Land reclamation to go on


World Planning Day participants planting 50 trees near a park behind The Summer Place in Lebuh Sungai Pinang 1, Jelutong. — Photos: CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

THE Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project will go on despite public complaints as it is needed to protect the island from rising water levels, said state local government, housing, town and country planning committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo.

“One of the most severe consequences of climate change is rising water levels, apart from increasing temperatures.

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