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,…
KERIAN 22 Mei – Kira-kira 300 pelajar dari empat sekolah di Kedah dan Pulau Pinang menanam hampir 10,000 pokok bakau sempena Hari Biodiversiti di kawasan paya laut Kuala Gula di sini hari ini. Program itu anjuran Kelab Pencinta Alam Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Teloi Kanan, Baling dengan kerjasama Sahabat Hutan Bakau (SHB) Kuala Gula dan…
The hot weather has been a cause of distress to Malaysians in the past few weeks but the Meteorological Department does not expect conditions to be as scorching and dry during the same period last year. THE obvious “hot” topic of conversation amongst many Malaysians is the sweltering weather over the past month. Those affected…
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…
THE recently launched CIMB Cares website enables the public to make donations to charitable causes of their choice in an easy, convenient and secure manner. With this website, Malaysians can contribute to any of the 23 NGOs registered with the portal by using CIMB Clicks, the bank’s internet banking portal. CIMB group chief executive Datuk…
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…
FROM rearing their own chickens to adopting lightbulbs, the young people of Malaysia have sure risen to the challenge of preserving our planet. It’s one thing to turn off your lights for an hour every year to reduce your carbon footprint as was done in the recent Earth Hour global campaign, and another altogether to…
IN conjunction with World Water Day, a group of concerned teachers and students led by Azhar Muhammad of Sri KDU Secondary School decided to participate in a river clean-up project. Besides being an on-site educational activity, the project was aimed at increasing awareness among the students that much of the solid waste in the rivers…
THE Eco-Fan installed to improve the water quality at the Kelana Jaya lake in April 2008 has stopped functioning, according to Friends of Kelana Jaya Park (FOKJP). Its vice-president Jack Lim, 70, said the Eco-Fan was a pump installed at various locations of the lake to improve the water quality of the lake. He said…