{"id":41229,"date":"2018-08-30T00:55:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T16:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/chow-launches-ambitious-four-prong-penang-2030-plan\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T08:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:37:51","slug":"chow-launches-ambitious-four-prong-penang-2030-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/chow-launches-ambitious-four-prong-penang-2030-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Chow launches ambitious, four-prong Penang 2030 plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; el_class=&#8221;sec-inner-banner&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1703741584745{background-image: url(https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/contact-banner-bg.jpg?id=20253) !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;inner-banner-row&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Chow launches ambitious, four-prong Penang 2030 plan<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=&#8221;normal&#8221; el_class=&#8221;red-separator&#8221; color=&#8221;#ee4023&#8243; transparency=&#8221;1&#8243; thickness=&#8221;2&#8243; up=&#8221;15&#8243; down=&#8221;15&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;white-text&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">30 August 2018<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1703764846254{background-color: #f3f5f8 !important;}&#8221; z_index=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column el_class=&#8221;fade-in animate&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;120px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;height-x120&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=&#8221;29034&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;single-featured-image&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;60px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;height-x60&#8243;][vc_row_inner row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; type=&#8221;grid&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; css_animation=&#8221;&#8221; el_class=&#8221;content-row&#8221;][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]GEORGE TOWN: Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow has launched Penang 2030, an action plan that focuses on improving livability, economy, civil participation and balanced development to achieve a &#8220;family-focused, green and smart state&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Chow said the direction the state government was taking would be holistic and inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have four teams that would be assigned to spearhead four initiatives,&#8221; he said during his live broadcast announcement for Penangites at the Eastern and Oriental Hotel in George Town on Wednesday (Aug 29).<\/p>\n<p>Chow said the first of the four initiatives would be to &#8216;Increase Livability to Enhance Quality of Life&#8217; in the state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This would address housing affordability, public safety and enhance the welfare and care system, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The second would be to &#8216;Upgrade the Economy to raise Household Incomes&#8217;, which would emphasise local manufacturing industries heading towards the digital age, as well as diversifying sustainable agriculture and fostering an ecosystem that nurtures creative industries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;We want to develop a Made in Penang brand,&#8221; he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Chow, the third would be to &#8216;Empower People to Strengthen Civil Participation&#8217;, to uplift vulnerable communities and reduce inequality.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to create more platforms for public involvement in social development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;How happy are you in Penang and with the state government?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will also focus on programme delivery and institutional reform,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Chow said the fourth initiative would be to &#8216;Invest in the Built Environment to Improve Resilience&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to balance development through effective spatial planning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to also look beyond George Town when rejuvenating suburban centres,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chow said it would also include strengthening mobility, connectivity and digital infrastructure and integrate municipal services with smart technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Climate change adaptation plans will also be implemented under this,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com.my\/news\/nation\/2018\/08\/29\/chow-launches-ambitious-four-prong-penang-2030-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Star<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;120px&#8221; el_class=&#8221;height-x120&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"events-time-box\">\n<h2>30<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p>Thu<\/p>\n<p>August \u201818<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":29034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"news_year":[272],"news_month":[226],"local_insights_alphabet":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41229"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41245,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41229\/revisions\/41245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41229"},{"taxonomy":"news_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_year?post=41229"},{"taxonomy":"news_month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_month?post=41229"},{"taxonomy":"local_insights_alphabet","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investpenang.gov.my\/zh-hans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/local_insights_alphabet?post=41229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}