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…
The Raja Musa Peat Forest Rehabilition Programme is a collaborative effort between the Selangor Forestry Department (Selangor FD) and Global Environment Centre (GEC). Read more about our previous planting activities here. The upcoming tree planting event is the fourth tree planting activity in Raja Musa Peat Forest Reserve and we are planning to revisit previous…
Friday March 27, 2009 New lease of life for forest reserve By LIM CHIA YING THE Raja Musa forest reserve near Batang Berjuntai is set to regain its former enchanting environment as massive rehabilitation work are going full steam to restore and regenerate it. The 23,000ha peat swamp forest reserve is fast turning back into…
PETALING Jaya City councillor Derek Fernandez said that the cause of the poor water quality in the Bukit Gasing Education Forest is the drainage system in the area. He said this in response to a report in StarMetro on March 11 headlined “Bukit Gasing still needs help”. Fernandez, the councillor in charge of Zone 12 (Sections 5…
KELANA JAYA 10 Feb. – Bagi mewujudkan kawasan perumahan yang lebih selesa dan bersih, Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) telah mengadakan majlis gotong-royong di sekitar kawasan SS7/17, SS7/26 dan SS7/28 baru-baru ini. Aktiviti gotong-royong yang berlangsung selama tiga jam itu, turut mendapat penglibatan dan sokongan daripada Komuniti Friends of Kelana Jaya Park dan Global Environment…
KELANA JAYA 8 Feb. – Menyaksikan panorama alam yang indah dengan lokasi yang strategik pasti membuatkan warga kota teruja untuk ke sana. Apatah lagi setelah seharian penat bekerja, peluang ini pasti direbut oleh setiap keluarga untuk beriadah sambil melakukan hobi mereka. Kedudukannya yang strategik iaitu berhampiran dengan Lebuh Raya Damansara-Puchong (LDP) menjadikan Taman Tasik Bandaran…
THE water in the Kelana Jaya lake at SS7 in Petaling Jaya is so dreadfully polluted that even touching it is not advisable. This sorry state of affairs was confirmed by an ongoing study conducted jointly by the Global Environment Centre (GEC) and the Department of Chemistry Malaysia. According to GEC River Care Programe officer…
KELANA JAYA 10 Feb. – Bagi mewujudkan kawasan perumahan yang lebih selesa dan bersih, Majlis Bandaraya Petaling Jaya (MBPJ) telah mengadakan majlis gotong-royong di sekitar kawasan SS7/17, SS7/26 dan SS7/28 baru-baru ini. Aktiviti gotong-royong yang berlangsung selama tiga jam itu, turut mendapat penglibatan dan sokongan daripada Komuniti Friends of Kelana Jaya Park dan Global Environment…
ALL access roads into the Raja Musa Forest Reserve in Batang Berjuntai in Selangor will be closed by the first quarter of next year to prevent illegal access to the peat forest. According to Selangor Forestry Department director Dr Yunus Zakaria, the move is to prevent outsiders from going into the forest to conduct illegal…