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Chow (fourth left) receiving the laptops from the sponsors after the press conference at Komtar. — Photo: LIM BENG TATT/The Star

THE Penang government has made it clear that it gazetted over 6,000 hectares of land as water catchment areas in 2004, opposing claims made by the Federal Government.

Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said Penang was one of the earliest to gazette all its water catchment areas compared to other states.

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