Tasik Chini: 80 per cent of area restored, says MB


KUANTAN: Pahang Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail on Tuesday (Aug 2) said restoration of the Tasik Chini area in Pekan has been smooth, with 80 per cent of it having been rehabilitated.

Wan Rosdy who visited the area two weeks ago, said the state government was committed and striving to ensure that the status of Tasik Chini, recognised by Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) as a biosphere reserve in 2009 would be in perpetuity.

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