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- M'sian students in Syria to be evacuated
- Hazy days ahead
- Ministry to discuss safety guidelines with media employers
| M'sian students in Syria to be evacuated Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:58 AM PDT PETALING JAYA; The Government has decided to evacuate Malaysian students in Syria in view of the prevailing situation there, said the Foreign Ministry in a statement Wednesday. The ministry also advised Malaysians to postpone unessential travel to Syria until the security situation normalised. It said the Government was bringing the students back home as a precautionary measure to ensure their safety and security as well as avoid any untoward incidents. "The evacuation process is to be done in stages, beginning from the middle of September. "The entire exercise is being coordinated by the ministry and the National Security Council together with the Malaysian embassy in Damascus," said the statement. The ministry said it was still closely monitoring the developments on the security situation in Syria following the on-going protests and demonstrations. It added the embassy was also working closely with the Malaysian Students Association in Syria. At present, all 220 Malaysian students registered with the embassy are safe. |
| Posted: 07 Sep 2011 07:18 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Some parts of the country will be experiencing hazy conditions for several days as no rain is expected those areas for five consecutive days. The areas are Arau (Perlis), Kota Setar (Kedah), Seberang Perai Utara (Penang), Kinta and Manjung (Perak), Kepong, Klang, Petaling and Sabak Bernam (Selangor), Batu Pahat (Johor) and Miri (Sarawak), said the Meteorological Department in a statement Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Department of Environment (DOE) said hazy condition that enveloped the Klang Valley, northern states, Malacca, Negri Sembilan and several areas in Pahang in the morning was due haze from fires in Sumatra, Indonesia. It urged the public to refrain from carrying out open burning and help put out small fire and report any open burning activities to the Fire and Rescue Department at 999 or the DOE at toll-free 1-800-88-2727. Until 11am, the Air Pollutant Index (API) in 14 areas in the country recorded a good level and 38 a moderate level, said the DOE. Among areas which recorded a moderate API level were Shah Alam, Selangor (84), Sekolah Kebangsaan Jalan Pegoh, Ipoh (83) and Port Klang (81) while good API level was registered in Sarikei (30), Sri Aman (31) and Kuching (32) (all Sarawak). - Bernama |
| Ministry to discuss safety guidelines with media employers Posted: 07 Sep 2011 05:33 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Resources Ministry will discuss with media employers, creating guidelines to ensure the safety of journalists accompanying humanitarian aid missions abroad. Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam said the guidelines were to prevent media practitioners from becoming victims when covering events in high risk areas. "Among aspects to be taken into account are the location, training needed and accuracy of information given to journalists before covering events. "This is to ensure that employers provide the necessary equipment to safeguard the health and safety of journalists," he said after handing over RM1,500 funeral expenses by Social Security Organisation (Socso) to the heirs of BernamaTV cameraman Noramfaizul Mohd Nor at the family home here Wednesday. Also present were his deputy, Datuk Maznah Mazlan and Putera 1Malaysia Club president Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim. Since pressmen were constantly put at risk, he said the guidelines were to ensure that journalists took all safety measures to avoid the unfortunate incident that befell Noramfaizul. "We want them to carry out duties in a safe condition because we want journalists to write and deliver news, not become part of the news," he said. Noramfaizul, 39, died when hit by a sniper shot during Putera 1Malaysia Club humanitarian aid mission to help the people of famine-struck Somalia. - Bernama |
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