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Environment impact due to port expansion
Nur Shazwanie Binti Musa
En. Sharifuddin bin Ahmad
Bachelor of Management (Maritime)
School of Maritime Business and Management
Within 30 years, Kuantan Port Consortium (KPC) has been developing successfully and
now by mid-2018, the expansion of Kuantan Port Consortium which is developing the
New Deep Water Terminal (NDWT) will be fully completed. The expansion of KPC give
many effect on economic according to public perception. The objective of this study is to
identify the effects on economy due to the expansion of KPC according to public
perception. By using primary data as methods in this study, 200 sets of questionnaire are
given to the respondents around KPC in order to get information based on their
perception. After obtaining the sample of 200 sets of questionnaire, the data will be
complied by using Microsoft Excel and Statistic Program for Social Science (SPSS). The
public perception to the economic due the expansion of KPC will be based in terms of
income, facilities/ infrastructure and investment. The results of the analysis show the null
hypothesis is accepted because the expansion of KPC gives positive effect to the
economic.
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