SAM president Meenakshi Raman said Penang's proposal to scale down the PSR project if there is federal funding for the PTMP components will not solve the fundamental problems posed by both PSR and the PTMP.— Picture by KE Ooi
“Seeking federal funds for a transport plan which is not financially and environmentally sound does not make any sense and will only increase the government debt and is a waste of tax-payers’ money,” she said in a statement today. She pointed out that even the Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Salahuddin Ayub openly admitted in Parliament on July 16 that the reclamation project would destroy and permanently affect mudflat ecosystems, fishing grounds, turtle landing zones and part of the coral reefs at Pulau Rimau, which is an important ecosystem for the local marine life.
“As pointed out by the agriculture minister, the livelihood of the 4,996 fishermen will be adversely affected, where 1,442 of whom are traditional Zone A fishermen,” she said. As for the state government’s reasoning that it needed to increase the state’s land bank, Meenakshi said there are now a large property glut in the state.She said if there was a need for industrial expansion, there were lands available in Seberang Perai.
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