Penang folk will continue to protest against PSR project, group says


The Penang state government should focus on improving the island’s public transport system instead of developing the Penang South Reclamation project, Pertubuhan Badan Pemikir Melayu chairman Muhamad Farid Saad. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 11, 2021.

CONCERNED groups and Penang residents will continue to oppose the seawall project that will see land reclamation on the island’s southern coast under the Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project to develop three artificial islands despite the state government’s intention to review the project, says Pertubuhan Badan Pemikir Melayu (Pemikir).

Its chairman Muhamad Farid Saad said as a group that opposed the project, he was of the opinion that the state government should reconsider its initial intention to improve and develop the public transport system (the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) instead of developing the three islands.


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