Penang NGO lauds BN manifesto on solving environmental issue
Yan Lee. (File photo)
GEORGE TOWN, April 16 (Bernama) -- The Penang Citizens Awareness Chant Group today lauded the pledges of the Penang Barisan Nasional (BN) which places the environmental issue as their top priority if given the mandate to rule the state after the 14th general election (GE14).
The group's advisor, Yan Lee said it was crucial that the BN manifesto has highlighted the environmental issue as there were too many problems happening in the state due to unrestricted development.
He said developments that were not planned especially those on hill slopes would be hazardous to the people in the state.
"We really support the pledge in the BN manifesto which says that any hill side development exceeding 76.2 metres (250 feet) from sea level will be stopped immediately," he told Bernama when contacted here today.
He said the state government was supposed to enforce this stand but some hill development projects had been approved.
Yan claimed that the Bukit Relau or also known as Bukit Botak, was a clear example of the hill development above 76.2 metres from sea level.
Meanwhile Penang Forum, a group of non-governmental organisations, member Rexy Prakash Chacko praised the political parties' focus on environmental protection, adding there was also a need to rehabilitate and restore cleared hill land.
The BN Penang manifesto announced by Penang BN Chairman Teng Chang Yeow yesterday, among others, pledged to solve environmental issue in the state which include stopping hill side development above 76.2 metres from sea level.
-- BERNAMA
