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  GEORGETOWN - Gerakan Ekonomi Malaysia menggesa Kerajaan untuk memberhentikan projek Pulau Selatan Pulau Pinang (PSI) dan merangka dasar secara menyeluruh bagi memastikan nelayan dapat menjalani kehidupan selesa dengan pendapatan yang terjamin tanpa memerlukan sebarang bantuan daripada kerajaan. Presidennya, Armin Baniaz Pahamin berkata, tanpa perancangan yang menyeluruh, nelayan akan sentiasa memerlukan bantuan. Menurutnya, kerajaan perlu menyediakan satu dasar bagi memastikan masa depan nelayan terjamin tanpa perlu mengemis untuk bantuan. "Faktor yang paling penting untuk kelestarian nelayan ialah tempat kawasan menangkap ikan. Kawasan menangkap ikan yang subur perlu digazet, dilindungi dan dipelihara. Perikanan adalah satu industri yang menguntungkan di negara-negara maju tetapi di Malaysia, nelayan tergolong dalam golongan miskin yang memerlukan bantuan. "Salah satu cara ialah melalui penggabungan kampung-kampung nelayan di bawah pengurusan profesional, mengadap

  The Penang South Islands (PSI) project was initially a massive reclamation project to create three islands off the southern coast of Penang island. The RM10 billion reclamation project is a state government initiative to finance the RM46 billion Penang Transport Master Plan through the reclamation of the three islands covering 1,620ha off Permatang Damar Laut. The project has faced fierce and vociferous opposition from many, including environmentalists and local fishermen. We catch up with Meenakshi Raman, the President of  Sahabat Alam Malaysia , to discuss the negative social and environmental impacts this project is expected to cause, and why concerned groups are still calling for the project to be scrapped, despite the project now being scaled down by 49% to one island, from the original three. Source: (BFM https://www.bfm.my/podcast/bigger-picture/earth-matters/the-penang-south-islands-project-fantasy-island-of-epic-proportions )

  PETALING JAYA : Projek mega penambakan laut  Pulau Pinang  merupakan satu contoh  spatial injustice  atau ketidakadilan ruang apabila gagal mengambil kira daripada segi perspektif kritikal dan dimensi hak ekonomi, sosial dan budaya untuk mendapat perhatian saksama sewajarnya ketika usaha perancangan. Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif Institut Masa Depan Malaysia (Masa), Azril Mohd. Amin berkata, pihaknya selaku badan pemikir bebas sebelum ini telah menjalankan kajian bagi mengenal pasti dan mengetengahkan hak-hak ekonomi, sosial dan budaya berhubung impak projek mega penambakan laut terhadap komuniti pesisir pantai di Pulau Pinang. Katanya, projek tambakan laut itu membawa kesan berpanjangan terhadap pelbagai aspek kehidupan masyarakat termasuk nyawa, ekonomi dan alam sekitar serta sosial rakyat walaupun tujuan membawa naratif untuk meningkatkan taraf hidup penduduk. “Seramai 10 penyelidik yang pakar dalam bidang masing-masing daripada universiti tempatan, pengamal undang-undang, penganalisis

  KUALA LUMPUR (June 22): The Penang South Island (PSI) reclamation project, which has been scaled down from three islands to one following a request from the prime minister, will finally kick off with Gamuda Bhd starting Phase 1 of the reclamation works worth RM3.717 billion on July 1. This involves about 1,260 acres of the total 2,300 acres to be reclaimed for the island known as Island A, which the project developer Silicon Island Development Sdn Bhd — the 70:30 joint venture between Gamuda and the Penang state government — had previously estimated would cost RM6 billion in total to reclaim, with the cost of common infrastructure expected to be RM2.5 billion. Under the project development agreement executed in March between the Penang state government and Silicon Island, which is undertaking the development entirely through the deployment of private sector capital, Silicon Island will award the full scope of Island A's reclamation — comprising both reclamation and common infras

  FOR generations, veteran fisherman Idris Ismail and his family have relied on traditional methods and small boats to earn a living near Pulau Kendi, a rocky isle 4km southwest of Penang island. The 68-year-old hopes the Penang South Island (PSI) reclamation project will improve the living standards of fishermen in the vicinity. Three of his seven children are also fishermen. Idris, of Teluk Kumbar, said the next generation of fishermen should embrace development if they intend to remain in the fishing industry. “With the growing population, there is a need to develop the industry. “It needs to be modernised with improved technology and advanced methods. “Although I am too old for it, my children are ready to adopt new approaches.” He said they were already using technology such as global positioning systems (GPS) and motors to assist in retrieving nets. The project has been scaled down to one island, from the initial three. “We believe with the PSI project, the in

  GEORGETOWN : Perbadanan Infrastruktur Pulau Pinang (PIC) mengesahkan belum ada keputusan mengenai tarikh mula bagi Projek Pulau Pinang Selatan (PSI) buat masa ini. "Belum ada keputusan mengenai tarikh tambakan bermula. "Tarikh 1 Julai dinyatakan adalah mengenai permulaan kontrak dengan kontraktor, bukan permulaan kerja tambakan," kata PIC dalam satu kenyataan di sini, hari ini. Ia susulan kenyataan Gamuda Bhd yang dilapor menyatakan kerja projek tambakan laut di Pulau Pinang itu akan dimulakan pada 1 Julai depan. Sementara itu, Timbalan Pengerusi Persatuan Nelayan Pulau Pinang (PEN Mutiara), Zakaria Ismail, mengetahui khabar itu daripada rakan Badan Bukan Kerajaan (NGO) selepas solat Jumaat. Katanya, Pelan Pengurusan Alam Sekitar (EMP) belum diluluskan buat masa ini. "Bagaimana kenyataan itu boleh dibuat sedangkan Pelan EMP belum diluluskan, malah rundingan pun belum selesai," katanya ketika dihubungi di sini, hari ini. Beliau yang juga Ketua Unit Nelayan Sun

GEORGE TOWN : Three leading non-governmental organisations (NGO) say Gamuda Bhd's defence of its Penang South Island (PSI) project is self-serving and unsustainable. Gamuda is the majority shareholder of the SRS Consortium Sdn Bhd undertaking the PSI works. Consumers' Association of Penang (CAP) president Mohideen Abdul Kader), Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) president Meenakshi Raman and Penang Forum's Khoo Salma Nasution said Gamuda had a vested interest in the mega reclamation project, expecting to make millions, perhaps billions, of profit. "Therefore, its claims of the project benefitting the public must be taken with a pinch of salt," they said in a joint statement today. Gamuda said the recent EIA approval for PSI was secured following a stringent and professional process starting in 2021 including two public displays to gather public feedback and a series of technical review meetings. It said the process involved subject matter experts and specialist stud

  DENGAN kerja-kerja projek tambak laut Pulau Pinang Selatan (PSI) dijangka bermula hujung tahun ini, Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang turut melaksanakan beberapa kajian berkaitan marin bagi melindungi khazanah laut di kawasan tersebut. Kajian itu dikendalikan di bawah Pelan Induk Pengimbangan Ekologi (PEOM) yang sama pentingnya dengan projek tambakan seluas 930 hektar (2,300 ekar) di kawasan perairan selatan Pulau Pinang tersebut. PEOM melibatkan aktiviti seperti pelabuhan tukun tiruan dan unjam (FAD), pelepasan benih ikan dan udang, pembinaan garis pantai mesra alam di sepanjang kawasan yang ditambak, kajian kesan pencemaran bunyi bawah laut terhadap kehidupan marin dan banyak lagi. Kajian itu disyaratkan oleh Kerajaan Negeri Pulau Pinang sebagai sebahagian daripada keperluan kelulusan projek dan komitmen pengurusan jangka panjang dalam memastikan serta meningkatkan taraf hidup golongan nelayan setempat walaupun mereka tetap boleh meneruskan pekerjaan mereka semasa penambakan.  Walaupun