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- Penangites throng Esplanade for thanksgiving rally
- Clean water supply decreasing, says Syabas
- EC reminds GE13 candidates of Sunday deadline to remove campaign materials
| Penangites throng Esplanade for thanksgiving rally Posted: 18 May 2013 08:55 AM PDT GEORGE TOWN: The state government's rally to thank voters drew a large crowd of Pakatan Rakyat supporters at the Esplanade in Padang Kota lama here on Saturday. The supporters, mostly clad in black attire, had arrived as early as 6.30pm to hear the speakers, among them, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, state DAP chairman Chow Kon Yeow, PKR advisor Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and DAP adviser Lim Kit Siang. The rally, with the theme One Person, One Vote, Same Democracy,' was held to thank the voters in Penang for their support in the May 5 general election. In his speech, Kit Siang announced the "Malaysian 3 Movement" to be launched in Gelang Patah on Sunday. "The movement is to achieve the dream to unite all Malaysians," he said. Earlier, DAP national chairman Karpal Singh said the rally did not need a permit as it is a state function. "It is a gathering to introduce the new exco lineup. That is the purpose of the assembly. "I have had a word with chief minister Lim Guan Eng who wrote a letter this morning informing the police of the purpose of the gathering," he said. "The state government has the right to organise a rally like this at the Penang Esplanade which is under the jurisdiction of the Penang Municipal Council," he said. |
| Clean water supply decreasing, says Syabas Posted: 18 May 2013 08:01 AM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Supply of clean water in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur is steadily decreasing due to water treatment plants reaching maximum production levels, according to Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas). It said the treatment plants could no longer cater to increasing demand from consumers. "The problem is not linked to rainfall or supply of raw water which are sufficient," the company said in a statement here. Syabas said the decrease in water levels at several ponds in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur were obvious following the unexpected demand, which exceeded the production of treated water. As a result of this situation, Syabas has requested for the operators of all treatment plants namely Puncak Niaga (M) Sdn Bhd, Syarikat Pengeluar Air Sungai Selangor (Splash) and Konsortium Abbas Sdn Bhd (ABBAS) to maximise their output from existing water treatment plants. "Even so, water treatment plants are already operating at maximum and some are overloaded, to help the situation we are facing," the statement said. On allegations made by Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh that Syabas' services were poor and led to water issues which affected SS14 to SS19 in Subang Jaya recently, Syabas said they did not notify consumers in the areas as the water disruption was not scheduled. The water disruption occurred as a result of sudden drop in water levels at the Subang Airport reservoir since Tuesday, leaving it at a critical level following increasing demand for water due to the hot weather, said Syabas. Syabas said they activated their Green Code Emergency Action Plan in Petaling on Tuesday to allow them to take action to help consumers facing water disruption. Besides re-organising water distribution, water supply was also sent through 10 tanker lorries which made deliveries 22 times and the problem was resolved on Thursday, it added. - Bernama |
| EC reminds GE13 candidates of Sunday deadline to remove campaign materials Posted: 18 May 2013 07:17 AM PDT PETALING JAYA: Candidates of the 13th general election have until tomorrow to remove their flags, banners and posters or risk losing their deposits. Election Commission (EC) deputy chairman Datuk Wan Ahmad Wan Omar said political parties and all candidates were given 14 days after the May 5 polling day to clean up their election paraphernalia. "All the candidates are fully aware that they will lost their poster deposits if the materials are not cleaned up by tomorrow. "We do not want these election materials to clog the drains more so when there is heavy rain. "The materials must be removed to the satisfaction of local authorities. They and their party agents have been given enough reminders," he said. On Monday, the local authorities would start informing state election directors of which candidates have yet to remove the materials. The candidates deposited RM5,000 and RM3,000 for parliamentary and state seats respectively for the cleaning up of the materials. |
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