Bernama reported that Penang DAP government plans to open a tiger park at Relau Community Park with the aim of attracting more tourists to the state.
Lim Guan Eng said that the lush greenery of the 100-acre Relau Community Park will be a good place for Malaysia's first tiger park.
I would be surprised if environmentalists & the local community will consent to this tiger park. It will also be a threat to the existing durian farms in surrounding areas.
Luckily, he did also said that the ecotourism project would only be implemented after considering views from non-governmental organisations (NGO) and the local community.
He said this was in line with the state government's Competency, Accountability and Transparency (CAT) principle of implementing projects transparently and fairly by listening to views from others.
LGE obsession with "CAT" bordered on some form of mental illness - will it cloud his judgement - I am no psychologist ...
Tiger is one of the biggest CAT mammal. The free inner city transportation is now called CAT (Central Area Transit). Penang's career assistance service is also called CAT (Career Assistance & Training).
I guess there will be many more CATs to come...hah...hah...hah...
Lim Guan Eng said that the lush greenery of the 100-acre Relau Community Park will be a good place for Malaysia's first tiger park.
I would be surprised if environmentalists & the local community will consent to this tiger park. It will also be a threat to the existing durian farms in surrounding areas.
Luckily, he did also said that the ecotourism project would only be implemented after considering views from non-governmental organisations (NGO) and the local community.
He said this was in line with the state government's Competency, Accountability and Transparency (CAT) principle of implementing projects transparently and fairly by listening to views from others.
LGE obsession with "CAT" bordered on some form of mental illness - will it cloud his judgement - I am no psychologist ...
Tiger is one of the biggest CAT mammal. The free inner city transportation is now called CAT (Central Area Transit). Penang's career assistance service is also called CAT (Career Assistance & Training).
I guess there will be many more CATs to come...hah...hah...hah...
P.S: Jangan marah-marah. Accidently, saw the about picture -
posted for all of us to laugh - both sides of the political divides.
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monkey park is more suitable
Activists slam proposed tiger park in Malaysia
By EILEEN NG
Associated Press
2009-03-21 04:25 PM
Conservationists have slammed plans to create a tiger park on Malaysia's resort island of Penang, warning Saturday that the project would be too expensive to maintain and could lead to illegal wildlife trade.
The Penang government recently proposed setting up a 100-acre (40-hectare) tiger park to boost tourism, a key revenue-earner for the northern state.
But the Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers said the country already has 40 zoos and that maintaining them is a challenge for authorities.
It also warned that some preserves _ like Harbin Siberian Tiger Park and Guilin Tiger Park in China _ are essentially farms that breed thousands of tigers and have been implicated in illegally profiting from the killing and sale of their animals.
"Building zoos and wildlife parks always sounds simple and exciting, but in reality, this is far from the truth and has far more negative implications," it said in a letter to the Penang government.
"Housing and feeding large numbers of these carnivores will be financially draining as tigers are notoriously expensive animals to keep in captivity. Feeding alone will cost about 30,000 ringgit ($8,219) per animal per year," it said.
It expressed fears that the animals could end up being sold to maintain the park.
The group said the plan also violates the federal government's commitment to protect and increase wild tiger populations. Under the National Tiger Action Plan launched in December, jungle corridors will be protected and authorities hope there will be 1,000 Malayan tigers roaming in the wild by 2020......
Tuesday March 17, 2009
Rethink plan to build tiger park, Penang urged
By PRISCILLA DIELENBERG
GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government has been advised to reconsider its intention to build an ambitious tiger park in the state.
Malaysian Nature Society Penang Branch chairman Kanda Kumar said setting up the park would not be right as Penang had no record of the animal’s existence.
“Most tourists would rather spend on heritage and food, not see animals in cages. Land-stressed Penang can do with more houses and recreational parks instead,” he said.
Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said on Sunday that if the 40ha project materialised, it would be the first tiger park in the country with a “whole lot” of tigers.
Penang Tourist Guides Association president Yoong Suh Yen said she personally felt that a tiger park would not be a top-dollar tourist attraction.
Shopowner Ahmad Talib Shamsudin, 42, who runs a business in Relau, was worried because there would be big trouble if the tigers escaped from their enclosures.
Engineer Penelope Chan, 28, a resident in Sungai Ara near Relau, said that if the state was able to create a very good enclosure mimicking the natural habitat of tigers, the plan would be more acceptable.
“However, the state should work on capitalising its existing arts and culture,” she added.
Student Jack Ng, 16, who lives in Relau, said a tiger park would be a good tourist attraction, adding that children today only got to see tigers in movies or on television.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/opinion/hafiznoorshams/21026-of-tigers-guan-eng-and-misplaced-environmentalism
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