hafiez walks miles

As the leader of our nation, the PM should be a person I can look up to. When the PM gives an assurance, I should be able to accept it with full confidence as it is coming from our head of government. It is a sad reflection on the state of governance in our country that sadly, very sadly, I cannot feel that way about the current PM. This is in particular with regards to the Lynas issue. Two very crucial questions remain unanswered to date. (1) If the project is that safe and meets all international safety standards why is the parent company paying extra for the transportation costs to send the raw materials 4000km through the high seas to be processed in Gebeng? Can it be the lives of the rakyat of Malaysia are less valuable than that of the citizens of Australia? Why not build the plant in Western Australia itself where the raw materials are mined? If Lynas wants to give us the nonsense about it being more profitable to have the plant at Gebeng, please give us the break

THE CASE AGAINST LYNAS If everything goes as planned, by September this year, the largest rare earth refinery in the worldcalled Lynas Advanced Materials Plant (LAMP) will start operating in Gebeng Industrial Zone, some 25 km away from Kuantan town, home to almost half a million people. Lynas will import rare earth ores from Mount Weld in Australia to be processed in Gebeng. The finished products will be exported overseas while the radioactive waste dumped in Gebeng. This plant will cast a shadow over Kuantan town. Real estate price will plunge, residents who are able to relocate will flee and those who are not will be in constant fear of radiation exposure.   As soon as operations begin, Lynas Advanced Materials plant will leave behind 28,000 tonnes of solid waste per year.  SOLID WASTE MATERIAL 3 types of waste from the cracking-separation plant: Water Leached Purification (WLP) • The residue from the water leach and neutralisation process is a slightly acidic f

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