MB: Pulau Sembilan to be maintained as state park

A file image of Pulau Sembilan. The state government will man the cluster of islands as a state park for the forseeable future as turning it into a marine park would affect the livelihoods of many fishermen in the area. — filepic

IT IS not reasonable to gazette Pulau Sembilan, currently a state park, as a marine park says Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir.

Zambry stressed that the state would maintain its decision made a few years ago in keeping the cluster of nine islands near Bagan Datuk as a state park.