Land reclamation doomed to sink


Veronica Lim Yi Hui

Activists hold a map of showing an area in Perak where sand will be mined to supply the soil for the Penang South Islands reclamation project, during a protest in 2019. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 29, 2023.

THE country is obsessed with land reclamation. According to the civil society coalition Gerakan Malaysia Tolak Tambak, there are more than 20 large-scale projects for reclamation and artificial islands that are being proposed or have stalled.

Six of the projects are in Penang, including the most controversial Penang South Islands (PSI) project.


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