Nationwide study on landslides / Farmers and vegetable prices

Nationwide study on landslides
Saturday November 3, 2007

Thirty slope stability and landslide experts are conducting a nationwide study to identify landslide-prone areas, said Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu.

Tamil Nesan reported him as saying that they included engineers from the slope-engineering unit of the Public Works Department who are equipped with the latest gadgets to monitor soil movement.

He said that the study was expected to be ready by April and the Government was hopeful that it would help address slope-related problems in the country.

He said that when the master plan was ready, it would have an early warning system at locations considered dangerous to alert the public of possible landslide hazards.

Vegetables prices fall, farmers income reduced

> Cameron Highlands vegetable farmers are willing to sell their produce directly to traders without the services of middlemen, Malaysia Nanban reported.

Due to the recent fall in prices, middlemen only offered to purchase beans at RM1 per kilo, tomatoes at 30 sen per kilo and cabbages at 80 sen per kilo and these vegetables had been sold to traders at higher prices.

Vegetable sellers in Teluk Intan said they had to sell the beans at RM6 per kilo, tomatoes at RM2 per kilo and cabbages at RM2 per kilo to consumers because the vegetables were bought at higher prices from the middlemen. -- The Star Nation.