Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Environmentalist says OK to Mt Kinabalu abandoned hostel project


KOTA KINABALU: Environmentalist has no problems with the government’s proposal to restart an abandoned controversial hostel project on Mount Kinabalu.

However, Sabah Environmental Protection Association president Wong Tak said that the project must be accordance to environmental requirements to put a structure on the mountain’s trail.

“We understand the state government’s aspiration to provide cheaper alternative accommodation for locals to climbing the mountain.

“It would not be fair for us to object to it as the current facilities have been privatised and is quite costly for locals to make the trip up the mountain,’’ Wong said.

He was commenting on state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun statement that the state was considering a move to revive the project.

Masidi said that any move to revive the project would not jeopardise the World Heritage status of Mount Kinabalu and would be in accordance to the environmental impact assessment.

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