GEORGE TOWN: Mah Sing Group Bhd will apply for approval to take over the planning permission for the Tropika Ferringhi project given to the previous land owner.

Mah Sing said in a statement that on 22 November, the group had acquired a piece of freehold land in Batu Ferringhi which had been approved by the authorities for residential development as applied by the vendor from an earlier submission.

“The premium has been paid and a development order procured for landed development (Phase Two) for the project named Tropika Ferringhi.

Subject to authorities’ approval, Mah Sing intends to rebrand the project ‘Ferringhi Residence@Penang’ upon completion of the sales and purchase agreement.

”Mah Sing will be applying to the MPPP for approval to take over the planning permission upon completion of the land purchase,” the statement said.

Mah Sing was responding to an MPPP statement which said that the group had not submitted any application for planning or development approval for the Ferringhi Residence@Penang project.

Mah Sing had said the group would unveil its RM800mil residential project on a 61-acre site in Batu Ferringhi in the first quarter of 2011.

Group managing director and chief exe-cutive Tan Sri Leong Hoy Kum said the pro- ject would be a gated and guarded scheme, comprising property such as semi-detached and bungalow homes as well as condominiums.

SOURCE: The Star