The Gertak Sanggul PPSN is a well-visited resource centre for fishermen in the area, and its existence had also triggered the setting up of several small businesses around it, which is an encouraging sign of the potential for spillover from the proposed reclamation.
TRADITIONAL fishermen based in the southern part of Penang island are expected to be impacted in various ways by the proposed Penang South Reclamation (PSR), a state government project to add three islands adjacent to the Penang International Airport.
The proponent of the 1,821ha project that is expected to be developed over 20 to 50 years has reached out to these stakeholders for the past seven years in various ways.
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