On track to protect Mother Nature

PEKA Malaysia president Datuk Shariffa Sabrina Syed Akil (second left) having a press conference with members of NGOs protesting the development of two hotels on Penang Hill.

CHIEF Minister Chow Kon Yeow was berated by several NGOs after an online news report quoted him as saying that two hotels would be built on Penang Hill.

From spoiling the ambience and charm of the state icon to concerns over soil erosion and possibility of landslides, the NGOs had a field day in a no-holds barred press conference last week.