Saving The Seahorse Means Saving The Sea

 

MalaysiaToday. 8 Sept 2009. Iskandar Malaysia, MMC's affiliation with a badly reputed oil company, Vitol Terminal BV

http://www.malaysiatoday.com/Latest-News/iskandar-malaysia-mmcs-affiliation-with-a-badly-reputed-oil-company-vitol-terminal-bv.html 

 

The Star. 28 Aug 2009. Fishermen against petrochemical project.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/8/27/nation/4595088&sec=nation 

 

Utusan Malaysia. 28 Aug 2009. Pembinaan kilang petrokimia dibantah.

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2009&dt=0828&pub=utusan_malaysia&sec=Johor&pg=wj_04.htm&arc=hive 

 

Berita Harian. 28 Aug 2009. Nelayan Sungai Pulai terjejas.

 

Malaysiakini. 14 Aug 2009. 笨珍居民首相署抗议不当发展  http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/110583 

 

The Star WebTIV: http://thestaronline.tv/default.aspx?vid=3932 

 

Legendary seahorse to save Tg Bin mangroves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnmdoO-95XU 

 

8TV Mandarin News. 2 Aug 2009.

 

Greenpeace, 29 June 2009. Background information on MTCS. http://www.tpac.smk.nl/webadmin/files/pdf/background%20information%20on%20MTCS_by%20Greenpeace.pdf 

 

NST, 27 June 2009. Appeal to stop clearing work. http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/2593350/Article/index_html 

 

Malaysia Nature Society, 24th June 2009. Renowned Pulai Estuary Under Threat. http://msn.my/article.php?aid=364

 

星洲日报《大柔佛》, 南洋商报,中国报 2009618日。龟咯抗议生升级:近千人签名拒建石化厂。

 

The Star. 16th June 2009. Folks say no to petrochemical project.

http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2009/6/16/southneast/4093027&sec=southneast

 

星洲日报《大柔佛》。 2009613日。丹绒宾建石化厂掀反弹:救救红树林!

 

15 May 2009: HRSC - 3 tuntutan utama untuk menangani masalah pembangunan industri petrokimia Tanjung Bin, Pontian

http://suaramjb1.blogspot.com/2009/05/hrsc-3-tuntutan-utama-untuk-menangani.html

 

15 May 2009: Politicians in bed with bad company at Sungai Pulai. Johor was a state endowed with vast tracts of coastal mangrove. Note the past tense used. Ironically, it is also the only state in the country with the highest number of Ramsar sites. > Read more at http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/104389

 

The Star. 22 July 2008. Livelihood at stake. http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/7/22/lifefocus/1535958&sec=lifefocus

 

The Star. 22 July 2008. Losing our mangroves. http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2008/7/22/lifefocus/1535957&sec=lifefocus

 

NST, 4 June 08:   PENINSULAR Malaysia's latest environmental cause celebre is surfacing in the Sungai Pulai estuary, an internationally recognised area of wilderness now threatened by industrial development. Overseen by the Port of Tanjung Pelepas authority. Read More>>
 

8TV. 15 Mac 2008.

 

NST, Johor Buzz, 11 March 2008. When ‘homes’ are destroyed.

 

NST, Johor Buzz, 16 January 2008. My Johor: The simple life at Sungai Pulai.

 

The Star. 8 Aug 07:     IT IS indeed a shame to learn of the silence by the Federal and Johor statedepartments of environment to pleas from people worldwide and local environmentalists to save the seahorses from development at the Sungai Pulai estuary in Pontian, Johor. Read More>>

 

The Star. 13 Nov 07:   Port of Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), which has received approval from the Department of Environment for its multi-billion ringgit petroleum terminal storage centre, will begin construction next year. Read More>>

 

The Star. 21 Nov 07:   Save Our Seahorses (SOS) has expressed strong disagreement with the project taking over extensive tracts of mangroves. Read More>>

 

NTV7 Edisi Siasat 8 Sept 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDItVlTQ4mg 

 

NST, 2 Aug 07:     SOS to save Sungai Pulai estuary. Read More>>

 

NST, 13 Aug 07:   Johor orders detailed EIA on two mega estuary project. Read More>>

 

NST, 15 Aug 07:   The developer of a proposed petrochemical and marine industries estate at the Sungai Pulai estuary has agreed to work with local environmentalists to assess the impact of the project on the estuary. Read More>>

 

NST, 26 July 07:    "We won't be silent anymore and will do everything in our power to halt this plan," said Fisherman Abdul Rahman. Read More>>

New Straits Times. 30 Sept 2006. Do: Save our seahorses. Pg 50.

 

Berita Harian. 9 Sept 2006. SOS kuda laut. C5.

 

New Straits Times. 27 Sept 2006. Nation’s biggest seagrass area under threat.

 

The Star. 20 June 2006. For the love of seahorse. StarTwo Pg 1-3.

 

New Straits Times. 22 August 2005. Galloping to Seahorse Rescue. Pg 23.

 

The Star. February 3. 2004. Buoyed by success. Section Two: Environment. P3.

 

Kwang Hwa Daily. September 23. 2003. Releasing seahorses.

 

The Star. September 7. 2003. Seahorses bred in captivity released into Pulai River.

 

Nanyang Siang Pau. September 6. 2003. 250 seahorses released into Pulai River.

 

TV3 Local News 8.00 pm. September 5. 2003.

 

Sin Chiew Daily, June 19 2003 (in Chinese). Conservation of seahorses in Sungai Pulai, Johor.

 

Nanyang Siang Pau, June 18 2003 (in Chinese). The Spotted Seahorse: facing imminent threats of extinction.

 

News Straits Times, June 2 2003. Seahorse Population threatened by development. Pg. 12.

 

Kwang Hua Daily, May 20-21 2003 (in Chinese). A long way towards saving the seahorse. P8.

 

The Star. June 11 2002. Saving the seahorse. Section 2. Page 3-5.