The Star Online: Metro: South & East
The Star Online: Metro: South & East |
| Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:26 AM PDT SERVICE DISRUPTION Residents staying in Taman Seri Tengah, Kluang will experience telecommunication disruptions tomorrow and Sept 25 due to service upgrading works in the area. Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) expects the 24-hour disruption to be between 10pm on Saturday until 10pm on Sunday. For details, call TM at 100 or email to help@tm.com.my. WATER CUT There will be a 12-hour water disruption in Johor Jaya and Tampoi areas tomorrow due to maintenance works at the Sungai Johor water treatment plant. The disruption, which is expected to begin from noon until midnight, will affect Taman Desa Cemerlang, Industri Cemerlang, Taman Desa Tebrau, Jalan Dedap in Taman Johor Jaya, Taman Delima and Rumah Murah Taman Delima and Taman Tampoi Indah. For details, call the SAJ toll free line at 1 800 88 7474 or SMS to 019-772 7474 or email at customer.care@saj.com.my. HEALTH SCREENING Pantai Hospital Ayer Keroh (PHAK) will be having a free health screening at Menara Taming Sari tomorrow from 8am to 1pm in conjunction with the MTA Adventure Walk Fun Hunt 2011. All are welcome for the basic three point health check (blood glucose, blood pressure and body fat analysis/BMI). PHAK's dietitian will be present to provide free consultation. For details, call 06-232 1782/0072. SIGN LANGUAGE Those wishing to learn sign language can attend classes organised by Johor Deaf Association at 64-01 Susur Larkin Perdana 2, Larkin Perdana Johor Baru. For details, call 07 232 0464. Change of number The Muar Inland Revenue Department at Sungai Abong here has changed its telephone number from 06-9527000 to 06-9563100, beginning June 1. Handicraft's lure Looking for unique and beautifully carved wooden and traditional batek and ceramic products for souvenirs or home decoration? Check out the Pahang Handicraft Corporation complex at Kampung Pandan II, Kuantan-Terengganu bypass. Opens from Monday to Friday, 8am-5pm. For details, call 09-538 5677. Zero waste zone Kuantan Municipal Council (MPK) had launched the Zero Waste Zone 2011 and it is MPK's aspiration to ensure that Kuantan Town Centre becomes a zero waste zone from Jalan Tanah Putih in front of Giant Hypermarket to Teluk Cempedak. For details, call 09-5121 555/666. Cancer counselling Mahkota Medical Centre will be providing comprehensive cancer counselling services for free to the public, in collaboration with Malacca Cancer Society, every Friday from 4-6pm at No.76, Jalan Taman Melaka Raya 25, Taman Melaka Raya, Malacca. For details, call 06-285 2931 (Dr Sanjeev), 06-285 2975 (Dr Jayendran) or 06-285 0988 (Michaelina/Koh). |
| Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:26 AM PDT KUALA TERENGGANU: The Terengganu Sukma team has started preparations ahead of next year's Sukma competition in Pahang, in order to retain its status as champions. The state Sports Council director Zainal Abidin Hussin said preparations had reached the final stages with the list of athletes to be finalised by Dec. "We have also imported coaches from South Korea, Indonesia and China as part of our mission to strengthen the athletes' performance. "An Indonesian coach will guide the state's badminton team while coaches from China and South Korea will coach the gymnastic and taekwondo squads respectively," he told pressmen at the council's Hari Raya open house here recently. Zainal said the state had not set a specific target for the number of medals but they are confident of retaining the championship. "The state's contingent will comprise of experienced athletes as well as up and coming ones. "We are expected to send a big contingent in order to become champions after being successful for the past three times," he said. Zainal urged all managers in their respective field of sports to be ready with systematic training regimes, in line with the goal of positioning Terengganu as a national sports powerhouse. "The spirit and morale of the athletes are high. "We are very confident of winning at next year's Sukma but complacency is not an option," he said. |
| State to be part of global event to go green Posted: 23 Sep 2011 02:26 AM PDT KOTA KINABALU : Sabah will join thousands worldwide in advocating renewable energy through a local fun-filled event at the First Beach Cafe in Tanjung Aru tomorrow. The local programme is among hundreds of Moving Planet events that will be carried out in over 150 countries to mark a day for the global community to move beyond fossil fuels and to renewable energy. Green SURF (Sabah Unite to Re-Power the Future) is inviting the public to support the half day event that starts at 9am and to use the opportunity to learn about renewable energy and to participate in drawing posters with messages that reflect our dependence on fossilfuels is damaging the environment. The coalition of non-governmental organisations would compile the posters which would be displayed at an event next year. Green SURF spokesperson Cynthia Ong said it was important for the public to participate directly in sending a strong message on why there was an urgent need for more renewable energy projects to take off in Malaysia, and the world. "We encourage the public in Sabah to engage in the renewable energy and fossil fuel conservation because it is of local and global relevance, especially at this time. "Come to this event and draw your messages. Bring your children, bring your ideas, bring your own materials if you can, and be part of this exciting movement. "The Government has initiated policies that push for renewable energy, and is taking positive steps and we are supporting this by initiating and mobilising a wider participation from civil society, Ong said in a statement. The event ends at 1pm will also feature a solar hybrid demonstration model created by renewable energy solutions provider Adrian Lasimbang of Era Wira Sdn Bhd, a beach clean-up and a Zumbadance performance led by fitness instructor Michelle Koh. Green SURF registered its Say YES To Renewable Energy event with 350.org, an international grassroots campaign aimed at mobilising people to bring carbon dioxide emissions back down to and below the scientifically-determined safe level of 350 parts per million (ppm), from the current 391ppm level. Ong said Green SURF's effort to take part in the global event was in line with the coalition's plan to facilitate renewable energy projects in Sabah, and nationwide. "With our wide network, we are in the position to become a movement that offers solutions. "We are already spearheading exciting renewable energy projects including a Southeast Asia Clean Energy Summit in 2012," she said. To learn more about the event, visit the Say YES to RenewableEnergy! page on Facebook, or email the organisers at nocoal.sabah@gmail.com. For details about 350.orgs Moving Planet,visit www.moving-planet.org. |
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