GEORGE TOWN, April 19 -- The first Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the controversial Penang South Reclamation (PSR) project was rejected last year, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow revealed today.

The Penang lawmaker said the first EIA was rejected due to the Fisheries Impact Assessment (FIA).

"We have submitted a revised EIA in February this year and it will be put on public display for a month from April 29," he said.

The first EIA for PSR was conducted in 2017 but it was rejected last year as conditions were not met with regards to the FIA.

Chow said the EIA was resubmitted with additional mitigation measures to comply with conditions in the FIA.

Despite this new hurdle, Chow said the physical reclamation works to cre...