GEORGE TOWN, July 15 -- The proposed hospital and hotel development on the Taman Manggis land along Jalan Zainal Abidin is expected to begin in mid-August and be completed in 2029.

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow today said the project had resumed and would proceed without any changes to the building layout approved by the Penang Island City Council (MBPP).

He chaired a special meeting with the project consultants on July 8.

"This is a 21-storey hospital and hotel on 4,061 square metres of land," he told a press conference, adding that the land was leased for 99 years to Kuala Lumpur International Dental Centre Sdn Bhd (KLIDC).

The state government, through the State Economic Planning Division (BPEN), issued an official letter to ...