CM promises no nuclear facility in Penang

The Penang state government will ensure there will not be any nuclear facility or rare earth mines in the state in the interest of public health and safety, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said.

He said Pakatan Rakyat-led states have taken a firm and uncompromising stand against rare-earth refineries and mines.

"PR states like Penang have even gone a step further by writing to the federal government opposing any proposed nuclear energy facility to be located in the state.

Kuantan city folk to lead anti-Lynas plant movement

Federal lawmaker Fuziah Salleh made inroads today in her bid to shore up support against Australian mining giant, Lynas Corp, from powering up a controversial rare earths refinery in Gebeng.

While fewer than 200 people turned up for her public talk on the urgent need to halt the Lynas plant from commencing operations in Malaysia, the pledges of support from city residents was more than encouraging.

A local Chinese businessman volunteered to sponsor a bus to ferry Kuantan residents to the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur to protest the plant’s construction.

A signature drive at a farmer’s market earlier this morning garnered some 500 supporters.