FISHERMEN in Teluk Kertang near Taiping, who have been facing difficulty steering their boats out to sea due to shallow Sungai Larut, can stop worrying now. The state Drainage and Irrigation Department has agreed to assign a contractor to deepen the river at a cost of RM700,000. State DID director Datuk Abdul Razak Dahalan said…
KUALA KANGSAR: Housing projects near riverbanks will not be approved by the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID) unless the houses face the rivers. Perak DID director Datuk Ir Abdul Razak Dahalan said this was to prevent rivers from being turned into sewers by members of the public. “In the planning approval, we will make sure…
SM KING Edward VII’s brass band got a fresh breath of life in the form of a RM64,740 donation from the CIMB Foundation recently. Band adviser Teoh Wei Kien was one of the happiest persons at the donation handover ceremony at the school in Taiping. “On behalf of the school, we feel great because we…
THE state government will take action against those responsible for illegal smallholders at the Raja Musa forest reserve at Batang Berjuntai, Kuala Selangor. Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim said action would be taken against those who had mislead the smallholders into believing that the area was state land earmarked for agriculture. Khalid said the…
SELANGOR Tourism, Consumer Affairs and Environment Committee chairman Elizabeth Wong said that the Kota Damansara Forest Reserve nearly became a victim of development recently. She said the state had prevented several possible attempts by stopping the degazetting of 121.4ha of the area given to Permodalan Negeri Selangor Bhd (PNSB) several years ago. Wong said the…
Canon gave new meaning to the term “photo-synthesis” recently. It is a special moment for the “green movement”. KUALA LUMPUR: Canon gave new meaning to the term “photo-synthesis” recently. It is a special moment for the “green movement”. Workers of the company, which specialises in photographic and digital imaging took to the streets of the…
CANON Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd (Canon) announced recently that its Canon Goes Green Movement has been garnering good response. The movement, launched on Sept 2 received many photos via its website www.canongoesgreen.com. According to the company’s president and CEO Liew Sip Chon, it is on track to fulfil its pledge to plant 2,500 trees to enrich…
CANON Marketing (Malaysia) revealed that its Canon Goes Green Movement has garnered fabulous response from Malaysians of all walks of life. Launched on Sept 2, its microsite www.canongoesgreen.com has been deluged with hundreds of photos being submitted to fulfil Canon’s pledge of 2,500 trees to enrich the green lung at Padang Kota Damansara. At the…
Bank targets RM100mil deposits this year PETALING JAYA: CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd expects RM100mil deposits for its newly launched environmental-friendly EcoSave Account this year. Executive director and chief executive officer Badlisyah Abdul Ghani said the group hoped to collect RM200mil in 2009. “We think EcoSave will achieve tremendous growth because we are Malaysia’s second most…
Peat forests are worth more as they are, than chopped down. BY nature it is waterlogged. So, when humans try to alter its traits, the system bites back. As though furious with the violation, the land combusts, sending out sporadic fires which foul the air with smoke. And these spats have been occurring for the…