The Star Online: Metro: South & East
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- Teochew group to collect rent for education fund
- Aid for flood victims
- Weather phenomenon in Teluk Lipat uproots trees and damages road
| Teochew group to collect rent for education fund Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:17 PM PST BATU PAHAT: The Teochew Association here wants to earn more for its education fund by building a new shophouse for rent. Its chairman Tan Pan Poo said the association had raised RM600,000 to construct a three-storey building next to its existing office in Jalan Soga. "We hope to collect at least RM8,000 every month for our association's education fund. "A scholarship fund will be created with the stable income from the rent," he said at a ground breaking ceremony for the new building on Sunday. Also present at the event were MCA president cum medical advisor of the association Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, Penggaram assemblyman Datuk Koh Chee Chai and local community leaders. Tan said the association had contributed RM200,000 to some 400 primary and secondary students last year. "We also paid a portion of the study loan to eight university students," he said. The education fund, added Tan, was established in 1975 to encourage young people to further their studies. He also thanked the public who had contributed funds for the new building. "We raised RM300,000 during the association's 71st anniversary celebration last year," he said. The Teochew association's committee took two years to plan the project and construction of the new building is expected to commence after Chinese New Year. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:11 PM PST MUAR: The Johor Welfare Department had deployed some 1,000 personnel to provide assistance to flood relief centres and affected villages. State Women, Family, Health and Community Development Committee chairman Dr Robia Kosai said that 700 of them were volunteers. She added that the department's main focus was to provide food, blankets and other necessities to the relief centres and villagers. In the Endau-Rompin National Park where roads are closed to traffic, the department had deployed helicopters to deliver supplies to orang asli settlements. "We are happy to report that all relief centres and affected villages, including orang asli settlements in Kluang and Mersing were relieved by the supplies. "Public awareness on safety and security is high and there is no casualty to date," she said at the presentation of awards to excellent in-community rehabilitation centres in the state for this year. Dr Robia said as of today, some 1,199 villagers from 296 families in Segamat, Batu Pahat and Mersing are still seeking shelter at 16 relief centres. She added that the victims also included 232 orang asli in Mersing and 254 in the Kluang district. In relation to the relief efforts, Johor welfare department director Khatijah Abdullah commended the volunteers who braved the bad weather to provide assistantance to flood victims in the state. She said the volunteers had not only helped in the distribution of supplies, they also ensured that the villagers, especially their children, were safe. "We appreciate their contributions and would like to thank them for helping the department during the current flood season," she added. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Weather phenomenon in Teluk Lipat uproots trees and damages road Posted: 29 Dec 2011 04:18 PM PST DUNGUN: High-tide and huge waves that hit part of the state's coastline was reported as the worst ever in 50 years. The weather phenomenon which is forecasted to last until next month had destroyed part of the Teluk Lipat beach here. Checks showed that scores of Casuarina trees which is part of the landscape here had fallen and sections of the main road linking motorists to a nearby educational institution was also damaged by the waves. A distance of three kilometres of damaged the road along the shoreline was closed to traffic by the local authority. Foodstall operator Ahmad Fauzi Ismail who had been doing business in Teluk Lipat for 26 years said part of the road gradually collapsed over the past four days due to erosion. He added that people are worried about their safety due to the strange weather phenomenon. "This area is usually hit by huge waves each year, but not to the extent of damaging the road and uprooting trees. "What is worrying, is the fact that sea water have risen to the road level and is only a few metres away from the shops here," he added. Trader Rosli Busu, 42, hoped that the relevant authorities could solve the problem immediately as the situation was dangerous to road users, especially at night. He added that despite warning signs placed along the road, embankment work needed to be carried out fast as the high-tide is forecast worsen. "If the waves continue to erode the soil under the road, it might cave-in." Despite the apparent dangers, people continue to throng the area to witness the huge waves that destroyed Teluk Lipat's shoreline. – Bernama. Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
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