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Podcast: Consider This
Episode: Consider This: Gunung Kanthan β Perakβs Quarrying Dilemma
Description: On September 7th, the Court of Appeal granted permission to cement manufacturer, Associated Pan Malaysia Cement, to evict Dhamma Sakyamuni Caves Monastery, a century-old Buddhist monastery in Gunung Kanthan, Perak. At stake in the quarrying Gunung Kanthan is also a five-million-year-old limestone hill with invaluable ecological, geological, and archaeological heritage. On thisΒ episode of #ConsiderThis Melisa Idris speaks to former Assemblyperson for Malim Nawar, Leong Cheok Keng, and geologist Dr Ros Fatihah Muhammad, President of the Malaysian Cave and Karst Conservancy.