The Star Online: Metro: South & East
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- Relationship between neighbours worsens despite signing peace agreement
- Sharks facing extinction in Sabah, says expert
- Incentive for students in sports
| Relationship between neighbours worsens despite signing peace agreement Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:31 AM PDT JOHOR BARU: A feud between two neighbours in Taman Bukit Tropika, Ulu Tiram near here had worsen despite both parties signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to forgo their grudges. The neighbours are still giving each other cold shoulders after making peace a few weeks ago. Their effort were heavily publicised on June 13 as it was the first documented case in the country where feuding neighbours had decided to put their peace on paper. Residents Ng Chee Leng, 33, and Yong Nguong Ping, 43, were at 'war' for three years due to minor misunderstandings. Petty issues such as barking dogs belonging to Yong and a loud air-condition unit from his home became Ng's daily grouse. "Frankly speaking, the MoU does not change the situation as my neighbour left me a hand-written letter on June 28 complaining about my creaking door," Yong told StarMetro. He alleged that Ng had also mentioned about appointing a lawyer and is planning to sue Yong over the matter. "There won't be an end to this unless one of us moves out," he said. When contacted, Ng declined to comment. Johor Baru MCA public complaints bureau chief Michael Tay who mediated both parties, had urged them to cooperate with each other and avoid taking legal action as it would worsen the situation. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Sharks facing extinction in Sabah, says expert Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:31 AM PDT KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment's proposed ban on trade in shark fins should be welcomed and implemented fast said a researcher in fishermen's socio-economy and Sabah's maritime civilisation. Associate Prof Dr Ismail Ali of Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) added that Sabah's waters were at one time – rich in various species of shark including the grey bamboo shark (ikan yu), but are now facing extinction due to overfishing for their fins, meat and jaw. Ismail, who is also dean of UMS' Centre for the Promotion of Knowledge and Language Learning, said overfishing of sharks was due to the high demand from hotels and well-known restaurants in the state as many tourists from Hong Kong, Korea, China and Japan enjoyed shark's fin soup. He added that based on Sabah's maritime history, fishing and trading in sharks existed since the Sulu sultanate in the 18th century. "Besides meeting the high demand of the China market for shark fins, sharks are also caught to make salted or dried fish, with Kudat, Sandakan and Semporna being the top producers in the state for these items." Ismail cited Semporna, as an example where catching sharks for their fins was routine work, while his research found shark fins being dried openly at many of the wet markets in the state. "Shops proudly display shark fins to attract consumers while shark jaws are also in demand as decorative or display items," he observed. On the effects of fishing and trading in sharks, Ismail said it should be curbed as the presence of sharks in Sabah's waters was important for balancing the marine ecosystem and biodiversity. "If fishing of sharks continues to be rampant, it will give a negative image to the Sabah government which at the same time, is promoting its marine treasures to the world as an attraction." He said many countries in the west had since, a long time ago, banned fishing and trading in sharks as they realised the impact of these activities on the marine ecosystem and on humans themselves. — Bernama Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
| Incentive for students in sports Posted: 06 Jul 2011 01:30 AM PDT KUALA TERENGGANU: All students in the state who are actively involved in sports would receive a monthly allowance of RM60 as an incentive to improve their performance. State Youth and Sports Committee Chairman Rozi Mamat said at the moment there were about 700 such students, especially at the Bukit Nenas Sports School in Setiu. "This does not include students who are in high performance sports as they will be awarded with other incentives," he said at a thanksgiving ceremony on being the 2011 Malaysian Games champion here recently. Rozi added that the allowance would involved an allocation of about RM600,000 a year. – Bernama. Full Feed Generated by Get Full RSS, sponsored by USA Best Price. |
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