Asia Green Group’s affordable homes project, called The Zen, is progressing well and is expected to be ready by early next year, caretaker state Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said.

Jagdeep and several staff members from the Penang Housing Board, as well as architects and representatives from Asia Green, today visited the construction site at Persiaran Bayan Mutiara in Gelugor to monitor the progress of the project.

“This project is now 90 per cent completed, and it is expected to obtain its Certificate of Completion and Compliance (CCC) early next year.

“In Penang, standards will never be compromised, especially when it involves the well-being of the people.

“We hope Penang can become a model where housing is concerned, and one good example of leading the way would be materialising such affordable homes for the people,” Jagdeep told a press conference earlier.

As this is a mixed development project, there are also condominium units as well. But, as for the affordable ones, which measure 850sq ft per unit, it is learnt that all 1,200 units have been sold out.

Relatively, Jagdeep also said 152,263 units of affordable homes are currently in different phases of close to completion or have been completed.

According to him, this also means that the state government has achieved 69.2% of its target of delivering 220,00 units of affordable homes by 2030.

Future owners of The Zen can enjoy facilities such as a swimming pool, recreational space and others.

Among those present during the visit were Penang Housing Board chief business officer Fakhurrazi Ibnu Omar and Asia Green’s director Tan Li Mei.

Source: Buletin Mutiara