Swift farms should be located away from residential housing in areas where proper systems are in place for effluent disposal and control of outbreak of disease, says Rebecca Duckett.
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Jul 152010
Jun 232010
Rebecca Duckett highlights the risks posed by swiftlet farming in the George Town world heritage site in a letter to the Penang Chief Minister.
Jan 142010
Without its communities, George Town is a hollow shell, its street life gone, festivals diminished and anything remotely traditional repackaged into tourist-palatable events, trinkets and monuments to a bygone way of life, reflects Gwynn Jenkins.
Dec 202008
The inner city community life in George Town is precious – and to lose it would be unforgiveable, says Gwynn Jenkins.