{"id":40222,"date":"2018-04-18T01:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/penang-council-plans-to-repopulate-george-town-using-co-living-spaces\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:56:27","slug":"penang-council-plans-to-repopulate-george-town-using-co-living-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/penang-council-plans-to-repopulate-george-town-using-co-living-spaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Penang council plans to repopulate George Town using co-living spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Penang council plans to repopulate George Town using co-living spaces<\/h1>\n

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18 April 2018<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css=”.vc_custom_1703764846254{background-color: #f3f5f8 !important;}” z_index=””][vc_column el_class=”fade-in animate”][vc_empty_space height=”120px” el_class=”height-x120″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”29102″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”” el_class=”single-featured-image”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”60px” el_class=”height-x60″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”grid” text_align=”left” css_animation=”” el_class=”content-row”][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]GEORGE TOWN, April 18 \u2014 The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) is working to draw people back to George Town by turning heritage shophouses into co-working and co-living spaces.<\/p>\n

Mayor Yew Tung Seang said the heritage shophouses in the heritage zone were originally meant to be a mix of commercial and residential spaces, with the ground floors used for commercial activities while the living quarters are upstairs.<\/p>\n

He said the council is aiming to recreate this by identifying suitable council-owned shophouses to be converted to suit the current trends.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to repopulate George Town, so we want to have co-living spaces on the first floor of these shophouses, while the ground floor is used for commercial activities, preferably traditional trades and artisans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

MBPP, in collaboration with George Town World Heritage Inc (GTWHI) and Think City, restored a row of council-owned shophouses along Kimberley Street as the pilot project for co-living and commercial spaces for local artisans.<\/p>\n

Yew said each unit of shophouse will be sublet to several tenants: One for commercial use on the ground floor and two different tenants to take up the living space on the first floor that will have two partitioned rooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cRental will be kept affordable so that people will want to come back to live in George Town,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Yew said this will complement the overall MBPP plans to make the inner city a liveable space for all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have (also) launched a few pocket parks and back-lane project so that these are accessible for the people and people can travel safely on bicycles using these back lanes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Other than council-owned shophouses, Yew said they encouraged private shophouse owners to do the same.<\/p>\n

He said private owners can replicate the council’s efforts, saying their return on investment would increase with such offerings.<\/p>\n

The Kimberley Street shophouses are still undergoing restoration work that is expected to be done by June.<\/p>\n

Yew said the commercial spaces are only open for local artisans and traditional trades so as to preserve the living heritage of the city.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0Malay Mail Online<\/a><\/p>\n

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