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- DBKK encourages corporate sector to adopt state’s attractions
- Food galore at 1 Malaysia festival
- A muddy day for teachers, students
| DBKK encourages corporate sector to adopt state’s attractions Posted: 16 Nov 2011 06:41 PM PST KOTA KINABALU: The City Hall (DBKK) invited corporate bodies to adopt tourist attractions around the state capital as part of the effort to preserve them. Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir said these companies could do so through their corporate social responsibility (CSR) programmes to ensure these areas are preserved, clean and equipped with public facilities. "There are several corporate bodies which are collaborating with us to clean up beaches and provide facilities and we want to expand this collaboration to cover more companies so that together we can embark on beautifying and cleaning up the city. "I call on corporate bodies to help maintain these attractions so as to encourage more visitors to come to Sabah," he said when met after closing the ExxonMobil community project at Likas Bay Beach, here. Some 80 volunteers comprising ExxonMobil employees, Esso service station dealers and their families carried held a gotong-royong at the 2km-long beach where they picked up rubbish, painted afresh public amenities such as benches, rubbish bins and 13 existing BBQ pits and put up signages reminding the public not to litter. Present were ExxonMobil Subsidiaries in Malaysia Business Services Director, Fatimah Merican who is also patron of the company's community project. Abidin said littering remained a problem in Kota Kinabalu beaches but not to the extent of discouraging visitors. "Nevertheless we are addressing the matter. But all quarters should play their role in keeping the beach clean," he said. In relation to the programme, Fatimah said ExxonMobil spent over RM2mil to carry out CSR programmes nationwide, focusing on four aspects namely human capital, energy literacy, safety in workplace and good governance. "We have been carrying out CSR programmes in Sabah since 2004 and this is our fifth project in the state. It is important to give back to the society where we operate," she said. – Bernama. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Food galore at 1 Malaysia festival Posted: 16 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PST JOHOR BARU: Food lovers can delight in a large spread of hawker foods during the upcoming 1 Malaysia Food Festival to be held here from Dec 3 to Dec 4. State Tourism and Domestic Trade committee chairman Hoo Seong Chang said that more than 200 hawkers would be participating in the state level festival this year with a wide spread of food items. "The festival organised by the Tourism Ministry is aimed at promoting unique local dishes to tourists and will include signature Malay, Chinese and Indian local food items," he said. He was speaking to reporters during a press conference held at the South Johor Mobile Petty Traders Association office in Taman Johor Jaya here yesterday. Hoo said that the stalls would be located at Johor Jaya and will operate from 4pm to 12 pm. "The stalls will also be divided to halal and non-halal sections to make it easier for patrons to enjoy their favourite dishes with peace of mind," he said. He added that the event was expected to attract more than 200,000 visitors and the festival would also be officiated by Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen on Dec 3. "The whole area along Jalan Dedap 13 will be temporarily closed to make way for festival and residents are advised to take not of the closure," he said. Hoo said that the road would be closed on Dec 2 from 6am to 10pm, Dec 3 from 3 pm to 12pm and Dec 4 from 3pm to 5am the next day. "Other than offering a large array of food, the festival would also include special choir performances, dances and even a magic show to keep visitors entertained," he said. Those who have quiries about the event or require additional information are requested to contact the festival organiser at 019-771 4649. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| A muddy day for teachers, students Posted: 16 Nov 2011 05:23 PM PST JOHOR BARU: About 400 students and teachers at SJKC Nam Heng got down and dirty to make 10,000 effective micro-organism (EM) mud balls to be used in treating water sources in the Seri Alam area. The participants laughed in glee as they spent the day squatting beside piles of mud and EM to make the mud balls. Year five pupil Hia Jia Yi said that prior to the programme, she had no idea what EM was. "I had fun making the mud balls and it was more meaningful after hearing about their functions and how they could be used to make the earth greener," she quipped. Hia's classmate Lim Cheng Wei, 11, said he would bring his knowledge home and tell his parents about the use of EM. "Now I how important it is to be kind to the earth and I try my best to recycle in future," he said. The school was the first from five schools in Seri Alam approached by property developers Seri Alam Properties Sdn in efforts to widen the use of EM to promote awareness about saving the earth. Its general manager Frankie Tan Kiat How said that the initiative was the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR) in reaching a target of 50,000 mudballs by February, next year. "The mud balls would be thrown into the five water sources in Seri Alam to treat and clean the water in an environmentally-friendly way. "Of course 50,000 is not enough, but we are starting slow and hopefully the public would also pick up on the habit of using EM," he said. Tan added that as an incentive, schools would be given RM0.10 per mud ball made and if more than 10,000 mud balls are made, schools would receive RM0.15 per ball. Meanwhile, Johor Jaya assemblyman Tan Cher Puk, who launched the programme, said it was a good idea to approach schools, as it is important to educate the children about green living. "Their efforts reflected their eagerness to take care of the environment and it is high time that we come together and play our parts in saving the earth," he added. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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