Gardens going to seed

By Jeffrey Hardy Quah, Ben Wismen

June 2010 FEATURE
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The offending arches.
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The recent development of Penang’s historic Botanic Gardens have made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. PEM examines what Penangites are so heated up about, and why the large twin arches constructed at the Gardens’ entrance have raised such a commotion.Loh-Lim Lin Lee: “The public wants to be involved before a project is carried out.”It was a Thursday, and Loh-Lim Lin Lee was buying fruit in the Penang Botanic Gardens. The next thing she knew, a man drove up...

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Jeffrey Hardy Quah

is a freelance writer and editor.

PM
Ben Wismen

is a research officer at SERI specialising in environmental and sustainability studies, local governance and heritage.

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