JOHOR BARU: The Pulau Kukup National Park is set to welcome visitors again after being closed for over four years, says Johor executive councillor Ling Tian Soon.

PONTIAN, April 7 (Bernama) -- "Pulau Kukup, here, is set to reopen to the public by the end of April or early May this year after being closed for over four years due to safety concerns. Johor Health ...

Pulau Kukup will be alienated to the Johor sultan, who will, in turn, ensure that the mangrove island will be maintained as a national park.

Pulau Kukup's status as a Johor national park must be retained, the cabinet has decided. "(This is) to ensure that it stays as the world's second largest uninhabited mangrove island," Water, Land ...

PONTIAN: Johor will gazette the 550km shoreline stretching from Tanjung Piai to Kukup Island here as the Particularly Sensitive Sea Area (PSSA) to prevent pollution in the sea off Pontian.

Pulau Kukup, Surendran said, was the world’s second largest uninhabited mangrove island and listed as a “wetland of international importance” under the Ramsar Convention 1971.

Speaking to reporters, he said Pulau Kukup, a beautiful island and one of the largest, should not be disturbed and be allowed to remain as a national park to preserve its natural diversity.

The return fee from Kukup to Tanjung Balai is RM125 while the fee from Puteri Harbour is RM126. The travel time from Kukup only takes one hour compared with two from Puteri Harbour.

JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor government will state its stand on the status of Pulau Kukup as a national park during the winding-up debate at the state assembly on Sunday.