Responding to questions by the Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce about the lack of an open tender for the project located in South Seberang Perai, the Penang lawmaker admitted that the deal was completed through direct negotiation. — Bernama picGEORGE TOWN, Oct 3 — A proposed Byram Industrial Park project was awarded to a company without an open tender due to a business matching exercise in EXPO Dubai 2020, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow explained today.
Chow said PDC had promoted the proposal to develop the land in Byram into an industrial park at EXPO Dubai 2020 to attract interested investors in developing the land. “The selection of UMECH was according to procedures and due diligence was conducted carefully,” he said. “All those projects have successfully changed the development landscape in Bandar Cassia and is now categorised as a catalyst or high impact project,” he said.