Hill cutting blamed for erosion by waves – Sabah | BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Da


– Wong, who visited Bukit Vor and Kg Contoh yesterday with Malaysia
Nature Society (MNS) committee member SM Muthu and Sepa research
consultant Dr CY Vun, said that the waves have destroyed three houses in
the village.

Hill cutting blamed for erosion by waves – Sabah | BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sarawak Da

KOTA KINABALU: Hill cutting at Bukit Vor and the removal of sandbars from the mouth of Petagas River for the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) runway

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Sea works for KK airport a threat to marine parks


– Among the problems the work has encountered is the unforeseen impact it
would have on the Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park that surrounds a
cluster of islands comprising Pulau Gaya, Pulau Sapi, Pulau Manukan,
Pulau Mamutik and Pulau Sulug, all only a 20 minutes boat ride from
here.

Sea works for KK airport a threat to marine parks

KOTA KINABALU: Another environmentally sensitive project in Sabah has hit a snag and it is going to cost the government, the people and marine ecology in the vicinity dearly.

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Beach vanishes as strong waves threaten village – Sabah | BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sar


– Haji Ismail Hj Dullah, 76, who has resided at Kg Contoh since 2003
with his wife and 12 children, said the first wall of the same height
built in 1997 collapsed several years later while being repeatedly
pounded by waves.

Beach vanishes as strong waves threaten village – Sabah | BorneoPost Online | Borneo , Malaysia, Sar

KOTA KINABALU: What used to be a 50-metre sandy beach at Kampung Contoh in Putatan is now gone as a result of erosion by surging waves.According to an elderly

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Dept ‘not to blame for delay’ | Daily Express Newspaper Online, Sabah, Malaysia.



“But when reclamation was undertaken, very severe coastal erosion
occurred, particularly in Kg Contoh, partly because the 100-metre long
bar at the mouth of the Petagas River was removed during the reclamation
process. Hence the waves began to hit the village directly,” Yabi said.

Dept ‘not to blame for delay’ | Daily Express Newspaper Online, Sabah, Malaysia.

Kota Kinabalu: The Environmental Protection Department feels it is being unfairly implicated in the KKIA extension project delay.

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Decision needed soon on coal fired power plant


– Tajuddin said the commission had shortlisted three sites – Tanjung Bin power plant in south Johor (owned by MMC Corp Bhd), Jimah plant in Negri Sembilan (Jimah Power) and Manjung power plant in Perak (Tenaga Nasional Bhd) – for the new plant.

Decision needed soon on coal fired power plant

KUALA LUMPUR: The Government needs to decide soon on the details of a new coal-fired power plant aimed at resolving a predicted power shortage in the peninsula in 2015, said Energy Commission chairman Tan Sri Dr Ahmad Tajuddin Ali.

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