Story by Chan Lilian
PENANG Property Summit 2016 (PIP) to be held at the SPICE Arena on Jan 8-10 promises to be a game changer.
Exco member for Housing and Town & Country Planning Jagdeep Singh Deo said that due to last year immense success, it is crucial to hold such events at least twice a year.
“The property sector is an evolving one and every minute there are changes. Therefore, it is important to get stakeholders together to better enhance the delivery of housing to the people,” he said at the press conference to announce the summit.
The PIP will take place for the second time and is a collaboration between the Penang State Housing Committee and PenEvents.
The three-day programme will see 200 prominent industry players gathering for some brainstorming.
Thirty exhibitors will also showcase their properties ranging from affordable homes to high-end condos and homes.
“The future of Penang is in Seberang. Therefore, one of the lecture series will feature speakers like exco member for Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigatin Chow Kon Yeow, Penang City mayor DatukPatahiyah Ismail and Seberang Perai Municipal Council chief Datuk Maimunah Shariff. They will be talking about ‘Challenges and Opportunities for Penang – The island achieving City Status and the future of the Mainland’. There will also be a panel discussion on the opportunities for property development on the mainland,” Jagdeep said.