The State Should Repaint All Low Cost Flats

By Goh Ban Lee

June 2011 VOICE IN THE CROWD
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Strongly subsidising the repainting of low-cost and low-medium-cost flats in Penang will definitely improve living conditions there, and make the state sparkle more. However, differentiating between these flats based on who built them will badly dampen these positive effects.IT IS WELCOMING NEWS indeed that the Penang state government will be paying 80% of the cost of repainting low-cost and low-medium-cost flats. The remaining 20% of the cost is to be borne by the flat owners.There is no doubt that many...

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Goh Ban Lee

is a senior research fellow in the Penang Institute.

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