THE joint venture project between Penang Development Corporation (PDC) and UDA Holdings Bhd (UDA) with Q Islands Development Sdn Bhd (QID) to develop Pulau Jerejak with 1,200 residential units, a theme park, four- to five-star hotels and other commercial infrastructure will damage the historical and ecological aspects of the island.
Besides its rich ecological system (the Penang state government has been constantly urged to gazette the island as a forest reserve), the historical enclaves and relics on Pulau Jerejak are crucial pieces of the nation’s history of medicine, immigration and penal institution.