GEORGE TOWN: Sahabat Alam Malaysia today said Penang’s offer to cut back on the size of the reclaimed islands in return for federal funding for a highway and a Light Rail Transit project is not going to help avert lasting environmental damage.
Penang plans to sell the land on the artificially-created islands to fund its RM46 billion Penang Transport Master Plan . “As we have stressed before, destroying our precious fishery resources, which are vital for our food security for the present and future generations, does not make sense. She also said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister Salahuddin Ayub had told Parliament recently that nearly 5,000 fishermen would be affected, with 51,184 tonnes of catch valued at RM555 million a year disrupted due to the reclamation.
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