BUTTERWORTH: The Seberang Prai Municipal Council (MPSP) will hasten the pace of its infrastructure development plan after being upgraded to city council status. State Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Com­mittee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said they were drawing up a masterplan for major infrastructure on the mainland. Earlier, Jagdeep said with MPSP attaining city council status, Penang was the only state in Malaysia to obtain full-fledged city status. On Sunday, Housing and Local Government Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin said MPSP would be upgraded to city council status after Hari Raya Aidilfitri. The application to elevate MPSP to a city council started in July last year.

Source: The Star May 20, 2019 23:48 UTC