BATU KAWAN: The Penang South Islands (PSI) project will only be approved if it meets the stringent requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIA), said Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
He said the decision by the Department of Environment , which rejected the PSI’s EIA report previously proved that the project does not get special treatment although it has the backing of the Penang state government.
"When the DOE did not agree with certain matters in that EIA, three more submissions were made, namely in August and October last year and the latest on Jan 18, whereby it is still under evaluation by the DOE,” he told reporters after officiating the Our Nature Carnival at the Batu Kawan Stadium, here, Sunday .
He said any matters arising would be presented to the project movers and Penang State Economic Planning Division. The PSI project covers an area of almost 17 square kilometres involving the development of three artificial islands with an area of 1,700 hectares in the waters of Permatang Damar Laut near Bayan Lepas, but it received objections from the fishing community and non-governmental organisations in the state, claiming that its implementation will damage the marine ecosystem in the waters concerned.
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