Written by Wong Su-Men Wednesday, 08 Feb 2012 10:56
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The essay 'Lynas: Umno will collapse in a subsequent generalelection' by Moaz Nair in Malaysia Chronicle (Feb 5, 2012) caught my attention.
Of stress is a final paragraph:
It was additionally reported which a CEO of Lynas said, "The association had approvals to set up a refinery in Australia as well as deserted which option since it couldn't find a site which met a requirements."
This is a ridiculous matter entrance from an Australian-owned company.
Australia is some-more than 60 times incomparable than Malaysia with a immeasurable area of arid as well as dull desert as well as yet a CEO is revelation Malaysians which he could not find a 'suitable' place to set up a refinery in his homeland.
If law be told, a Australian government is some-more wakeful of a risk of poi! sonous d eviation as well as does not acquire a environment up a Lynas refinery in a country. What has been deserted by a grown universe has been taken over by Malaysia a developing country.
Also, note a following in Moaz Nair's article:
"[Lynas's] final singular earth refinery, operated by a Japanese association Mitsubishi Chemical was really damaging to a environment. Concerns forced a closing of all singular earth refineries in Japan since of radiation.
"Mitsubishi afterwards moved a refining operation to Malaysia after being phased out by Japan resulting in a little tools of a nation now apropos a single of Asia's largest hot waste cleanup sites.
"A disaster was created in China where poisonous waste was dumped on a non-regulated basis, afterwards it was a Mitsubishi fiasco to a local environment. The people to illustrate cannot be positive of safety from a Lynas plant in Gebeng, Kuantan."
Considering a opening of a Malaysian government, I wouldn't be astounded if big bucks were paid to politicians to authorize this project.
Note: Gebeng is 173 miles from Johor Bahru as well as 82 miles from KL, as well as Malaysians (and Singaporeans) could, in future, be eating hot East Coast seafood as well as other food sourced from which region.
* The bard S.M Wong from New Zealand was born as well as bred in Malaysia as well as is still concerned with developments in a country.
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"Lynas Corporation has two vital operations: a mining as well as concentration plant atMount Weld,Western Australia, as well as a refining facility now underneath construction atGebeng, 25kms away from Kuantan,Malaysia subsequent to an bankrupt fishing village. The facility would be a first singular earth processing plant after about thirty years to be built outward China where barely regulated factories have left immeasurable poisonous as well as hot waste sites."
To ! continue reading a rest of Moaz Nair's article, please go to a news portal here.
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