GEORGE TOWN, April 26 -- Penang Governor Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas has proposed that a new Penang administrative and legislative assembly complex be built.

He said there is a need to build a new space to house both the state administrative centre and legislative assembly.

"It is time that the state government seriously consider a new legislative assembly building together with the state administrative assembly in the same complex," he said in his speech at the opening of the state legislative assembly in Dewan Sri Pinang today.

He said the state government can build the complex in a strategically-located piece of reclaimed land, but did not specify where.

The state administrative centre has been located in Komtar since 1986, with the rec...