SEBERANG PERAI, July 10 -- The Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) has upgraded about 70 neighbourhood playgrounds in housing estates over the past three years, with plans to continue upgrading the remaining 630 open spaces.

Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said MBSP currently manages about 700 open spaces in existing housing estates across Seberang Perai.

He said these open spaces were handed over by developers of the housing estates many years ago without playgrounds or recreational amenities.

"So, the city council has to upgrade these open spaces to include recreational facilities such as playgrounds for the communities," he told reporters at the launch of a newly upgraded playground in Taman Mangga in Bukit Tengah here today.

He...