Dredging licenses up for grabs
The government has granted contracts to three unnamed private companies to invest in dredging operations along parts of the , but is withholding the companies’ names and information on the specific areas for the large-scale projects. Lim Kean Hor, the Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology, told the Post yesterday that nine companies placed bids on the projects and three were selected. Local businesses, environmental groups and communities have resisted river dredging projects, claiming they negatively erode riverbanks and riverbeds. …
