I feel very disappointed and helpless,
once our wetland is gone, it is gone forever... ...
PTP gets green light for terminal project
GELANG PATAH: Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), which has received approval from the Department of Environment for its multi-billion ringgit petroleum terminal storage centre, will begin construction next year.
Chairman Datuk Mohd Sidik Shaik Osman said the terminal, on a 2,200-acre site within the port vicinity, would take about 30 months to complete.
“The terminal will supply petroleum for vessels calling at the port and for our own usage,” Sidik told a press conference on Friday.
Development of the area surrounding the port, he said, complete with marine-related industries, would be crucial.
“The choice to build a second port in Johor at the mouth of Sungai Pulai was not by chance but by choice,” Sidik said, adding that there could not have been a more strategic location to develop a mega port capable of competing with the best in the region other than at the mouth of the river. The Sungai Pulai mouth, located at the southern tip of the peninsula, is at the confluence of international trade, which goes right into the world’s busiest strait, the Straits of Malacca.
Sidik said the success of PTP's project would not only bring revenue and value to Johor but would also contribute to the success of the Iskandar Development Region.
He said to date, PTP had managed to attract more than RM10bil in investments to Johor, specifically at the port and the surrounding areas.
Earlier, Sidik presented a RM60,000 cheque to Malaysian Nature Society Johor (MNSJ) chairman Assoc Prof Dr Maketab Mohamed.
The allocation will be used by MNSJ to collect and document data on the unique ecology of the Sungai Pulai estuary, including its flora, fauna and marine species.
Also present at the event were Johor state tourism and environment chairman Freddie Long Hoo Hin and PTP chief executive officer Harun Johari.
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60k for Johor MNS. A bribe?
Come on MNS, you could do better than that. Very disappointing.
This is not the only mega wetland projects in Johor. Danga Bay is one of it.
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