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Penang Hill’s funicular train to stop for 7 months

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PENANG: Those wishing to go up Penang Hill on the iconic funicular train have until Sunday to do so as the service will stop from Monday for a RM63mil upgrading project which is expected to take at least seven months to complete.

The present system, which requires passengers to change trains at the middle station, will be replaced with a new system that takes passengers straight up the hill, non-stop.

It was earlier reported that the new system will be able to carry up to 80 people per trip in about 10 minutes compared to the present 87-year-old system which can only ferry 60 people on 30-minute trips.

Details at The Star - http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/2/20/nation/20100220175739&sec=nation

Data for heritage zone Penang

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Tuesday November 24, 2009
Data for heritage’s sake
By PRISCILLA DIELENBERG, TheStar Publications

FROM now until January, census takers are combing the streets of George Town in Penang to collect data on the population as well as the usage of each premises within the heritage core and buffer zones.

Lead consultant for George Town’s baseline study Dr Matt Benson said the survey is being carried out by 24 census takers, 20 of whom are Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) students.

He said they are divided into eight teams of three, of which each team is given certain zones to cover.

The census collectors had actually already taken to the streets during their four training sessions and a trial run over the past two weeks.

...........more at The Star 24 Nov