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Did EIA report on Penang reclamation overlook natural disasters?

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IN preparing the environmental impact assessment report on the Penang South Reclamation project, did the possibility of the recurrence of a non-preventable natural disaster even cross the minds of the consultants? Obviously it did not cross the minds of the developers who had proposed to conquer the sea by burying 1.8ha of it under a concrete jungle. It seems to have also escaped the minds of the state government and the Department of Environment.

A tsunami had never hit the shores of Penang before this. The earthquake that triggered it occurred in the northwest of Sumatra.

On a planet that has been so ravaged by greedy humans thus forcing it into climate change mode with an increasing number of natural disasters occurring, is there a guarantee that there will never be a repeat of the 2004 tsunami? If there is a guarantee, who gives that guarantee? At best, early warning systems can allow humans to be forewarned and try to save themselves. But their homes and all else on the land will still be devastated. No insurance company would give protection against a tsunami.

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