Activist: Draft a step in the right direction


  • Nation
  • Monday, 01 Apr 2019

KUANTAN: The proposed standard operating procedures (SOP) for bau­xite mining have been lauded by an activist who has been waging a long campaign against its side effects.Gerakan Rakyat Hentikan Pen­cem­aran Bauksit (Geram) chairman Ali Akbar Othman said from what he had read of the draft, there appeared to be improvements.

“It covers everything related to bauxite mining, from licensing to export. I will say it is positive.

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