In 2002 , Malaysia made international headlines when the International Court of Justice declared the sovereignity of Pulau Sipadan and Pulau Ligitan belongs to Malaysia after a court battle with Indonesia.
Both islands are one of the top world diving spots in the world and Malaysia proudly glowed with this news, issuing special First Day Covers to rub salt into Indonesia's wound. Nature's gem handed over for our responsibility.
Tourists continued to pour in from all corners of the world to experience the gorgeous reef and corals which took decades (or even centuries) to form.
So it bloody pisses me off when we irresponsibly allow projects to build building on the fragile island AND the f****** contractor uses a barge to transport the materials there and destroys coral reef as large as two tennis courts just a couple of days ago.
Even worse, here's what the papers have reported:
In Petaling Jaya, IZATUN SHARI reports Tourism Malaysia director-general Datuk Kamaruddin Siaraf as saying the damage to Sipadan's coral reef would not affect the country's tourism sector much.
He said this was because of remedial actions taken by the relevant authorities.
- Taken from www.thestar.com.my
Remedial actions? Oh, let's go plant a coral reef today? Let's all hug a coral and everything will be alright? I can't believe this guy is the DG of Tourism Malaysia.
2 comments:
If it were left to Indonesia, I doubt it would have survived for long too.
ha! never thot of that! yeah, it wouldn't have lasted past one year.
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