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185349
Mon, 05/30/2011 - 13:57
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MORE THAN 100 RALLY IN SUPPORT OF LYNAS PROJECT
KUANTAN (Pahang, Malaysia), May 30 (Bernama) -- More than 100 people, including east coast state of Pahang Federation of Peninsular Malay Students (GPMS) members, gathered at Teluk Chempedak here Monday to voice support for the proposed Lynas rare earth processing factory.
Pahang GPMS chairman, Wan Emril Nizam Wan Embong, said the gathering was to show that not everybody was against the project which would bring investment into the country.
"The Lynas project is safe, there's no need for Kuantan folks to worry as there are good and bad types of radiation," he told reporters here Monday.
He said those who were not in favour of the project had not been given accurate information.
He said Pahang GPMS planned to organise briefing sessions so that people, especially students, would not be duped by certain parties with regard to the project.
The RM700 million (US$231.941 million) project in Gebeng is mired in controversy over fears that it would emit potentially unhealthy radiation levels.
The Malaysian government had invited an expert panel from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to give it a second opinion on health and safety issues surrounding the proposed Lynas factory.
They are believed to be already in town to carry out the task.
Lynas Corporation Ltd of Australia, owners of the factory, had originally planned to complete construction of the main plant by September.
Pahang GPMS chairman, Wan Emril Nizam Wan Embong, said the gathering was to show that not everybody was against the project which would bring investment into the country.
"The Lynas project is safe, there's no need for Kuantan folks to worry as there are good and bad types of radiation," he told reporters here Monday.
He said those who were not in favour of the project had not been given accurate information.
He said Pahang GPMS planned to organise briefing sessions so that people, especially students, would not be duped by certain parties with regard to the project.
The RM700 million (US$231.941 million) project in Gebeng is mired in controversy over fears that it would emit potentially unhealthy radiation levels.
The Malaysian government had invited an expert panel from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to give it a second opinion on health and safety issues surrounding the proposed Lynas factory.
They are believed to be already in town to carry out the task.
Lynas Corporation Ltd of Australia, owners of the factory, had originally planned to complete construction of the main plant by September.
