HERE in South-East Asia, we neither have the time nor the luxury to debate on whether climate change is real or not. It is real.
The federal government this week announced it would be allocating around RM1.7mil for farmers in Penang who were affected by the floods in November 2017 (pic). About 2,000 farmers will be receiving a compensation of RM876 per hectare of padi field. This is in addition to the RM33.4mil that the Penang government paid to people in the state who suffered damage during the flood. By a long mile, this is the single largest payout to flood victims in the history of Malaysia.
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