Of late, I have heard a number of people expressing their unease about the “mess” in the Penang Botanic Gardens.
A RM5 million federal project to expand the Gardens is underway, but concern has been expressed that it has already deviated from the original plan drafted four years ago. Initial work has reportedly uprooted about 30 trees.
Kanda Kumar of the Malaysian Nature Society adds civil society’s voice to the disquiet over what is going on there.
Concern over slope stability at the site of the proposed Penang Botanic Gardens Visitors’ Centre
We, group of NGOs, stake holders and concerned citizens, are calling for this press conference as we are concerned over slope stability at the site of the proposed Penang Botanic Gardens Visitors’ Centre.
