Penang announces 49% scale-down of PSI project


Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow says the Penang South Island (PSI) project will be scaled down to just one island (Silicon Island), after being urged to do so by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during press conference at Komtar in George Town, Penang. ( May 11,2023 ). —ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang South Islands (PSI) project will be scaled down with the 566ha Island B and 324ha Island C now scrapped, says Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow.

He said no further reclamation would be done for those components of the controversial project.

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