Berjaya Corp lays concrete tubes to propagate coral reefs


Future home: Tan (left) and his son Robin with the pipes on the seabed off Tioman Island. Corals will be planted on the pipes to encourage marine life to thrive. — Bernama

PULAU TIOMAN: The Berjaya Corp­­o­­ration Group of Companies has embarked on a coral reef pro­pagation project to help sustain marine life.

Under a project called “Shelter in the Sea” costing about RM200,000, 67 concrete pipes of different sizes have been laid on the seabed between Berjaya Tioman Resort’s dive centre – the hotel and facility operated by the company – and Rengis Island in Pahang.

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