Archive for March, 2009
Government Should Instil Public Awareness Of Global Warming
The government should create greater public awareness of environmental issues and to provide better public transport to address the threat of global warming.
Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia (CETDEM) chairman Gurmit Singh said the public could help protect the environment by using public transport and this would definitely reduce carbon emissions compared with driving [...]
Consumers Still Don’t Treasure Water
Consumers in Malaysia still do not realise the need to conserve water despite the depleting water resources.
“Although it rains throughout the year in Malaysia, the country’s water resources is diminishing, especially due to pollution,” Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd corporate division general manager Shuhainie Shamsuddin told Bernama here today.
She said a celebration to commemorate World’s [...]
Uproar over tiger park plan
The claws are out against Penang’s tiger park idea as it is unsuitable for the urban island and infringes the spirit of tiger conservation efforts.
THE response has been ferocious. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng’s proposed plan to create a tiger park on 40ha of hilly terrain in Relau has been slammed by all and [...]
Cleaning Up River With Mud Balls
Golden Sands Resort by Shangri-La, Penang, Malaysia is the first resort to set up a Research and Development Centre to study the Effective Microorganism (EM) technology and produce EM mud balls to clean up the rivers at Batu Feringgi. The Research and Development Centre was officially launched by Yang Berhormat Mr. Phee Boon Poh, Chairman and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )2nd Malaysian stimulus package – what it holds for energy/power sector
Singapore (ANTARA News/PRNewswire-AsiaNet) — The Malaysian government announced a huge stimulus package on March 10, 2009. The first package announced in November 2008 was generally considered to be too timid and too little. The second package is to be implemented over two years and commits RM 60 billion (US$16.2 billion) to stimulating the economy. What [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Expect less rainfall from August: Dept
The Meteorological Services Department forecasts that Sabah will see less rainfall starting August, especially in West Coast South and interior areas.
Its Sabah Director Abdul Malik Tussin said the La Nina phenomenon is weakening even though the current amount of rainfall is still more than average.
“Now we are experiencing monsoon from the Northeast direction that started [...]
檳嚴懲河流垃圾蟲 （Stern action will be taken against river polluters)
（檳城）檳州政府和水利灌溉局不想每年從檳榔河挖出120公噸的垃圾，不再向“河流垃圾蟲”妥協，會嚴厲執行現有的條例，對付把垃圾、廢料等拋入河裡的民眾。
檳州治水工程委員會主席劉子健，以及環境委員會主席彭文寶異口同聲說，既然通過教育的方式無法提高居民或商家愛護河流，州政府只好通過地方政府和環境局等部門的執法人員，對付冥頑不靈，污染河流的公眾。
先遷移岸旁建築物
劉子健說，被列為全國最骯髒的檳榔河未來會展開防洪和美化工程。為免防洪和美化工程又受到破壞，州政府必須先遷移河岸兩旁的木屋、商店、維修廠等，讓檳榔河能夠恢復良好的水質。
同時，他強調配合嚴厲的執法行動，希望民眾能夠具有高度公民意識，否則將面對被檢舉的後果。
“河流不會自己產生垃圾，而垃圾的來源是民眾。”
《大北馬》報導引起政府關注
《大北馬》於3月5日的封面報導“民眾再污染檳榔河”的新聞後，已經漂白的檳榔河嚴重被污染，引起了政府部門的密切關注。
檳州水利灌溉局主任哈那比、劉子健、彭文寶、柑仔園區州議員佳日星、檳城環境管理委員會成員蘇汝志等人，週六（3月21日）特地邀請媒體的代表，分乘4艘船進入檳榔河的其中一段，花費逾2小時巡視檳榔河的受污染程度。
哈那比等人帶領記者經過的地方，都可以見到相當噁心的垃圾。尤其在甘榜拉哇的垃圾篩濾站，一堆堆的垃圾更是觸目驚心。
劉子健說，水利灌溉局有意在第十大馬計劃下，為檳榔河完成防洪、漂白和美化3項工程。上述工程預料需耗資1億5000萬令吉。但是，州政府也必須在未來2年完成安頓河岸兩旁共307戶家庭，才能展開防洪等工程。
彭文寶：河流阻塞將逢雨成災
公眾應舉報垃圾蟲
居民隨意拋擲垃圾，河流阻塞後逢雨成災，居民最終自食其果。
彭文寶警告民眾不要再朝河流拋擲垃圾，並請求任何公眾發現有人拋擲垃圾，應立即向市政局或環境局舉報。
他說，檳榔河有很大的潛能可發展成為河岸走道。但是，民眾的不合作態度，使得漂白檳榔河的努力，只達到事倍功半的效果。
蘇汝志：獲廠商商家配合
製作百萬泥球潔化河流
檳城環境管理委員會獲得廠商和商家的配合，將合力製作100萬個微生物群泥球，並拋入州內各地的河流和沿岸地區，以達到潔淨的效果。
蘇汝志說，漂白河流的工作不應該由政府完全承擔。非政府組織和人民都有責任和義務協助潔淨受到污染的河流。所以，這一次的製作100萬個泥球計劃，至今還未面對阻力。
如果這項計劃成行的話，此委員會準備申請列入健力士紀錄。(星洲日报)
Tiger park is bad idea, say NGOs
GEORGE TOWN: A coalition of non-governmental organisations has warned the state that the proposed tiger park will have negative implications.
The Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (Mycat), which comprises the Malaysian Nature Society, Traffic Southeast Asia, Wildlife Conservation Society-Malaysia Programme and World Wildlife Fund-Malaysia, said building zoos and wildlife parks always sounded simple and exciting.
“Malaysia already [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Activists slam proposed tiger park in Malaysia
Conservationists have slammed plans to create a tiger park on Malaysia’s resort island of Penang, warning Saturday that the project would be too expensive to maintain and could lead to illegal wildlife trade.
The Penang government recently proposed setting up a 100-acre (40-hectare) tiger park to boost tourism, a key revenue-earner for the northern state.
But the [...]
Sg Pinang will be cleaned up in 5 years and cost RM150mil
GEORGE TOWN: Sungai Pinang, one of the seven most polluted rivers in Malaysia, will be clean enough to swim in about five years and the cleanup will cost RM150mil.
But before that, 300 families living by the river would have to be relocated, said State Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) director Hanapi Mohamad Noor and this [...]
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