Give Butterworth A Coastal Park

By Goh Ban Lee

December 2011 VOICE IN THE CROWD
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Think of an ugly city, and chances are it will be lacking a park in its centre. Likewise, cities envied by the world always have green recreational areas right smack in the middle. We have a chance today to transform ugly Butterworth into a place to die for.IN THE JUNE 2010 issue of this magazine, I published an article entitled “Butterworth remains the Ugly Duckling”. It was about the failure of the town to transform itself into an attractive city. Worse,...

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Goh Ban Lee

is a senior research fellow in the Penang Institute.


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