PETALING JAYA: Those running businesses along the Sungai Way basin were given a better understanding of the Sungai Way river rehabilitation project at a seminar presented by GAB Foundation and GEC. The aim of the seminar was to engage and get the support of the business and commercial communities for the project. GAB Foundation, GEC…
THE GAB Foundation in partnership with Global Environment Centre (GEC) has opened a dedicated River Care Education Centre in Desa Mentari for communities living along Sungai Way as part of its river rehabilitation project. This RM40,000 resource centre houses a library full of reference materials on water rehabilitation and conservation, a laboratory equipped with test equipment…
THE GAB Foundation, in partnership with the Global Environment Centre (GEC), recently launched a dedicated River Care Education Centre in Desa Mentari for the Sungai Way community. The centre is part of the W.A.T.E.R. (Working Actively Through Education and Rehabilitation) Project, a three-year environmental project initiated by the foundation to clean and rehabilitate the Sungai…
PETALING JAYA: To shore up efforts at river rehabilitation and education, Guinness Anchor Bhd Foundation (GAB) and Global Environment Centre (GEC) launched the River Care Education Centre in Desa Mentari yesterday. Touted as the first of its kind in Malaysia, the RM40,000 River Care Education Centre was opened by GAB Foundation chairman Tan Sri Saw…
THE RM1.1mil allocation to upgrade Taman Aman in Section 22, Petaling Jaya, in the 2010 Petaling Jaya City Hall (MBPJ) budget should be used to clean the lake, said Kampung Tunku assemblyman Lau Weng San. Lau said a report by the area’s Rukun Tetangga and non-governmental organisation Global Environment Centre (GEC), highlighted problems linked to…
Clean-up efforts are making Sungai Way cleaner and healthier not only for aquatic life, but for those living nearby too. Walking by the Sungai Way river in Selangor was an unpleasant experience less than two years ago. The water was “colourful”, thanks to the numerous plastic bags, empty containers and other rubbish caught in it….
PETALING JAYA 24 Mei – Dalam usaha memulihkan sungai, mendidik mentaliti penduduk agar menjaga kebersihan sungai di persekitaran mereka sangat penting dan perlu dilaksanakan oleh semua pihak. Datuk Bandar Petaling Jaya, Datuk Roslan Sakiman berkata, ia merupakan langkah awal dalam mendidik masyarakat agar tidak membuang sisa sampah ke dalam sungai sehingga menyebabkan pencemaran berlaku. Katanya,…
GUINNESS Anchor Bhd officially launched the GAB Foundation, which was incorporated in 2007, recently at an event attended by the Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas. The foundation will continue GAB’s efforts to enrich communities in areas like environmental conservation, education and community projects. “Within these three key areas, the foundation will…
MUAR 5 Mei – Program River Rangers Komuniti Pagoh yang digerakkan sejak dua tahun lalu berjaya memupuk kesedaran lebih 280 ahlinya yang merangkumi murid sekolah bersama memulihara kepentingan sungai di kawasan berkenaan. Program yang bertitik-tolak daripada bencana banjir luar biasa pada 2006 dan 2007 itu juga telah melatih ahli-ahlinya untuk bersedia bertindak memberi bantuan sekiranya…
PETALING JAYA (April 21, 2009) : A full audit of all Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd operations should be done if the Department of Environment’s (DOE) finding on the discharge of sludge from the company’s water treatment plant in Bukit Badong into Sungai Selangor proves affirmative, say environmental groups. They also called for close scrutiny…