IPOH, Feb. 18 -- Several non-governmental organisations together with political parties and residents came together today to protest the Ipoh City Council's proposed amendments on land usage involving a total of 151.18 hectares of land in three areas on the Kledang Saiong Range.

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) field officer Meor Razak Meor Abdul Rahman, who represented the group, said that amending the land usage of the permanent forest reserve into a mixed development will have an adverse effect.

"The three proposed areas for mix development are located on the slope of the Kledang Saiong Range, along the Ipoh-Lumut highway, and it's very sensitive.

"The areas have geophysical features and the land there is vulnerable to erosion. Any activ...