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Setia SPICE
Setia is a Multi-purpose stadium, multipurpose sports complex in George Town, Penang, George Town within the States and federal territories of Malaysia, Malaysian state of Penang. It occupies an area of within the suburb of Bayan Lepas, comprising five components SPICE Arena (formerly named Penang International Sports Arena, PISA), SPICE Convention Centre, SPICE Aquatic Centre, SPICE Canopy and a hotel. The Green Building Initiative, GBI-certified complex is George Town's main Indoor games and sports, indoor sports centre and serves as a major venue for Convention (meeting), business events. Completed in 1997, PISA was one of the venues for the 2001 SEA Games. However, it was plagued with issues related to poor design and maintenance. In 2011, a RM300 million project to redevelop the centre was awarded to Malaysian property developer S P Setia. The other components were subsequently built, with the final element, the hotel, completed in 2022. History Proposals for an Indoor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayan Lepas
Bayan Lepas is a suburb of George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located near the southeastern tip of Penang Island, south of the city centre, it is home to the Penang International Airport, the third busiest airport in Malaysia, as well as one of the oldest free industrial zones in the country. Established sometime in the 19th century, Bayan Lepas had been an agricultural village, with rice production as its mainstay. The British built what is now the Penang International Airport in 1935, but it was only in the 1970s when Bayan Lepas witnessed widescale transformation with the creation of the eponymous free industrial zone. Today, electronics manufacturing and logistics have replaced agriculture as the major economic sectors at Bayan Lepas, while residential and commercial developments have accelerated, including Queensbay Mall, one of the largest shopping malls in George Town. History Bayan Lepas was believed to have been named after a wealthy Sumatran family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
