... let Dr. Zambry know this, it being his constituency where more money is required from Perak budget proposal.
From The Star: 'Stop ruining Pangkor Island':
"...Teluk Nipah was worst. I was shocked as the taxi approached the southend of the bay to find it filled with ugly shanties of all shapes and sizes that block the beach from the road.
It has lost a lot of trees and fragile beach grass and contains too many outlets selling ikan bakar and shops offering trashy T-shirts.
The rest of the beachfront was closed off for the construction of a huge concrete seawall and commercial establishments.
I saw trees along the beach being ripped out, poles being driven into the sand and the beach being reduced to that of an industrial landscape.
Why has the local council allowed this?
Why have all these traders been allowed to set up shop on the existing and untouched section of the beach?
Has there been no impact study done into sand movements along concrete sea walls?
And why are they allowing more commercial establishments, all selling the same stuff and cooking the same food on the beach?
A better place for these shanties would be opposite the beach on the vacant lots of some old chalets.
People don’t want chalets squeezed side by side with no greenery or trees.
Instead of the ugly concrete retaining wall along a beautiful stretch of beach, the council should have moved the traders out and planted many native trees and beach grass to preserve the seafront and manage the wet season washout of sand in a more environmental-friendly way.
The other interesting thing I noticed, was that all the tourists in Teluk Nipah had moved to the other beach around the headland as it was green, had no concrete structures and is left as nature intended.
Has anyone from the council noticed this?
I hope the uncontrolled development will not turn Teluk Nipah and Pangkor into a small and ugly version of Port Dickson.
Move with the times but work with the environment.
Preserve it but balance commercial interests with that of the land.
Don’t ruin Pangkor but remember what makes it great."
GORDON REID,
Kuala Lumpur.
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