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Notice from MPPP (Penang City Council) regarding burial plots at Western Road Cemetery |
| Posted by Diocese of Penang (pgdiocese) on Sep 20 2010 |
A notice from Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang (MPPP - the Penang City Council) was published in the Star paper dated 1st Sept. 2010. MPPP who is maintaining the Register of Burials, is now undergoing an exercise to update the register of burial rights. MPPP requires all the personal representatives and family members of the deceased buried at the Western Road Christian cemetery to provide them the following details:
i) date of purchase of the rights of plots,
ii) name & address of the applicant,
iii) name & address of the current personal representatives iv) evidence of the fees paid for the purchase,
v) the plot number in which the right is exercisable,
vi) the name of the deceased buried (if any),
vii) any lawful assignment or transaction of the right notified in writing to the MPP and viii) any documentary evidence of rights acquired.
Please provide the above details to MPPP on or before 30th Nov. 2010 to Pengarah Perancangan Pembangunan, Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang, Tingkat 11, Komtar, 10675 Pulau Pinang.
Please click here to download the full notice from MPPP.
UPDATED: 20 Sept 2010
After many enquries from the public, the MPPP had issued another notice on 15 Sept, that, it will not re-possess the burial plots. Please read about it at their website.
Last changed: Sep 20 2010 at 10:07 AM
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