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August 2011 PENANG NEWS
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Halt Balik Pulau projects, urges MPYusmadi Yusoff, Member of Parliament (MP) for Balik Pulau, urged the Penang state government to halt all projects in the district due to environmental and social concerns. Yusmadi said that the projects would only benefit a few people, and expressed his concern that many would become squatters after their land had been purchased by private entities.Among the projects scheduled in Balik Pulau are residential and commercial properties, some of which were approved by the previous...

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