Is Malaysia’s Pengerang Part of Greater Singapore?


Definitely link bait. Please bite. Greater Singapore, indeed.

Dateline 2014-050-26, The Establishment Post:

Pengerang used to be a fishing village famous for its succulent lobsters. Each weekend a good number of Singaporeans would take a two-hour drive to get to the southernmost tip of Johor on the east to savour Pengerang’s lobsters and other sea delights fresh from the Johor Straits. It had at least eight seafood restaurants, way too many for a tiny township.

Two years ago, reclamation work started in the coastal area of Pengerang and there were no more fishermen and neither was there any more coast for fishing. This was the start of a massive RM170 billion (US$53 billion) project called the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC).

This is said to be the biggest project ever by Malaysia in terms of scale and size. Lawmakers and corporate leaders claim that this project Pengerang in will turn Malaysia into a mega petrochemical. But what about the Greater Singapore plan?

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