malaysian update, page-15

What amazes me the most is the fact that 6 month before completion of the LAMP people in Malaysia start to protest against it.

They had many years to do so.

It is a 3digit million Dollar entreprise. People don't just build it and then close to finish line move it somewhere else.

Also don't forget the impact on future investments of international companies in Malaysia. They will think twice before putting there money into a country where 2 years later they have to fear loosing there investment. The lost of credibility of malaysian government will be huge.

And by the way: Gebeng is an industrial zone with all kind of "potentially hazardous" companies:

(see: http://www.ijm.com/infrastructure/port/KuantanPort/invest_kuantan/about_Kuantan.asp)

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Vast industrial land is available for the chemical and petrochemical industry sited at Gebeng Industrial Estate has made it a world-class petrochemical manufacturing zone covering an area of 8,600 hectares. The Gebeng Industrial Estate is a thriving hub of commercial activity where numerous multinational corporations in the petrochemical sector have made it their home. Among these corporations are :
MTBE Malaysia Sdn Bhd
BP Chemicals (M) Sdn Bhd
BASF Petroncas Chemicals Sdn Bhd
Eastman Chemical Sdn Bhd
Cryvac (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
WR Grace Specialty Chemical Sdn Bhd
Kaneka (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Ji Kang Dimensi Sdn Bhd

Kaneka Eperan Sdn Bhd
Kaneka Electec Sdn Bhd
Kaneka Paste Polymers Sdn Bhd
NFP Industries (M) Sdn Bhd
Polyplastic Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd
Polypropylene Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Flexsys Chemicals (M) Sdn Bhd
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It has never been the touristic hotspot of Malaysia. People go somewhere else for holidays.

Slowly I am really getting enough (I don't wanna use the p-word) from these environmentalist. Everybody wants modern technology, handies, clean energy, etc. etc. but please not in my neighbourhood. How about we all go back to stone age?