By V. Sivaji
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by the Penang State Government with the Malaysian Space Agency and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) was held yesterday.
The event was held at The Wembley- A St Giles Hotel
This MOU will enable remote sensing to use technology for the development of the Penang South Island (PSI) and also for farming, fishing, development, safety, defence of the country.
Present was Penang Chief Minister YAB Chow Kon Yeow, Deputy Chief Minister 11 Prof Dr Ramasamy, State Exco for Trade and Industry and Entrepreneurial Development, Datuk Abdul Halim Hussain, Penang state secretary, Dato’ Mohd Sayuthi Bakar, Malaysian Space Agency director, Azlikamil Napiah among others.
Geographical information system for more effective management and running of mega projects in the state.
State government can get data directly from satellite to monitor the Silicon Island day to day and month to month
Improve state government efforts to manage and monitor projects like the Penang South Island and other projects
“The collaboration would support the State Government’s efforts to meet management and monitoring requirements in the Penang Transport Master Plan (PTMP) and Penang South Island (PSI) project, which is expected to kick off in the third quarter of this year.
“The satellite images from MYSA, he said, could show the projects’ development status or continuous progress at the work sites. A particular focus for the State Government, he explained, would be monitoring the PSI reclamation activities in the sea, such as dredging and sand filling,” he said.
The collaboration would also help the monitoring agencies, which must coordinate enforcement operations to prevent and act against unauthorised activities like the illegal disposal of dredged materials.
“If we have eyes in the sky, project planning and monitoring as well as confirming information will be easier. We will be able to verify the data or information obtained at the site by reviewing satellite information from MYSA,” he added.