The calm and tranquility of two popular parks in Penang will be destroyed if plans proceed for an elevated six-lane Pan Island Link Highway that will slice through these green lungs.
The Sungai Ara Linear Park:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdTVuMHpuzs
and the Youth Park:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOc0rTmpd-w
Perhaps...
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It then showed...
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"The projects...