East View

The view towards Jerejak Island from the roof top of my apartment block.  

What will be the changes to the skyline 10 years from now between Bukit Jambul on the left to the Penang Cybercity (under cosntruction) in Bayan Baru.

Disappearing farms

This is my immediate neighbour.  Malay kampung houses on a farm. 

Will this suffer the same fate as the other neighbouring farms?

These pbotos taken in early 2011, less than 500m from my flat.

 The farms were vacated to make way for the developer who is turning the land into this:

Penang - Relau now and then

Penang - my home town I adopted since 2010 is rapidly developing. I missed capturing the fast changing landscapes in  Singapore in the last 20 over years. Now, Penang is undergoing a similar development process. So, I decide to start posting the changing scenes of Penang, starting from my neighbourhood.

1997 - panoramic view from the balcony of my flat in Relau.. 

2012 - same view but the scene has changed.
A mixture of low-rise and high-rise residential blocks. Less greenery. 

PISA - Penang International Sports Arena completed in 2000. In recent years, it has become a popular venue for exhibitions, trade fairs and cultural performances.

Work started in early 2012 to transform PISA to sPICE - Subterranean Penang International Convention and Exhibition Centre with retail and F&B outlets, a hotel and a roof top green park.
 Can't wait to take photos of sPICE.

early 2009 - Towards the west of my flat. Three years later,  the scene has been transformed. More houses and shops. Gone are the farms.