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…
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…