Council out to remove rats

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THE Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) kicked
off its rat population control operation last night
with 25 health department
officers spreading poison
pills in the SS15 commercial area.
The department is expected to start collecting dead
rats today and tomorrow.
Council president Datuk
Asmawi Kasbi said he
hoped residents and traders would help remove the
carcasses tomorrow.
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"Business owners must
keep their premises clean
for everyone's health. Rats
would not come to areas
that are clean," he said.
SS15 is a popular business area and is home to
numerous eateries.
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Traders to move to new market
AFTER a three-year wait,
Seri Kembangan traders
can heave a sigh of relief
after Subang Jaya Municipal Council (MPSJ) president Datuk Asmawi Kasbi
announced the new Bazar
Market in Jalan SK6/1
will be opened on Monday.
The traders, who received their lots after balloting last Thursday, will
get their keys on Sunday.
Asmawi said the council
would post its officers at
the market to help traders
with the business licence
applications.
Each business licence is
different, depending on
what the traders are selling, and it ranges between
RM120 and RM240 a year,
while each unit is rented
between RM90 and RM120,
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depending on size.
He said those who refused to move their new
business premises would
be compounded.
"The enforcement officers will be at the old market on Monday to ensure
all traders move to the
new one," he said.
The new market has 266
lots for wet and dry foodstuff and food stalls.
Crime-fighting taken to new heights
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By G. PRAKASH
prakash@mmail.comsny
POLICING highrise residential buildings is Selangor police's next strategy
to combat crime.
Selangor police yesterday launched the vertical
policing strategy, a move
that will take community
policing to a higher level
and benefit residents.
State police chief Datuk
Tun Hisan Tun Hamzah
believes the move will play
an important role in reducing the overall crime rate.
"Statistics show many
crimes are committed in
high-rise domiciles, but
often go unnoticed by the
public," said Tun Hisan,
who launched the programme yesterday at the
Enggang Apartments in
Bandar Kinrara yesterday.
"With this move, we
hope the public would be
more observant and help
police fight crime."
He said crimes which
usually occurred in highrise buildings were car
thefts, drugs, and even
prostitution.
"Criminals think they
could go unnoticed if they
lived in apartments or
condominiums. Last year
we busted five drug labs
operating from condos.
In addition, we recorded
five cases of drug busts in
apartment and condos.
"This is on top of 139
drug cases where arrests
were made at apartments
and condos," he said.
Tun Hisan said vertical
policing would see police
work alongside security
guards and the joint management body of high-rise
buildings.
`We tell them What kind
of information we need,
such as if they spot a resi-
dent using different cars
and changing registration
plates," he said.
Tun Hisan said the strategy would also allow police to be closer to the
community.
"We hope to raise awareness among residents of
high-rise buildings to work
with each other and the
police to curb crime," he
said.
"We
must remember
that high-rise apartments
and flats are not free
from crime, which was
why we are focusing in
such community- policing
projects."
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HORSEPLAY: Children at the Enggang Apartments having fun with
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Prasarana can only do tests
on Kelana Jaya LRT line
By MEENA LAKSHANA
meena@mmail.commy
AMPANG and Kelana Jaya
Light Rail Transit (LRT) operator Syarikat Prasarana
Negara Berhad (Prasarana)
are only allowed to conduct
pre-boring and piling tests in
the Kelana Jaya LRT line extension project.
The Subang Jaya Municipal
Council (MPSJ) public relations department, in a statement on Wednesday, said
Prasarana had been told to
only conduct tests for construction at sites involved in
the extension project at the
Selangor Economic Council
meeting (MTES) on Feb 2.
"The planning approvals
•r Stations 11 and 12 for the
LRT project cannot be issued
until a final decision on the
LRT line in Putra Heights is
made by the state government," the statement added.
"This is because the state
government, via the State
Economic Planning Unit
(UPEN) has appointed two
universities to conduct geological safety studies on the
stretch."
The Malay Mail reported
on March 19 that Prasarana
faced a six-month delay in
completing the Kelana Jaya
LRT extension project due to
the state government's decision for a safety study at Putra Heights.
This follows opposition
from a group of Putra Heights
residents who claimed that
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geologically unsuitable for
an LRT line.
The residents, who formed
the Subang Alam-Putra
Heights LRT task force, had
sought the services of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's Professor Dr Tajul Anuar
Jamaluddin, last year.
In his report, Tajul concluded that the area was unsuitable for the line as the ground
was largely made up of clay
and cracked granite. The line
would also pass closely by an
artificial lake and an electric
transmission line, posing a
hazard to nearby homes.
On Feb 12, Prasarana project development division
group director Zulkifli Mohd
Yusoff said the project was
expected to be ready by 2014,
and about 20 per cent of the
work had been completed.
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have sustainable incomes.
Last year, a total of 63,147
poor households participated in the lAzam programme, including 12,510
from Sabah and 11,401
from Sarawak.
The programme focuses
on providing economic opportunities to raise the income of poor households
to eventual self-sustainability.
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individuals receiving micro-credit loans and training for small businesses or
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entrepreneurs were developed over the past two
years with an average income increase from RM750
to RM3,500 per month.
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gtp/annualreport2011
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and deployment to crime
hotspots saw a 39.7 per cent
drop in street crime and an
11.1 per cent decrease in index crime.
More than 27,000 security
personnel from the police
force, People's Volunteer
Corps (Rela) and Malaysian
Civil Defence Department
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was extended to an additional 151 local authorities nationwide with 8,329 lighting
posts, 1,311 safety mirrors,
104.3km of railings and bollards installed in streets for
the public's safety.
Malaysia was also named
the most peaceful country in
Southeast Asia and the fourth
safest country in the Asia Pacific region for the first time
by the Global Peace Index.
For more information on
the highlights of the Government Transformation
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Report 2011, visit t ttp://
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.1 ob done: About 330 window copings were replaced at the apartments.
Residents
Feel safe again
RESIDENTS of D' Cahaya
Apartment now feel safe as all
the window copings in their
apartments have been
replaced.
Their plight was highlighted in
StarMetro in August 2010 when
seven window copings fell from
their nine-storey apartment block
in Bandar Puchong Jaya.
The residents, who noticed
cracks on other window copings,
sought help from the developer to
rectify the situation before it was
too late.
They were worried that the
window copings might fall on
people on the ground.
Management corporation
chairman Pong Hoong Guan said
the developer's contractor had
advised them to repair all 330
copings.
The residents' wish was fulfilled
when developer 10I Properties
completed the rectification work
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in December.
A spokesman for the developer said the work cost
RM135,000.
"Based on recommendation
from our consultant, the old window copings were replaced with
new ones.
"The work took about four
months to complete as we needed
to take extra safety precautions
since the apartment is occupied,"
the spokesman said.
Pong said the residents were
grateful to the developer for keeping its promise.
"We hope the window copings will not fall again," he
said, adding that the residents
would also like to thank Subang
Jaya Municipal Council
Problematic and Abandoned
Buildings Supervision Unit special technical officer Mohd
Sallee Junun for helping them
in the matter.
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Renovation
of hotel
hot topic
of debate
All ears:
Subang Jaya
Council staff '
listening
attentively as
president
Datuk Asmawi
Kasbi gave his
opening
during the
council's
monthly staff
gathering.
Councillor: We must check
status of planning approval
By TAN KARR WEI
karrweiethestarcom.my
Photo by AFINIAD IZZRAFIQ ALIAS
T
HE planning approval for renovation work for a hotel in
Subang Jaya became the topic
of debate at the Subang Jaya
Municipal Council (MPSJ) full board
meeting yesterday.
Councillor Dr Lai Kheng Min raised
the issue at the full board because he
had received the sales brochure of
the new development, which was
marketed as serviced apartments.
"If their planning approval is only
for hotel suites, then they should not
be selling the units.
"They will be having a special preview for prospective buyers this
week so we should check the status
of the planning approval and reprimand them before people buy the
units," said Dr loi.
Councillor Arumugam Kalimuthu
said the car park requirements for
hotels was different from that of
serviced apartments and requested
the council to call for a meeting with
the developer to clarify the matter.
For hotels, one park bay is
required for every three units while
for serviced apartments, there
should be two for every one unit," he
said.
MPSJ president Datuk Asmawi
Kasbi said the developer had received
a planning approval in 2010 for refurbishment work, including an additional blot* with 1,986 hotel suites.
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"Under the approval, there is a condition for the developer to contribute
towards the construction of an alternative entrance to the development.
"That was when there were also
plans to develop the Subang Ria Park.
Now that the state has decided that
the park should remain a recreational
space, the land to build the mad
needs to be acquired," said Asmawi.
Dr Loi added-that he had received
complaints from residents in the
area when they found out about the
serviced apartnients because it
would cause problems in the future.
'The area is already congested and
parking will be a big problem if they
do not provide adequate parking
bays. If they follow the requirements
of one bay to every three units, we
foresee a problem.
"Now that the Subang Ria Park
remains a recreational space, acquiring land to build the road could be
quite complicated and it needs to go
through a proper process," said Dr
Loi.
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check on the status of the development and call for a meeting with the
developer to clarify the matter.
When contacted, a spokesman
from the developer said they had
obtained the development order and
all other approvals for the serviced
apartment development, issued by
the local authority and the relevant
ministry.
"Our car park provision is in compliance with the local authority's
requirement and we will also be
prOiding daily complimentary shut-
tle service to the nearby malls and
colleges to further ease congestion.
"Once the local authority is ready
to proceed with the additional access
road, we will contribute according to
the proportion of the construction
cost," she said.
Meanwhile, MPSJ only has 19
councillors sworn in, with five more
spaces still waiting to be filled.
The state government has yet to
announce the remaining candidates for several councils in
Selangor,
Caring for the d e ad
MB: Increase in cemetery trust fund will enable state to buy burial sites
By THO XIN VI
thoxinyigthestar.coimmy
L
ANDOWNERS have to now
pay a higher contribution to
the state's cemetery trust
fund.
Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri
Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said this
requirement was applicable to
those seeking to transfer the ownership or convert the land use to
residential or mixed development.
He said the fund was for the
state government to acquire suitable land for burial sites.
He added that the old rate of
RM62.50 per lot had been
increased to either RM300 or
RM500, depending on the locations of the residential lots to
reflect the present land value.
"Previously, for residential
development below 100ha, the
contribution was RM62.50 per
residential lot.
"However, the amount is too lit-
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for
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development
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the contribution was
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tie compared with the current
land value which increases every
six months according to the
Selangor Valuation and Property
Services Department.
"Therefore, we are fixing RM500
for each residential lot in Petaling,
Kiang, Gombak, Hulu Langat,
Sepang and Kuala Langat and
RM300 for Kuala Selangor, Sabak
Bernam and Hulu Selangor," he
said during the recent state assembly.
He said this in response to a
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question raised by Subang Jaya
assemblyman Hannah Yeoh.
When met later, Yeoh said the
question was asked based on the
experience of Bukit Gasing residents, who were required to fork
out RM500 for the fund when they
wanted to renew their leasehold
titles.
"They wanted to know what the
money is used for.
"Some of them, especially nonMuslims, have already bought private burial plots, so they questioned the need for the contribution," she said.
Yeoh said she would push for a
meeting in Bukit Gasing for Khalid
and the Land Office to explain the
fund to the people.
"According to Khalid's explanation, this contribution will be a
long-term solution to the problem
of insufficient cemeteries in the
state.
"If the state government cannot
afford to acquire land for cemeteries, it will be more expensive for
the people to buy burial plots in
airt(i1AR 2012
the future," she said.
Meanwhile, Khalid revealed that
RM16.8mil had been collected for
the fund as of December last year.
He added that all district land
offices had been told to identify
suitable sites that could be
acquired under the Land
Acquisition Act to be turned into
cemeteries.
"The cost will be borne by the
trust fund or relevant landowners
or developers," he said.
It was reported in 2003 that
those owning 202ha of land or
more must provide cemeteries for
Muslims and non-Muslims in their
development.
The then state executive councillor Datuk Mokhtar Dahalan was
quoted as saying that those who
could not do so had to provide
alternative land, or contribute
RM62.50 to the cemetery trust
fund for each residential lot
approved.
The fund will enable the government to buy land for cemeteries.
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Strategy to tackle highrise crime
VERTICAL POLICING:
Cops to work
closely with
buildings' joint
management body
FAHIRUL N. RAMLI
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OLICE are taking the fight
against crime to the next level with the introduction of
"vertical policing", a new endeav-
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our to keep residents of highrise
buildings safer.
Spearheaded by Selangor police, "vertical policing", will involve cooperation between authorities and the buildings' joint
management body in conducting
floor-to-floor patrols to weed out
criminal elements in highrise
buildings.
Selangor police chief Datuk Tun
Hisan Tun Hamzah urged residents of highrise buildings to get
to know their neighbours and report any suspicious activities.
"Last year, we busted five drug
labs operating in highrise buildings.
"Residents there must have got-
ten the pungent smell from the
come across illegal activities taking place in their respective
drug labs but no one batted an
eyelid.
blocks.
"This initiative
"We had to rely on
will also see the auour intelligence to
thorities holding
close down the op"This initiative
erations," he said in
crime-prevention
will also see
exercises with the
his speech at Pangsacrimeresidents."
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dar Kinrara 6, Puprevention
that apart from drugchong during the
exercises with the related cases, other
launch of the vertical
residents."
crimes which were
policing initiative
Datuk Tun Hisan
rampant at highrise
yesterday.
Tun Hamzah
buildings included
This initiative, also
dubbed "Suspicious
vice activities, burglaries and vehicle
Activities Recon"
thefts.
(SAR), would also entail residents
telling on their neighbours if they
"There have also been cases
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where stolen loot were stored in
the units to prevent detection."
Tun Hisan urged residents to be
more proactive, stressing that they
should always have the mobile
phone numbers of the security
guards of their buildings in case of
emergencies.
The event yesterday was also
attended by district police chiefs,
the Fire and Rescue and Civil Defence departments and personnel
from the People's Volunteer
Corps.
Tun Hisan later visited several
units where he met residents and
handed out brochures on vertical
policing.
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The Shah Alam City Council is organising a cycling event called
"Kayuhan Sempena Earth Hour"
from 9.30pm till 10.30pm.
Shah Alam dwellers are encouraged to bring out their bicycles and
join in the fun in their own neighbourhood.
Contact 03-5522 2733 for more information.
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off, take the
rise. We will need to be
efficient."
Sharma said
Malaysians should try
to take public transport
or carpool when they
can, and opt for energy
efficient products for
the home.
"As for some daily
habits, always wash a
full load of clothes, iron
EARTH HOUR.
several pieces of
clothing at a time, bring
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your own bags when
shopping and
containers for takeaway
and turn off electrical
equipment that's not being used," he said.
Tan advised Malaysians to rethink their
priorities and differentiating needs from wants.
"There is a big question right now over what
is a need and what is want; the lines have
blurred because of the consumer culture," Tan
said. "One of the fundamental realisations in
sustainable living is that less is more, such as the
fact that water is a need, but satellite television
is a want. It's the little steps that count."
On a larger scale, communities and
world population has tripled in the last 70 years
governments need to play their part and start
and energy needs keep going up."
moving towards renewable energy and green
The conventional method of generating
living.
electricity is to burn fossil fuels, but depleting
About 90% of electricity in Malaysia is
resources mean sooner than later, a change will
generated from fossil fuels such as coal and
have to be made.
natural gas, and this needs to be diversified.
World Wildlife Fund Malaysia chief
Sharma said, "The technologies are there, it
executive officer Datuk Dionysius Sharma said
is a matter of creating the right kind of business
Malaysians in general were not efficiently using
environment, regulatory support and financial
energy because the prices of energy, such as
incentives for the sector to really take off."
petrol and electricity, were heavily subsidised.
To create awareness on the urgent need for
"We have grown so accustomed to such
people to live green, Earth Hour was launched
comfortable and convenient lifestyles that
and has since transformed into a global effort to
often Malaysians don't realise the
work together and save the planet.
environmental and social costs associated with
This year, people are encouraged to observe
energy production, and there's not much of an
Earth Hour and switch off their lights from
incentive to be efficient," he said. "However,
8.3opm to 9.3opm on March 3i in a show of
this will have to change as fossil fuel reserves
support towards conserving the environment.
are depleting and the price of energy is on the
train, use a tote bag
TOMORROW, 1.8 billion people will come together during Earth Hour to save
energy. An ever-growing population and increasing energy consumption
are depleting the Earth's resources faster than they can be replenished,
thus the need for Earth Hour to drive the point home. Many are calling for
efforts to be made on individual and global levels toward sustainable living.
MICHELLE CHUN finds out what we can do to save energy.
W
HEN Remee Hidayat Yahya tells
people he does not drive or hold a
driving licence, he gets strange
looks and the occasional, "What's
wrong with you?"
The 37-year-old media practitioner has not
driven for 12 years, something almost unheard
of in a city overflowing with cars.
"Although I first took driving lessons when I
was 26,1 decided to drop driving. I do get
negative comments when I tell people that I
don't drive, but I am proof that one can live
without a car," said Remee, admitting the public
transport system does not reach beyond Kuala
Lumpur.
His decision to adopt the "No car" policy
was partly spurred by his love for the
environment, and since then he has developed a
greater passion to save the planet.
"I try to buy biodegradable products; I bring
my own canvas bag when I go shopping.
Everyone has to take the first step, just a little
step," he said. "We have to change our lifestyles
because all our natural resources will definitely
deplete one day."
While there are people like Remee in
Malaysia today, these "green" people are few
and far between as many have not stepped
toward such a change.
Centre for Environment, Technology and
Development (Cetdem) executive director
Anthony Tan said while people know of climate
change and environmental decay, few take
steps towards sustainable living.
"It's like the 'everybody, somebody, nobody'
mentality - everybody knows something needs
to be done to save the planet, but doesn't do
anything because they think 'somebody' will do
it, and in the end nobody does it," he said.
Indeed, carbon emissions and greenhouse
gases caused by increased human activity and
energy consumption have become trapped in
the Earth's atmosphere, shutting in the sun's
heat and causing temperatures to rise.
The trapped heat causes the planet to
become unusually warm, a weather change that
has extreme effects on the landscape and life on
Earth - sea levels rise, animals go extinct and
heat-related sicknesses become more common.
However, the demand for energy keeps
increasing, which means more pollutants are
released into the air to generate the electricity.
Tan said, "Instead of adapting to the
environment we live in, we have made the
environment adapt to us. The lifestyle
propagated by consumerism is not sustainable;
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menyertai pertubuhan ini.
• Malaysia mengang,gotai P613
pada tahun 1957 sementara Sudan
Selatan adalah negara terbaharti
menyertainya.
• Matlarnat PBB adalah untuk
mengelakkan berulangnya .
pertikaian yang hebat. menegaskan
tiak asasi manage yang utama,
meniamin rasa hor mat akan
undang-undang antarabangsa dan
memperbaiki taraf hidup penduduk
di seluruh dunia.
• Piagam PBB mmpunyai enam
alat yang utema iaitu Perhimpunan
Agung, MaIlls Keselamatan, Marlis
Ekonorni den Sosial. Marl's
Peramanahan, Mahkamah Keadilan
Antarabangsa dan Sekretanat.
• Terdapat 18 badan-badan lain
yang merupakan agensi khas dalam
PBB antaranya seperti Tabung
1<anak-Kanak PUB (UNICEF),
Pertubuhan Pendidikan, Sauna den
Kebudayaan PBB (UNESCO) dan
Pertubuhan Kesihatan Sedunia
(WHO).
Senarai setiausaha
agung PBS
Trygve Lie (Norway)
1 1 Februan 1946 10 November 1962
2
Dag Hammarsideld (Sweden)
10 April 1953-18 September 1961
U Thant (Myanmar)
J 30 November 1961-31 Disember 1971
4
Kurt Waldhelm (Austria)
1 Januari, 1972.31 Disember 1981
a Javier Perez de Cuellar (Peru)
Januari 1982.31 ()member 1991
Boutros Boutros Ghali (Mesir) 1
V Januari 1992-31 Disember 1996
7 Kol1
Annan 1 Januari (Ghana)
1997-31 Disember 2000
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01 Januari 2007-1 Januari 2016
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Sungai Kiang dinaik taraf Kelas 2
KUALA LUMPUR - Kementerian Sumber Ash' dan Alam Sekitar kini sedang
giat melakukan kerja-kerja pembersihan
di Sungai Kiang di sini bagi mencapai
sasaran status kualiti air sungai Kelas 2,
kata Menteri Sumber Asli dan
Alam Sekitar, Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas (gambar).
Katanya, antara tindakan
yang dibuat kementerian dalam kerja pembersihan itu adalah pemasangan kira-kira 300
perangkap sampah dan melakukan kajian terhadap kualiti
air Sungai Kiang dari semasa
ke semasa.
"Ia juga merupakan sebahagian daripada projek River
of Life, sebuah projek permulaan yang dikenal pasti dalam
Bidang Ekonomi Utama Greater Kuala
Lumpur di bawah Program Transformasi
Kerajaan.
"Status Sungai Kiang kini adalah Kelas
3, maka kementerian meminta semua
pihak tidak membuang sampah dan sisa-sisa pepejal ke dalam sungai kerana ia
akan mencemarkan lagi sungai berkenaan," katanya selepas merasmikan Makmal Kualiti Air dan menyaksikan majlis
menandatangani Memorandum Persefa-
haman (MoU) antara Institut Penyelidikan Hidraulik Kebangsaan Malaysia
(NAHRIM) dan Universiti Tun Hussein
Onn Malaysia (UTHM) di sini semalam.
'rurut hadir, Ketua Pengarah NAHRIM,
Ahmad Jamalludain Shaaban
dan Naib Canselor UTHM, Prof.
Datuk Dr. Mohd. Noh Dalimin.
MoU tersebut bertujuan untuk menjalin kerjasama dalam
penyelidikan kualiti dan sumber air. Kategori Kelas 1 adalah
penarafan terbaik untuk kualiti
air sungai.
Uggah berkata, kerja-kerja
pembersihan di Sungai Kiang
itu akan memakan masa selama
dua tahun dan ia mula dijalankan tahun ini.
Selain Sungai Kiang, kementerian turut melakukan pembersihan dan
penyelidikan di sungai-sungai lain di seluruh negara, katanya lagi.
Selain itu, beliau berkata, kementerian
menerusi Jabatan Alam Sekitar mendapati sebanyak 293 sungai (51.4 peratus)
di seluruh negara dikategorikan sebagai
bersih, 203 sungai (35.6 peratus) mengalami pencemaran sederhana dan 74
sungai (13 peratus) mengalami pencemaran teruk. - Bernama
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KUALA LUMPUR - Syarikat enjin carian Internet
terkemuka, Google Malaysia memperkenalkan tiga ciri penambahbaikan baharu
dalam Peta Google Malaysia
yang bakal memberi manfaat kepada kira-kira 18 juta
pengguna Internet di negara ini.
Ciri-ciri tersebut ialah
maklumat kesesakan Trafik, maklumat perjalanan
pengangkutan awam iaitu
Transit dan Peta Google
Malaysia yang boleh clilayari dalam bahasa Malaysia.
Pengurus Negara Google
Malaysia, Sajith Sivanandan berkata, apabila pengguna membuka aplikasi
Trafik pada peta, mereka
dapat melihat jalan raya
yang ingin dilalui dalam
SAJITH menunjukkan ciri baharu Google Maps pada
komputer riba yang dilancarkan di Kuala Lumpur semalam.
keadaan sesak atau lancar
berdasarkan warna iaitu
merah menunjukkan keathan sangat sesak, kuning
untuk trafik perlahan dan
hijau untuk trafik lancar.
"Maklumat yang dipapar-
kan adalah terkini tetapi
buat masa ini, aliran trafik
yang ditunjukkan hanya untuk kawasan Lembah Kiang
dan is dirancang untuk diperluaskan," katanya pada
sidang akhbar di sini se-
KSSMO
Tarikh:
3 0 MAR 2012
1.
malam.
Peta Google Malaysia dilancarkan pada 2009 bagi
membantu pengguna mendapatkan maklumat geografik tempatan seperti peta,
imej satelit, laluan pemanduan, alamat kediaman dan
pusat perniagaan.
Ia bukan sahaja boleh diakses melalui komputer malah telefon bimbit dengan
hanya menaip kata kunci di
ruang carian.
Tambahnya, ciri Transit
pula menawarkan maklumat pengangkutan awam
termasuk pilihan bas, aliran
transit ringan, monorel dan
komuter.
Katanya, pengguna juga
dapat melihat lokasi perhentian has dan stesen kereta api berbanding sebelum ini hanya dibekalican maklumat perjalanan sekiranya seseorang itu berjalan kaki atau memandu.
Rajin belajar, bekerja bersungguh-sungguh perlu disemai - Dr. M
Amal nilai murni capai negara maju
Oleh SITI MAISARAH SHEIKH RAHIM
pengarang@utusan.com.rny
BANGI 29 Mac - Negara tidak akan mencapai status negara maju dalam masa singkat jika rakyat tidak berpegang kepada nilai-nilai mumi, kata bekas Perdana Menteri,
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.
Beliau berkata, antara nilai mumi yang perlu
disemai ialah sikap rajin belajar dan bekerja
secara bersimouh-sungguh serta berupaya
menghasilkan kualiti kerja yang terbaik.
Katanya, jika rakyat mempunyai nilai-nilai mumi tersebut termasuk mempunyai
sikap amanah, bekerja dengan balk dan
cedar tanggungjawab mereka terhadap negara, maka Malaysia akan dapat mencapai
matlamat yang diinginkan termasuk Wawasan 2020.
"Kalau kita berbuat sedemildan (amal
nilai-nilai murni), maka hari ini pun kita
boleh menjadi negara maju.
"Tetapi kita dapati sebahagian rakyat
Malaysia tidak mahu belajar dan bekerja
tidak mengikut kepuasan hati. Jadi kerana
tidak ada nilai-nilai mulia maka proses untuk memajukan negara mengambil masa
Yang [Julian&
"Sebaliknya, jika kita seperti orang Jepun
yang berusaha untuk memulihkan negara
yang telah hancur kerana perang, bekerja
dengan cukup balk dalam jangka masa pendek sahaja mereka dapat memulihkan negara sepenuhnya sehingga menjadi negara
kedua tennaju di dunia," katanya.
Beliau berkata demilcian pada sesi soal
jawab bersama pelajar PERMATApintar
pada program Bual Bicara Bersama Tun Dr.
Mahathir Mohamad di Kompleks PERMATApintar Negara Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), di sini hari ini.
Turut hadir ialah isterinya, Tun Dr. Siti
Hasmah Mohd. All dan Naib Canselor UKM,
Prof. Tan Sri Dr. Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin.
Dalam pada itu, Dr. Mahathir memuji
langkah kerajaan mewujudkan PERMATApintar Negara dalam usaha untuk mengasah
bakat pelajar yang akan menyumbang kepada kemajuan negara.
Bagaimanapun kata beliau, pada masa
sama, negara perlu membangunkan program pembangunan karakter baik iaitu seseorang berpegang kepada nilai-nilai hidup
yang baik.
In! kerana katanya, jika tidak ada pembangunan karakter seumpama itu, maka
ilmu yang diperoleh tidak akan digunakan
dengan cara betul.
"Aka kita tidak ada karakter yang balk, tidak
mengutamakan kebaikan, is mungkindigurrakan untuk tujuan tidak balk," katanya.
Mengenai program PERMATApintar Negara, Dr. Mahathir berkata, program tersebut amat penting kerana is dapat mengenal pasti pelajar yang berpotensi tinggi
dan berkebolehan luar biasa demi manfaat
kepada negara.
DR. Mahathir Mohamad dan Dr, Siti Hasmah Mohd. All melawat kelas sejarah PERMATApintar setepas program Bual Bkara bersama Bekas Perdana
Menteri di Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Bangi, semalam,
UTUSAN MALAYSIA
Tarikh: .
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ma 2012
Operas' TASKA tempat kerja kena ikut perubahan
SU berkaitan pembantu rumah, terutama
dari Indonesia yang membuat pelbagai
tuntutan yang tidak dipersetujui majikan di
negara ini mendesak kita mencari penyelesaian kepada masalah penjagaan anak bagi ibu bapa yang bekerja. Sudah tentu dalam mendepani permasalahan ini, kita harus
mengenal pasti penyelesaian praktikal dan
selamat supaya ibu yang bekerja untuk menampung perbelanjaan isi rumah dapat melaksanakan tugas mereka tanpa perlu risau
mengenai keadaan anak mereka. Antara satu usaha berkenaan dan boleh dilaksanakan
ialah dengan membenarkan pejabat kerajaan dan swasta membuka Taman Asuhan
Kanak-Kanak (TASKA) di premis masing-masing. Cara ini bukan saja memudahkan ibu
yang bekerja, bahkan membolehkan mereka
menjenguk anak mereka di TASKA pada
waktu rehat bagi memastikan anak mereka
berada di bawah jagaan pihak bertanggungjawab dan boleh dipercayai. Justeru,
peraturan yang mewajibkan semua bangunan Baru milik kerajaan mempunyai ruangan khas bagi menubuhkan TASKA seperti
yang diumumkan Timbalan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat,
Datuk Heng Seai Kie, di Parlirnen, kelmarin
sungguh melegakan. Selama ini, kerajaan
mendapati ketiadaan ruang sesuai menjadi
kekangan utama penubuhan TASKA berkenaan, selain kos pembiayaan tinggi serta
kesukaran mendapatkan pekerja dan pengasuh berkemahiran.
Antara ciri yang perlu dipatuhi dalam penubuhan TASKA ialah mesti menitikberatkan
faktor keselamatan, tidak terletak berhampiran tempat bahaya, persekitaran yang sihat dan mempunyai pembahagian bilik
yang sesuai. Setakat ini mengikut rekod kementerian terbabit, hanya 60 TASKA ditubuhkan di tempat kerja dalam sektor awam,
yang juga berdaftar dengan Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM). Kita mengalu-alukan cadangan insentif untuk sektor swasta
bagi menggalakkan penubuhan TASKA, iaitu
elaun bangunan perindustrian selama 10 tahun dan potongan cukai ke atas bangunan
yang digunakan bagi pusat asuhan kanakkanak selaras kempen Masyarakat Penyayang kerajaan. Langkah itu pastinya dapat
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menggalakkan wanita berkahwin mengisi
pasaran pekerjaan, selain memberi mereka
ketenangan fikiran ketika melaksanakan tugas di pejabat masing-masing. Sebagai usaha menambahbaik pentadbiran TASKA, adalah wajar satu jawatankuasa ditubuhkan
pada peringkat kementerian bagi membolehkan anggotanya mengkaji dengan teliti
garis panduan mengenai TASKA yang diwujudkan oleh Kementerian Sumber Manusia pada 1992 dan membandingkannya
dengan program sama yang dijalankan di
negara maju. Sewajarnya garis panduan sedia yang tidak lagi relevan dengan keperluan semasa dikaji semula dan diberi penambahbaikan bagi menggalakkan semua
majikan menyokong usaha murni ini.
76 syarikat sertai Program Ikrar Integriti Korporat untuk cegah rasuah
KUALA LUMPUR 29 Mac - Program
Ikrar Integriti Korporat (CIP) berjaya menghimpunkan penyertaan
76 syarikat swasta untuk bersama
kerajaan dalam Inisiatif Bidang
Keberhasilan Utama Negara
(NKRA) berkaitan Pencegahan Rasuah.
Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif, Unit
Pengurusan Prestasi dan Perlaksanaan (Pemandu), Datuk Seri Idris
Jala berkata, beliau yakin jumlah
penyertaan sektor korporat dalam
usaha itu dapat ditingkatkan menerusi kerjasama dengan Bursa Malaysia serta Suruhanjaya Sekuriti
(SC).
www.pemandu_gov.my
"Bagi pihak Pemandu kita telah
menetapkan indeks prestasi utama
barn untuk NKRA Pencegahan Ra-
suah dengan memastikan 100 peratus syarikat-syarikat berkepentingan Projek Permulaan (EPP) menandatangani CIP.
"Ketika ini, sebanyak 70 peratus
daripada 110 EPP di bawah Program
Transformasi Ekonomi (ETP) telah
menyaksikan syarikat-syarikat terlibat menandatangani CIP," katanya
pada sidang akhbar selepas Sesi Meja Bulat sempena Ulang Tahun Pertama CIP di Menara Integriti di sini
hari ini.
Menurut Idris, program CIP turut
diperluaskan kepada syarikat-syarikat industri kecil dan sederhana
(IKS) dengan kerajaan telah menya-
U US AN MALAYSIA
Tankh:
lurkan peruntukan untuk membantu syarikat-syarikat yang terpilih
dalam meningkatkan sistem tadbir
urus korporat.
Jelas beliau, selain CIP, Pemandu juga telah memperkenalkan 'Integrity Pact' yang mana kira-kira
136,000 syarikat telah menandatangani perjanjian tersebut bagi
menjamin ketelusan antara syarikat-syarikat yang menjadi vendor dan pembekal kepada kerajaan.
"Di sektor awam pula jawatan
Pegawai Integriti Korporat akan diperkenalkan di setiap kementerian
untuk memastikan usaha pencega-
han rasuah dapat dipertingkatkan,"
katanya.
Terdahulu dalam ucapannya, Idris yang juga Menteri di Jabatan
Perdana Menteri memberitahu,
amalan rasuah tidak dapat diatasi
dalam tempoh singkat dan usaha itu
memerlukan kerjasama erat daripada sektor awam, swasta, pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) dan
anggota masyarakat.
Bagaimanapun katanya, beliau
yakin setiap usaha menerusi NKRA
berkaitan Pencegahan Rasuah itu
dapat menjadi tembok yang men&
halang daripada amalan rasuah terus berlaku di negara ini.
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Bahasa cerminan
identiti, ilmu
bangsa - Dr. M
PUTRAJAYA 29 Mac - Bekas
Perdana Menteri, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed berkata, bahasa bukan sahaja mampu
memainkan peranan untuk
mengenal pasti identiti sesuatu bangsa tetapi menjadikan
sesuatu bangsa itu terpelajar.
Beliau berkata, sejarah telah membuktikan bagaimana
sesebuah tamadun itu berkembang pesat apabila rakyatnya berusaha mendalami mana-mana bahasa untuk menguasai ilmu pengetahuan.
"Kegemilangan Tamadun
Islam sebelum ini berpunca
daripada sikap orang Arab
yang memeluk Islam ketika
itu berusaha mendalami bahasa Greek yang dianggap sebagai bahasa ilmu dan mereka
telah menterjemahkannya ke
dalam bahasa Arab.
"Keadaan itu telah menyebabkan bahasa Arab dikenali
sebagai bahasa ilmu sehingga
menarik ramai orang Eropah
mendalaminya bagi menguasai ilmu yang ada," katanya
ketika berucap merasmikan
Seminar Pendidikan Melayu
Antarabangsa anjuran Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
di sini hari ini.
Turut hadir Ketua Menteri
Melaka, Datuk Seri Ali Mohd
Rustam; Menteri Besar Perlis,
Datuk Seri Dr. Md. Isa Sabu
dan Naib Canselor UniMAP,
Prof. Datuk Dr. Kamarudin
Hussin.
Seminar tiga hari itu yang
bermula hari ini bertemakan
Mentransformasi Aspirasi Pendidikan, Menginovasi Penciptaan Warisan.
Justeru, Dr. Mahathir berkata, masyarakat yang fanatik
kepada bahasa sendiri akan
menyebabkan mereka ketinggalan bukan hanya dari segi
pembangunan tetapi juga penguasaan ilmu pengetahuan.
Malah beliau menambah,
sikap sedemikian juga akan
menyebabkan bahasa tersebut sukar untuk berkembang
dan dikuasai oleh bangsa
lain.
"Walaupun bahasa ilmu
hari ini adalah bahasa Inggeris
tetapi tidak bermakna bahasa
Melayu perlu kita pinggirkan,
kita mesti pupuk bahasa itu
kerana mungkin satu masa
nanti, is akan menjadi bahasa
ilmu," katanya.
UTUSAN MALAYSIA
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Penarafan bintang DIP/
kepada PBT tahun depan
Tinjauan nilai guna bahasa Melayu di tempat awam
Oleh Nazmi Yaakub
bhnews@bliarian.com.my
UALA LUMPUR: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP)
akan memberikan penarafan bintang kepada pihak berkuasa
tempatan (PBT) di seluruh negara
mulai tahun depan bagi menilai
penggunaan bahasa kebangsaan di
tempat awam.
Ketua Pengarahnya, Dr Awang
Sariyan, berkata penilaian itu
membabitkan penamaan jalan, taman dan bangunan serta papan tanda dan iklan.
"Pihak kami akan membuat tinjauan secara terpilih di lokasi tertentu dalam lingkungan dan kuasa
di bawah PBT dengan membuat rakaman dalam bentuk gambar dan
video.
"Tinjauan itu akan melihat kepada peratusan penggunaan bahasa
kebangsaan di tempat awam dan
mutu bahasa yang digunakan termasuk ejaan, pilihan perkataan dan
frasa serta ayat," katanya kepada
Berita Harlan semalam.
K
Awang berkata, laporan penarafan bintang PBT itu akan dibawa
kepada Jawatankuasa Pelaksanaan
Bahasa Kebangsaan (JPBK) yang
dipengerusikan Timbalan Perdana
Menteri, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin,
selain dilaporkan kepada media
massa.
"Dengan membentangkannya dalam JPBK, saya yakin PBT pasti
berlumba-lumba untuk mendapat-
Pihak kami akan membuat
tinjauan secara terpilih
di lokasi tertentu dalam
lingkungan dan kuasa
di bawah PBT dengan
membuat rakaman dalam
bentuk gambar dan video's
Awang Sariyan
Ketua Pengarah DBP
BERIT
Tarikh
kan bintang kerana sekiranya gagal, sudah tentu memperlihatkan
seolah-olah tidak bertanggungjawab terhadap dasar bahasa kebangsaan.
"Saya yakin jika penarafan bintang dan audit bahasa diterima serta dilaksanakan dengan betul-betul,
kita akan nampak lonjakan semangat dan iltizam masyarakat untuk
menggunakan bahasa kebangsaan
dengan baik dalam tempoh dua tahun," katanya.
Mengenai mekanisme pemantauan dan penilaian, katanya, penarafan yang mendapat kerjasama Kementerian Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan serta kerajaan negeri itu, boleh menggunakan
mekanisme sedia ada, iaitu pejabat
DBP Wilayah dan Cawangan serta
Munshi Dewan di seluruh negara.
"Menarik juga, apabila sudah ada
rakan yang menawarkan diri untuk
menjadi pasukan sukarelawan bahasa yang diberikan tugas secara
tidak rasmi untuk mencatat dan
mengambil gambar kesalahan bahasa," katanya.