Land Reclamation (George Town)

Malaysia / Pulau Pinang / Tanjong Tokong / George Town
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Coordinates:   5°28'1"N   100°17'39"E

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  • Paid off corrupt officials, dumped tons of rubble, scarred the beachfront, ran out of funds.
  • Definitely illegal reclamation. Quite horrendous that the local officials would allow the piling of earth 5-8 floor high (visual estimation). Previous message was not abusive. The satellite image as of today is still 2-3 year old, and you cannot see the grotesque and dangerous extension.
  • Unless you can confirm that it's an illegal project, do not claim so. If you have obtained the evidence from the local council, please show it here. Since this area belongs to the ADUN of Tan Sri Dr. Koh Tsu Koon, if it's due to corruption, I do wonder who the officer is.
  • If it is legal, why isn't the site showing the signboard required by law stating what project this is? This is a land leased from the state for a supposed marina, but running foul of all its stipulated conditions. But perhaps it will be turned into a super condo development now?
  • I wonder where you obtained the information of the land being leased from the state for a supposed marina from. I am not pro-reclamation, or any form of unsustainable development. However, if it wasn't because of this land reclamation, the beach to the left and right of the reclamation would never have gotten to the size they are now. If you wish to argue about land reclamation, why not argue about the massive 980-acre reclamation off Tanjung Tokong?
  • You fact is wrong. The beach on the left side had been there eight to 10 years ago. I remember seeing large monitor lizards wandering the stretch far right of Copthorne. This man-made cape will only allow silt to slowly build up on the right side, and makes it muddy. Perhaps you were here during high tide and see little beach at that time. Why divert attention from this reclamation that puts no sign board to declare by whom and by what authority it was done? Tanjong Tokong was approved by the government. Why hush and rush through the application to build two 40-story towers just right of The Cove?
  • The govt. should not allow piecemeal ad-hoc land reclamation as it will create a bad precedent. Why was this particular reclamation allowed (if not illegal) as the company responsible does not even own the head land (land immediate to the relamation)?
  • They do own the land immediate to the reclamation.
  • Fine. Let them own the land next door. But how does owning one piece of land legalize reclamation on another, different, piece of land? The reclamation is illegal because the lease to build a marina has expired, after repeated extensions. No marina built, and none intended it seems or there should have been a signboard announcing that. The now-expired marina reclamation was reportedly approved for 1.5 acre, but has now grown illegally to 5 acre and with excess height. How is that legal?
  • Yes, you are right. I have no idea what they were/are thinking and doing. The land immediate to the reclamation is earmarked for development, and the reclamation might be turned into a public park cum marina with future development. Isn't that better? What is the Tanjung Bungah Resident Association proposing? Turn the whole piece of land into a public park? Be realistic here. If you were to own the land, would you donate it away, and on top of that build a park for free? Surely there has to be some negotiation. From my current point of view TBRA just want a win-lose conflict, whereby TBRA would win by having a public park, and the landowner and developer lose. I am sure the current development wouldn't be as dense as The Cove. What did TBRA do when The Cove was in the process of being approved? Or the Land Reclamation by E & O? Just by looking at the current Google Map picture, this reclamation is dwarfed by Sri Tanjung Pinang reclamation. Why didn't TBRA argue about it?
  • How is it the fault of TBRA (which formed in 2007) for allowing the earlier reclamations that went through the legal but corrupted approval process? How is a win-lose solution wrong, when the losing side is illegal, and the wining side is the public? I too find the park idea weak, mainly because the public will find it difficult to access without proper parking and bus system. The illegal reclamation of the Sore Thumb should be completely dismantled at the cost of the Tanjong Club owner instead. An expired lease for the Marina is not a legal property by the Tanjong Club owner. What is he to lose? Only an opportunity to ramp through an illegal reclamation.
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