{"id":4946,"date":"2020-03-02T07:40:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T07:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/warp3-agentur.com\/simagazin2020\/?p=4946"},"modified":"2020-07-22T08:53:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T08:53:29","slug":"george-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/si-urban-en\/edition-urban\/si-urban-0120\/george-town\/","title":{"rendered":"George Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 gradient-container-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#e2e2e2;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-one-sixth fusion-column-first gradient-column-1\" style=\"width:16.666666666667%;width:calc(16.666666666667% - ( ( 20px ) * 0.16666666666667 ) );margin-right: 20px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-builder-row .fusion-layout-column.gradient-column-1 .fusion-column-wrapper:before {content: \"\"; position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0;z-index:-1;background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, from(), to())!important;background: -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -moz-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -ms-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -o-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last gradient-column-2\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 20px ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div class=\"teaser full\">\n<div class=\"text\">\n<p>There has been a funicular running on Penang Hill since 2010 \u2013 a destination near the Malaysian city of George Town. In addition, the government is now planning to develop an aerial cable car on the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>The funicular on Penang Hill will soon have a \u201csister\u201d in the air. Photo: Penanghill.gov<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser text full\">\n<p>With the construction of a cable car, the people responsible hope to create an alternative, independent access to the mountain destination, for example in case the funicular is not working, as reported by online portal Asia One. The new connection will be implemented within the Penang Transport Master Plan and the government is providing a converted value of around 21.9 million euros for the railway.<\/p>\n<p>If things go to plan, construction work on the cable car could begin at the end of this year, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow says, and he adds that feasibility studies for the project are already underway. The next step will be a full technical study. The cable car is intended to connect the summit to the botanical gardens in the valley \u2013 requiring eight to ten supports.<\/p>\n<p>The lower station is located near Penang Rifle Club and the upper station at the entrance to the treetop walk. Chow is convinced that the cable car project will generate tourism growth and jobs: \u201cThe facility will alsospreadthetrafficanddivertthe crowds during peak holiday times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Chow highlights the eco- friendliness of the planned cable car \u2013 such as in its relatively low carbon footprint, low noise and air pollution along the route and only minimal impact on the environment, both during construction and during operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll over the world, national parks, conservation areas and UNESCO world heritage sites have already introduced the cable car system, because of its benefits. Some of these locations even have more than one cable car system,\u201d the Chief Minister says.<\/p>\n<p>Here, among others, Chow is referring to the cable car systems in the Wet Tropics of Queensland (Australia), the Great Wall of China in Mutianyu (China) and FujiHakoneNationalParkinJapan. \u201cThere are even cable cars in botanical gardens, such as the famous cable car in Funchal, capital of the Portuguese island of Madeira,\u201d the Chief Minister concludes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-builder-row .fusion-layout-column.gradient-column-2 .fusion-column-wrapper:before {content: \"\"; position: absolute; width: 100%; height: 100%; top: 0; left: 0;z-index:-1;background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, right top, from(), to())!important;background: -webkit-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -moz-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -ms-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;background: -o-linear-gradient(0deg, , )!important;}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the funicular, will there alse be an arial cable car?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[187,184],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4947,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4946\/revisions\/4947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simagazin.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}