Penang land reclamation: Where is the sand coming from?

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It is not just over 4,000 fishermen in Penang who will be affected by the 4,500 land reclamation project off the southern coast of Penang Island. If the sand to create three artificial islands off the southern coast of Penang Island is mined from the coastal seabed of Perak, over 6,000 more fishermen could be affected.

That makes a total of over 10,000 fishermen.

Are you willing to accept more scarce fish supplies – and hence probably more expensive fish?

Check out these two videos, above and below.

And check out this article on a hike I took part in along the southern coast of Penang and find out the five things we learned.

An online petition against the reclamation has surged past the 30,000 mark, while a rival petition in support of the reclamation and the state government’s “Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP)” is finding it a big struggle to https://cpsych.org.uk/accutane-pills/ reach even 2,000 signatures.

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Switch Machine

doubtful CM Chow has got the 9 lives guts to handle onslaught on artificial islands?????????

Anfield

Penang has been listed as one of the best destinations to visit for the ultimate Asia experience by CNN Travel, along with 16 other destinations.

The American broadcaster listed Penang for its “diverse mix of cities, islands and entire countries to consider for adventures”.

Switch Machine

Note diverse mix of islands of Penang, inclusive the artificial reclaimed ones????

Zendra

Appreciate you highlight to good new of Penang.
Too many bad news conveyed by this blog detrimental to Penang tourism.

Wei

hehe…the sole purpose of this blog is to bash the state government, even if the state government did something right it won’t be highlighted here

Shriek

Tu lang loves to undermIne and talk bad.

kaws

Diverse mix of natural and artificial islands?

tunglang

For those who have no experience of our rainforest, here’s one from our askar-askar.

The moral of the narrated story is: Have respect for Nature & they in the jungle (jin, orang bunian, mukluk halus) who are (thousand of years) before us will respect & even bless you in return.

Haji Bakir

More like P Ramlee’s Laksamana Do Re Mi, he he he entertainment askar

tunglang

I expect a person of your ‘status’ to understand more than others about ‘subjek rohani’. Even my worldly Malay friend who has not been to Mecca has more empathy & respect for Nature & its ‘halus’ inhabitants which helped to keep him safe in such places. In my own experiences, Malay & Orang Asli cultures have more empathy & respect for Nature (ciptaan Allah) which explains why they adapt & survive better to natural environment than others.

kaws

Godzilla is the one that respect the balance of nature. Go watch the movie if you cannot understand.

kaws

Lots of corruption in the procurement of armoury trucks is mindef best kept secret.

Anne

Land swap deals should be investigated by Latheefa’s MACC, without fear!

Anfield
glissantia

As I mentioned before, even though Australia faces open oceans, Queensland in the North-East is experiencing eroding beaches (threatening Gold Coast) after dredging very far away – at the mouth of its largest river in the South-East. We can expect a major disaster in the Melaka Straits, perhaps with repercussions on the 2 nearest neighbouring countries. Under the previous government, Customs was helpless in controlling the sale of sand to Singapore and India; perhaps this is still going on. In the case of Penang, the “sand” may come from the mighty local highway projects that coincidentally require the most digging… Read more »

tunglang

You are right, the insidious tunnelling into the fragile Penang hills for PIL 1 may well be the 2nd contingency source of sands & rocks should protests halt sand mining along Perak coast.
See how … Pg state gomen is singing … Cleaner, Greener, Safer Penang!

Shriek

Tu lang no kbkb over one road one belt. Tell china to use caravan silk road for trade. Tu lang take lead to retrace the caravan route. It is No need build highway.

Mothra

Where did Forest City get its sand for reclamation???

Shriek

If forest city under confined area an get sand and ngos no kbkb why now they get worried in peng land

Wei

Anil and NGO fans have no issue with forest city….

Shriek

Tu lang and Ngos too shy to kbkb.

tunglang

Sand mining, a by-product of Penang reclamation project? https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2019/06/01/sand-mining-a-by-product-of-penang-reclamation-project/ The Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project will have serious consequences in both Penang and Perak. Penang and the PSR developers hope to fund the Penang Transport Master Plan through the development of three artificial islands to the south of the island. If the project succeeds, a handful of people will become extremely wealthy but whether it will benefit the ordinary people remains to be seen. While the project will be of value to the emerging middle class and foreigners, the fishermen and those in the low-income bracket will suffer. Read on… Read more »

Wei

surely fishermen will suffer….. from too much cash in bank account from handsome compensation….hehe

@munisjothee2 The real question? Why in hurry and what is DAP mission to create the Islands? Who are t… https://t.co/2jUYev1ob7

Where got hurry? Reclamation works take a few years. Then allow the land to consolidate for few years. In all it may take about 10 years equivalent to more than 5 of your MBAs.

Anne

Beware of many fake MBAs!

Switch Machine

Domestic and foreign richie riches moved away from Gurney towards Straits Quay, and they may move to 3 islands that can be deemed more prestigious. Vacant Gurney straits quay can be good bargains for M40 locals seeking home status upgrades.

tunglang

Food security (for all) or 3-fantasy islands (for greedy developers + myopic politicians)? We’d better think for longer term survival, prosper & optimal utilisation of natural resources. Food security is important https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/letters/2019/06/05/food-security-is-important/ MALAYSIA imported nearly RM20bil in processed food in 2018. That’s a high figure for a country with a population of 32 million. Being heavily dependent on imports to feed our people does not augur well for our food security. Malaysia ranked 40 in the Global Food Security Index in 2018 (bit.ly/malaysia_food). In the event of an emergency, it is our periuk nasi (rice bowl) that will be our… Read more »

glissantia

Some good news on using hydrogen as fuel. Let us hope the CIA does not object.
https://cilisos.my/sarawak-just-launched-aseans-first-hydrogen-plant-but-is-it-safe/

Switch Machine

One positive thing about sea sand digging is that many plastic waste can be dug out and save being toxically eaten up by fishes, turtles and dolphins on Selat Melaka.

Fang Yang

Malaysia imported waste plastics from Bangladesh. Unbelievable but true. Not sure how long this has been going on!

Sharukh K

Import permit for foreign helpers from Bangla inclusive of plastics in agreement? BOLEH?

kaws

Wages cannot go up if you keep import cheap labor.

Shriek

Malaysia cannot depend on labour. Need to mechanisation and automation China with million workers use machines. Workers are more technical and skillful

Arjan

Need huawei 5G to improve productivity.

glissantia

Hardly surprising. This rubbish is hidden. Compare that to millions of illegals working and walking around. And the imported harmful products incl. food and medicine. Almost every district has voiceless people being poisoned by a nearby factory. This is still Bolehland. Money Controls All, U May Not Oppose, the Ali Baba economy rules, and sins can be neutralised through the right rituals. Mari kita cepat kaya.

Shriek

You mean NGOs have the motive to keep the plastic remain as food for the fishes hence no dredging?

Wei

NGOs not very good with numbers, couple of days ago they said more than 5000 fishermen will be affected now they said 4000, and then when they realise the numbers are not bombastic enough they add another 6000 to arrive at 5 figures, don’t be surprise the numbers will keep on rising to include fishermen from terengganu, sabah sarawak, thailand,india……hehe

nkkhoo

The project not seeking ISO certification, so why need to know the source of the sand for traceability?

tunglang

It’s plain simple – there’s a heavy price to pay for sand mining affecting the locals at source. No need for an ISO brain to figure that out!

Shriek

Tu Lang you forget pg port has to be dredGED.Now only Sampan use the port. Mokthar supposed to dredge. Sand can use for the reclamation

Shriek

Everything has a price. You still want chip chip? Eat rice rice needs rice field. Where do they come from?

Arjan

Where is your evidence?

Wei

don’t be surprise that more than half of the 30k signatories are underage kids who do not have the slightest clue of what they are doing now that the NGOs are so expert in mobilizing the kids to do their bidding…hehe