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- Unisel hostels ordered to close for upgrading
- Syabas expects water supply to resume in a week
- Second RM100 school aid to start Jan 15
| Unisel hostels ordered to close for upgrading Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:48 AM PST KLANG: Universiti Selangor (Unisel) hostels in Bestari Jaya have been ordered to be closed by the Public Works Department (PWD) and the Auditor-General's Department pending upgrading work. The university's vice-chancellor Prof Anuar Ahmad said students who had already registered would be placed in five places near the university. "Students will be placed at Azalea Court, Bandar Tasik Puteri (girls hostel), Asrama Unisel Kota Puteri, bungalows and semi-detached houses in Bukit Minyak Bestari Jaya, Taman Ilmu Bestari Jaya and Mega-Crystal Resort, Kuala Selangor. "Each student will have to pay RM200 every month, which includes transportation, utilities and other services," he said in a statement carried in the university's website on Wednesday. He said students could look for their own accommodation if they wished. It is learnt that many students and parents were upset over the matter. State exco in charge of education Dr Halimah Ali is expected to issue a statement on this matter on Thursday. |
| Syabas expects water supply to resume in a week Posted: 02 Jan 2013 05:40 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) expect water supply that affected more than half a million people in 90 areas around the city, will resume fully within a week. Syabas Chief Executive Officer Datuk Ruslan Hassan said the breakdown in two pump houses in Wangsa Maju and Pudu Hulu Baru would be addressed soon but the water distribution process to affected areas would take a week. "The water distribution process to affected areas after the repair works are carried out will take at least a weak...some times we need to refill the pipes and empty pools," he told a media conference, here on Wednesday. Ruslan said 40 Syabas water tankers were provided in addition to rented water tankers from the City Hall (DBKL) and private sector, to deliver water to the public. "I have also met the Selangor government and they have also agreed to send seven water tankers (to provide water supply)," he said. Syabas has also located 110 static tanks in strategic locations in the vicinity of the affected areas to facilitate the public to obtaining water supply, he added. Commenting on the breakdown at the pump houses, Ruslan said the damage at the Wangsa Maju pump house occurred on Dec 29, followed by the second breakdown which was detected at 3.15pm on Tuesday. The water problem worsened when the Pudu Hulu Baru pump house experienced a breakdown on its main switchboard at 1.30pm on Tuesday, believed to be after maintenance work at an electrical substation near Tenaga Nasional Berhad. Among areas affected are Datuk Keramat City Hall Flat, Jalan Semarak, Kampung Pandan Dalam, Taman Shamelin, Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Desa Pandan, Taman Tenaga, Taman Miharja and Jalan Ampang Hilir. Taman Muda, Taman Seraya, Taman Bukit Permai, Taman Melur, Taman Teratai, Taman Mega Jaya, Taman Saga and Kampung Cheras Baru. Kampung Kemensah, Kampung Baru Ampang, Taman Datuk Ahmad Razali, Bukit Indah, Taman Rasmi Jaya, Taman Watan, Wangsa Melawati, Taman Bukit Ampang, Taman Ampang Mewah, Ukay Heights and Beverly Heights. - Bernama |
| Second RM100 school aid to start Jan 15 Posted: 02 Jan 2013 04:47 AM PST NILAI: The second RM100 school aid will be paid out starting Jan 15, said Deputy Education Minister Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi on Wednesday. He said the Ministry had issued a circular on the matter reminding the school authorities to not make any deductions for any Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) or other payments. "The RM100 must be distributed to the students' parents. It's up to them if they want to use the money to pay PTA fees. The school has no right to deduct the money," he told reporters here. Mohd Puad had earlier visited Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Batang Benar, SK Sendayang and Tunku Kurshiah College (TKC) near here in conjunction with the first day of school for the 2013 session on Wednesday. Apart from the five million students in government schools the RM100 would also be distributed to students in government-aided, private, and religious schools. The aid was announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also Finance Minister, in the 2013 Budget for all primary and secondary students, following the first RM100 which was provided in 2012. - Bernama |
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