THIRTY-SIX finalists have been shortlisted for the final round of the Penang Bay International Ideas Competition.
Penang local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the contest concerning the state’s vision for the waterfronts of Butterworth and George Town received 79 entries from 20 countries.
“Half of the entries were from overseas. This shows the global interest in Penang,” he said in a press conference at UAB Building in China Street Ghaut on Monday.
“There were 5,000 downloads of the competition brief by website visitors from 79 countries.
“The competition was also featured in an international architecture magazine.”
It was earlier reported that the project was a partnership between the Penang government and