IT’S a mega project touted to lure in RM100bil of investments over the next 15 years and has been flaunted as a “game changer”, but locals are more wary than thrilled about the Melaka Waterfront Economic Zone (M-WEZ).
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali, who launched the plan recently, said the zone stretching from Sungai Udang to Umbai, covering 33km of the state’s coastline, would involve the reclamation of 10,117.14ha from the sea, an area the size of about 15,000 football fields.
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