road.
“All the 28 tenants that will be affected will be moved to the nearby parking lot which will undergo change to become a temporary hawker centre. For now we have asked PPB to send the development plans to Penang Island City Council (MBPP) for approval,” Exco member for Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Chow Kon Yeow said at a press conference in New World Park on Oct 6.
When asked about the rumoured development of a 30-storey hotel, PBB chief executive officer Chew Hwei Yeow told the press that everything was still in the discussion stage.
The mixed development project intended for New World Park is still awaiting confirmation from MBPP.