Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the Penang government had gazetted its water catchment area covering 6,288.95 hectares under the Water Supply Enactment 1998 on December 2, 2004. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
GEORGE TOWN, Dec 17 ― Penang was one of the first states in the country to gazette its water catchment areas and permanent forest reserves, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said today, despite the environment and water minister’s claim otherwise.
Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man had previously claimed the Penang government has yet to do so.
Chow said the Penang government had gazetted its water catchment area covering 6,288.95 hectares under the Water Supply Enactment 1998 on December 2, 2004.
He added that the gazetted area included 3,565ha of permanent forest reserve.
