Penang’s polluted beaches keeping tourists away
PENANG: Polluted beaches is the main reason why tourists from Europe and Australia are avoiding the state in favour of Bali and Phuket.
State Tourism Development Committee chairman Teng Chang Yeow said he was informed of the matter by the management of Malaysia Airlines during a meeting on Monday.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/11/14/nation/19460517&sec=nation
Sorrying state of The Gurney Drive coastline
Well said Mr Teng .
Not only the state government need to rehabilitate Batu Ferringhi area, you, as an executive in the state government leadership, also need to take action to help the rehabilitate Gurney Drive coastline, which is full of sludge thanks to Tanjung Pinang reclamation project managed and owned by UDA holdings.
Please go ahead and do an EIA on the matter, let the public know who destroyed Gurney Drive, which is near to the Chief Minister's constituency.
I hope you are not going to play the 3 monkeys act : See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.
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There are many ways to rescue Gurney Drive, and here are two ways:
1) Dump white sand on top of the mud and create a wide stretch of beach. Fantastic. The early years of Gurney Drive is a wide stretch of sandy beach. So history is coming full circle.
2) Alternatively, Alam Sekitar can help Penang govt turn one part of the muddy stretch into a mangrove enclave for black crabs, prawns, mangrove fish like in Kuala Gula.
C'mon, Penang don't need any Harvard University or Oxford University professor to deal with the mud. Just some common-sense.
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