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Anyone who travels to Penang often, could see, the long term benefits of the project.

And those who has visited the southern part of the island would notice ,how far behind, in terms of economic development, the area is.

Penang has to grow like Singapore and Hong Kong, to survive competitively and the folks in that area must be made aware that the livelihood must adapt, for the better. for the sake of future generations.

Fishing ,for instance must modernise and take advantage of the development.instead of choosing to remain in idyllic,touristic environment,trapped in time warp,

And professional writers, and genuine environmentalists must see beyond their own almost selfish and sometimes eccentric interests.

Lots more, could be debated over this project...but lets be objective, and politically less exploitative.

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This project smells a rat. Totally so ecologically unfriendly project & approved in a hurry by the Madani govt. Raising money for the PRN’s? The project has absolutely no benefit to the community as rightly pointed out by the writer. We talk so much about food security, care for the environment etc yet we are doing this massive project which will only result in an ecological disaster

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