"Our ultimate idea is that people will move back to George Town and stay here." "George Town is an old town. "It's too little too late," said Mark Lay, a New Zealander who has lived in the city since 2012 and co-founded the non-profit George Town Heritage Action Group. Even Penang's Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said projects such as the refurbishment of old shophouses were "a drop in the ocean". "The old George Town will be lost, bit by bit," he said.

Source: The Edge Markets May 22, 2019 11:03 UTC