As a regular to any coffee shop, we all know how easy it is for the food operator to raise price. Just any excuse, like the recent fuel price hike, instantly resulted in various drinks increasing by 10 cents. The increase looks paltry so most consumer just pays up, though we just make feeble attempts at protest.
Well not so with the restaurant eatery in the news below in Cameron Highlands. One up for the consumer? Nah, it is just a matter of time before inflation catches up and our disposable income as well as savings just get smaller as time goes by.
Restaurant in hot water for charging 10 sen more
Tuesday March 14, 2006
IPOH: A restaurant operator will be prosecuted for charging a Perak Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs enforcement officer 10 sen extra for roti canai.
Department director Mohd Khalis Kasim said the officer had posed as a customer at the restaurant in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, after receiving a complaint from the public on Sunday.
“According to receipts issued by the restaurant operator, customers were charged RM1 per piece of roti canai although the price list displayed at the restaurant stated only RM0.90 each.
“The operator in Tanah Rata was also found to have been charging a different price from the price list for roti puri,” he told reporters at the Kinta City Shopping Centre here yesterday.
He said the restaurant owner would be charged under Section 14(2) of the Trade Description Act 1972, which carries a fine of up to RM100,000 or a maximum three-year jail term, or both.
Earlier, Mohd Khalis headed a team to inspect prices at the shopping centre’s food court.
“None of the 15 stalls at the food court was found to have raised prices.
“We did, however, receive complaints from the public that drinking water sold there is slightly higher at RM1.50 per 500ml bottle,” he said.
The department, he said, was going all-out to keep tabs on food prices in Perak and the Cameron Highlands following the rise in fuel costs.
“We are checking on wholesalers, producers, hypermarkets, supermarkets, mini markets, restaurants, food stalls, food courts, bus stations and lay-bys along the expressway,” he said.
“Canteens at schools, institutions of higher learning and hospitals will not be spared.”
Source: The Star
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Lake clean-up results in pollution
Is progress necessary good? Well it is fine line between having people with jobs so they have a comfotable living while still trying to protect the enviroment.
But it is so difficult to maintain the enviroment. If only the people take care during their construction it would not result in the badly silted lake situation at the Ringlet Lake. Now when the authorities tried to repair the damage, it caused some other effect downstream. Read on...
Clean-up results in pollution
By MAZNI MUSTAFA
Saturday March 11, 2006
IPOH: Efforts by Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) to clean up the polluted Ringlet Lake in Cameron Highlands has ironically resulted in pollution downstream at Jor Dam in Bernam.
Unless measures are taken to overcome the sedimentation problem, the Perak Water Board (LAP) may have to close the dam.
State Health, Science and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Tan Chin Meng said he found massive dredging and desilting work at the Ringlet Lake, when he visited the site with officers from the state Department of Environment last week following a complaint from the board.
“The board complained that desilting activities upstream had caused murky water to flow into the dam,” Dr Tan said yesterday.
“The situation is quite bad and LAP may be forced to shut down the dam if no immediate steps are taken.”
It is understood that TNB started desilting works at the Ringlet Lake on July 6 last year. The RM130mil project is part of a maintenance exercise to achieve full capacity of the hydroelectric dam and is due for completion in December next year.
Uncontrolled development over the years had caused 75% of the lake to be silted, increasing flood risks.
Tan said the Perak DOE and LAP had sent notices to TNB requesting that it take the necessary action.
Source: The Star
But it is so difficult to maintain the enviroment. If only the people take care during their construction it would not result in the badly silted lake situation at the Ringlet Lake. Now when the authorities tried to repair the damage, it caused some other effect downstream. Read on...
Clean-up results in pollution
By MAZNI MUSTAFA
Saturday March 11, 2006
IPOH: Efforts by Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) to clean up the polluted Ringlet Lake in Cameron Highlands has ironically resulted in pollution downstream at Jor Dam in Bernam.
Unless measures are taken to overcome the sedimentation problem, the Perak Water Board (LAP) may have to close the dam.
State Health, Science and Environment Committee chairman Datuk Tan Chin Meng said he found massive dredging and desilting work at the Ringlet Lake, when he visited the site with officers from the state Department of Environment last week following a complaint from the board.
“The board complained that desilting activities upstream had caused murky water to flow into the dam,” Dr Tan said yesterday.
“The situation is quite bad and LAP may be forced to shut down the dam if no immediate steps are taken.”
It is understood that TNB started desilting works at the Ringlet Lake on July 6 last year. The RM130mil project is part of a maintenance exercise to achieve full capacity of the hydroelectric dam and is due for completion in December next year.
Uncontrolled development over the years had caused 75% of the lake to be silted, increasing flood risks.
Tan said the Perak DOE and LAP had sent notices to TNB requesting that it take the necessary action.
Source: The Star
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Projek Diraja Lojing
Lojing jadi pusat pertanian hawa sejuk
Oleh ANGELINA SINYANG
CAMERON HIGHLANDS 15 Feb. 2006 - Kerajaan Kelantan akan membangunkan kawasan tanah tinggi Lojing yang terletak di sempadan Kelantan-Perak dekat sini sebagai pusat pertanian tanaman berhawa sejuk.
Projek pembangunan yang dinamakan `Projek Diraja Lojing' itu akan dilaksanakan dalam tahun ini dan bakal menjadikan Kelantan, pengeluar produk tanaman berhawa sejuk baru di negara ini.
Bagi menjayakan projek tersebut, tanah tinggi Cameron Highlands yang terkenal sebagai kawasan penanaman sayur-sayuran, buah-buahan dan bunga-bungaan berhawa sejuk akan dijadikan pusat rujukan bagi projek itu.
Ketua Pengarah Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Dr. Abd. Shukor Abd. Rahman berkata, rancangan pertanian baru itu sudah dimaklumkan kepada pihaknya oleh Sultan Kelantan, Tuanku Ismail Petra dan Raja Perempuan Kelantan, Tengku Anis Tengku Abdul Hamid.
``Sultan dan Raja Perempuan Kelantan memaklumkan bahawa kerajaan negeri mahu membuka kawasan pertanian berhawa sejuk di Lojing dan meminta MARDI memberi nasihat serta membawa pelabur masuk ke situ.
``Cadangan pembangunan yang dinamakan `Projek Diraja Lojing' itu turut melibatkan pembukaan sebuah ladang strawberi kerana kesesuaian tanaman itu dengan iklim di kawasan berkenaan,'' katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas menemani Sultan dan Raja Perempuan Kelantan melawat Taman Agroteknologi MARDI Cameron Highlands di sini semalam.
Dalam lawatan selama dua jam itu, Tuanku Ismail dan Tengku Anis telah dibawa melawat tapak tanaman strawberi, kilang memproses produk berasaskan strawberi dan kilang teh.
Semasa lawatan, baginda berdua berkenan bertanya mengenai tanaman strawberi dan perkembangan MARDI di Cameron Highlands khususnya tentang penyelidikan di kawasan tanah tinggi itu.
Mengulas lanjut `Projek Diraja Lojing', Dr, Abd. Shukor berkata, MARDI tidak tahu berapa luas kawasan pertanian yang akan dimajukan kerana ia terletak dalam bidang kuasa kerajaan Kelantan dan pihak istana.
Lagipun, katanya, projek itu masih di peringkat awal dan kawasan yang dikenal pasti untuk dibangunkan belum lagi diteroka dan dibersihkan.
``Bagaimanapun, Sultan berkenan mengurniakan tapak pertanian seluas empat hektar kepada MARDI untuk dibangunkan bagi projek penanaman strawberi.
``Justeru, MARDI akan menggunakan modul kilang memproses produk strawberi di Cameron Highlands untuk melatih pengusaha yang berminat membuka pelaburan di Lojing nanti.
``Dalam projek penanaman strawberi ini, pelaburan yang diperlukan ialah RM200,000 bagi setiap hektar tetapi MARDI hanya mengeluarkan 15 peratus kerana kos selebihnya ditanggung oleh pelabur,'' katanya.
Kata beliau, MARDI akan membawa pakar dalam penanaman strawberi dari ibu pejabatnya di Serdang, Selangor ke Lojing untuk memberi tunjuk ajar dan nasihat apabila diperlukan.
Dr. Abd. Shukor memberitahu, Lojing yang terletak di kawasan cerun bukit iaitu pada ketinggian 800 hingga 1,000 meter dari aras laut memang sesuai untuk tanaman strawberi kerana suhunya sejuk sekitar 15 hingga 20 darjah celsius.
Katanya, teknik penanaman MARDI yang menggunakan sistem fertigasi membolehkan pokok strawberi berbuah selepas tiga bulan ditanam dan boleh bertahan selama tiga tahun.
Oleh ANGELINA SINYANG
CAMERON HIGHLANDS 15 Feb. 2006 - Kerajaan Kelantan akan membangunkan kawasan tanah tinggi Lojing yang terletak di sempadan Kelantan-Perak dekat sini sebagai pusat pertanian tanaman berhawa sejuk.
Projek pembangunan yang dinamakan `Projek Diraja Lojing' itu akan dilaksanakan dalam tahun ini dan bakal menjadikan Kelantan, pengeluar produk tanaman berhawa sejuk baru di negara ini.
Bagi menjayakan projek tersebut, tanah tinggi Cameron Highlands yang terkenal sebagai kawasan penanaman sayur-sayuran, buah-buahan dan bunga-bungaan berhawa sejuk akan dijadikan pusat rujukan bagi projek itu.
Ketua Pengarah Institut Penyelidikan dan Kemajuan Pertanian Malaysia (MARDI), Dr. Abd. Shukor Abd. Rahman berkata, rancangan pertanian baru itu sudah dimaklumkan kepada pihaknya oleh Sultan Kelantan, Tuanku Ismail Petra dan Raja Perempuan Kelantan, Tengku Anis Tengku Abdul Hamid.
``Sultan dan Raja Perempuan Kelantan memaklumkan bahawa kerajaan negeri mahu membuka kawasan pertanian berhawa sejuk di Lojing dan meminta MARDI memberi nasihat serta membawa pelabur masuk ke situ.
``Cadangan pembangunan yang dinamakan `Projek Diraja Lojing' itu turut melibatkan pembukaan sebuah ladang strawberi kerana kesesuaian tanaman itu dengan iklim di kawasan berkenaan,'' katanya pada sidang akhbar selepas menemani Sultan dan Raja Perempuan Kelantan melawat Taman Agroteknologi MARDI Cameron Highlands di sini semalam.
Dalam lawatan selama dua jam itu, Tuanku Ismail dan Tengku Anis telah dibawa melawat tapak tanaman strawberi, kilang memproses produk berasaskan strawberi dan kilang teh.
Semasa lawatan, baginda berdua berkenan bertanya mengenai tanaman strawberi dan perkembangan MARDI di Cameron Highlands khususnya tentang penyelidikan di kawasan tanah tinggi itu.
Mengulas lanjut `Projek Diraja Lojing', Dr, Abd. Shukor berkata, MARDI tidak tahu berapa luas kawasan pertanian yang akan dimajukan kerana ia terletak dalam bidang kuasa kerajaan Kelantan dan pihak istana.
Lagipun, katanya, projek itu masih di peringkat awal dan kawasan yang dikenal pasti untuk dibangunkan belum lagi diteroka dan dibersihkan.
``Bagaimanapun, Sultan berkenan mengurniakan tapak pertanian seluas empat hektar kepada MARDI untuk dibangunkan bagi projek penanaman strawberi.
``Justeru, MARDI akan menggunakan modul kilang memproses produk strawberi di Cameron Highlands untuk melatih pengusaha yang berminat membuka pelaburan di Lojing nanti.
``Dalam projek penanaman strawberi ini, pelaburan yang diperlukan ialah RM200,000 bagi setiap hektar tetapi MARDI hanya mengeluarkan 15 peratus kerana kos selebihnya ditanggung oleh pelabur,'' katanya.
Kata beliau, MARDI akan membawa pakar dalam penanaman strawberi dari ibu pejabatnya di Serdang, Selangor ke Lojing untuk memberi tunjuk ajar dan nasihat apabila diperlukan.
Dr. Abd. Shukor memberitahu, Lojing yang terletak di kawasan cerun bukit iaitu pada ketinggian 800 hingga 1,000 meter dari aras laut memang sesuai untuk tanaman strawberi kerana suhunya sejuk sekitar 15 hingga 20 darjah celsius.
Katanya, teknik penanaman MARDI yang menggunakan sistem fertigasi membolehkan pokok strawberi berbuah selepas tiga bulan ditanam dan boleh bertahan selama tiga tahun.
Monday, February 13, 2006
Woh power station and Jor dam
Seven stations under one control
Monday February 13, 2006
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Seven power stations here will be operated under one control centre in the near future to increase their efficiency.
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) vice-president for generation Abdul Razak Abdul Majid said the remote operations centre would be completed in two years' time and would be based at the Jor power station.
"The setting-up of the operations centre coincides with the current desilting works at Ringlet Lake and the rehabilitation work at the Jor and Woh (Sultan Idris II) power stations as we want to maximise the capacity of power generation.
“We will be using high-speed supervisory control and distribution automation (Scada) operations to control the seven power plants here to increase work efficiency,” he told the media during a tour of the power plants recently.
Abdul Razak said three or four operators would be manning the centre during each of the five working shifts.
He said among the functions of the centre were to monitor progress at the power plants, to control flooding and to monitor for abnormal rise in water levels at dams.
Among the seven power plants, the Jor and the Woh power plants were the largest and supply 250 Megawatts of electricity to the people in the area.
On Feb 5, TNB had temporarily shut down its 37-year-old Woh power station and Jor dam for a two-month maintenance repair exercise.
Uncontrolled development over the years had caused 75% of Ringlet Lake, which is part of the Sultan Abu Bakar Dam, to become silted causing the Habu power station to be affected and increasing the risk of floods to residents living downstream. -- The Star.
MAINTENANCE EXERCISE: Rehabilitation works being carried out at the Jor power station in Cameron Highlands recently.
Monday February 13, 2006
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Seven power stations here will be operated under one control centre in the near future to increase their efficiency.
Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) vice-president for generation Abdul Razak Abdul Majid said the remote operations centre would be completed in two years' time and would be based at the Jor power station.
"The setting-up of the operations centre coincides with the current desilting works at Ringlet Lake and the rehabilitation work at the Jor and Woh (Sultan Idris II) power stations as we want to maximise the capacity of power generation.
“We will be using high-speed supervisory control and distribution automation (Scada) operations to control the seven power plants here to increase work efficiency,” he told the media during a tour of the power plants recently.
Abdul Razak said three or four operators would be manning the centre during each of the five working shifts.
He said among the functions of the centre were to monitor progress at the power plants, to control flooding and to monitor for abnormal rise in water levels at dams.
Among the seven power plants, the Jor and the Woh power plants were the largest and supply 250 Megawatts of electricity to the people in the area.
On Feb 5, TNB had temporarily shut down its 37-year-old Woh power station and Jor dam for a two-month maintenance repair exercise.
Uncontrolled development over the years had caused 75% of Ringlet Lake, which is part of the Sultan Abu Bakar Dam, to become silted causing the Habu power station to be affected and increasing the risk of floods to residents living downstream. -- The Star.
MAINTENANCE EXERCISE: Rehabilitation works being carried out at the Jor power station in Cameron Highlands recently.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Ringlet Lake desilting on schedule
Lake desilting on schedule
Wednesday February 8, 2006
By Florence A. Samy
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Work to dredge and desilt Ringlet Lake is on schedule but the sediments have yet to be transported to the dumping ground as land clearing approval is still pending.
Uncontrolled development over the years had caused 75% of Ringlet Lake to be silted, increasing flood risks, especially to some 3,000 residents living and working in the Bertam Valley downstream.
A total of 80.9ha of the nearby Sungai Jasin and Sungai Jenik forest reserve have been de-gazetted and allocated by state authorities for the dumping of the lake’s dried silt and sediments.
Some 1,000 trees would be tagged and felled to make way for the dumping site and the Environmental Impact Assessment had been approved, said Datuk Md Sidek Ahmad, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) senior vice-president for operations.
He said only 21.85ha would be used to dump 2.2 million cubic metres of sediments dredged from the lake and dried at a nearby decanting area.
The lake is part of the 41-year-old Sultan Abu Bakar Dam that enables TNB’s Jor and Woh power station to generate 250 megawatts of electricity. This is the first time that such massive desilting activities are being carried out.
“Once desilting is complete, the lake’s capacity will increase from the present 25% to 100%, enabling it to cope with future siltations and act again as a flood mitigation,” he told the media during a tour of the desiliting area on Monday.
The desilting, which began on July 6 last year, would cost TNB about RM130mil and would be completed by Dec 11 next year.
Tanah Rata assemblyman Choong Ching Yan said development in the Cameron Highlands had reached saturated point and there were activities to make farmers aware of soil erosion and land clearing risks.
“We have increased the number of state land office officials from eight to 16 to ensure hillslopes are not cleared illegally for agriculture purposes.”
Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, who was also present, said all parties including state and federal authorities, farmers and housing developers had to work together to minimise erosion and prevent massive siltation from occurring. -- The Star.
MASSIVE DESILTING: Silt and sediments from the Ringlet Lake being transported via small tunnels to this nearby decanting area before its left to dry.
Wednesday February 8, 2006
By Florence A. Samy
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Work to dredge and desilt Ringlet Lake is on schedule but the sediments have yet to be transported to the dumping ground as land clearing approval is still pending.
Uncontrolled development over the years had caused 75% of Ringlet Lake to be silted, increasing flood risks, especially to some 3,000 residents living and working in the Bertam Valley downstream.
A total of 80.9ha of the nearby Sungai Jasin and Sungai Jenik forest reserve have been de-gazetted and allocated by state authorities for the dumping of the lake’s dried silt and sediments.
Some 1,000 trees would be tagged and felled to make way for the dumping site and the Environmental Impact Assessment had been approved, said Datuk Md Sidek Ahmad, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) senior vice-president for operations.
He said only 21.85ha would be used to dump 2.2 million cubic metres of sediments dredged from the lake and dried at a nearby decanting area.
The lake is part of the 41-year-old Sultan Abu Bakar Dam that enables TNB’s Jor and Woh power station to generate 250 megawatts of electricity. This is the first time that such massive desilting activities are being carried out.
“Once desilting is complete, the lake’s capacity will increase from the present 25% to 100%, enabling it to cope with future siltations and act again as a flood mitigation,” he told the media during a tour of the desiliting area on Monday.
The desilting, which began on July 6 last year, would cost TNB about RM130mil and would be completed by Dec 11 next year.
Tanah Rata assemblyman Choong Ching Yan said development in the Cameron Highlands had reached saturated point and there were activities to make farmers aware of soil erosion and land clearing risks.
“We have increased the number of state land office officials from eight to 16 to ensure hillslopes are not cleared illegally for agriculture purposes.”
Deputy Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor, who was also present, said all parties including state and federal authorities, farmers and housing developers had to work together to minimise erosion and prevent massive siltation from occurring. -- The Star.
MASSIVE DESILTING: Silt and sediments from the Ringlet Lake being transported via small tunnels to this nearby decanting area before its left to dry.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Woh power station closed for repairs
Woh power station closed for repairs
Tuesday February 7, 2006
By Teoh Teik Hoong
Aerial view of Sultan Abu Bakar Dam in Cameron Highlands.
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s Woh power station off the Tapah-Cameron Highlands route was shut down on Feb 2 for a two-month maintenance and repair exercise.
Cameron Highlands Tenaga general manager Mohd Safian Ismail said the shutdown was part of Tenaga’s life extension programme to rehabilitate and prolong the usage of the dam and power stations in the area.
“During the shutdown from Feb 2 to April 2, we will close the Woh power station to drain the underground tunnel.
“We will be inspecting the tunnel and carry out maintenance and repairs on the upper valve chamber,” he said, adding that this was the first such exercise carried out since the dam was built 40 years ago.
He said the upper valve chambers of the Jor power station would also have to be replaced as the wear and tear from sedimentation had escalated the cost of maintenance and repair work.
Safian said that most of the old electrical parts of the facility at Jor, Woh and even Habu would be replaced.
He said that desilting work at the lake and the repairs to the power stations were meant to restore power generation capacity, maximise the lake's storage capacity and reduce the risk of flooding downstream during rainy spells.
“We will divert water from the tunnels and this will cause some inconvenience to villages between Jor and Woh before the water flows into Sungai Batang Padang in Tapah.
Water supply and quality at Tapah may be affected slightly as the water intake points are located at Woh and just after Jor.
Safian said that Tenaga planned to visit villages in the area, made up mostly of orang asli settlements, to inform them of the plans.
“We will constantly monitor the progress of the diversion and repairs to avoid inconvenience to people there,” he said. -- The Star.
Tuesday February 7, 2006
By Teoh Teik Hoong
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Tenaga Nasional Berhad’s Woh power station off the Tapah-Cameron Highlands route was shut down on Feb 2 for a two-month maintenance and repair exercise.
Cameron Highlands Tenaga general manager Mohd Safian Ismail said the shutdown was part of Tenaga’s life extension programme to rehabilitate and prolong the usage of the dam and power stations in the area.
“During the shutdown from Feb 2 to April 2, we will close the Woh power station to drain the underground tunnel.
“We will be inspecting the tunnel and carry out maintenance and repairs on the upper valve chamber,” he said, adding that this was the first such exercise carried out since the dam was built 40 years ago.
He said the upper valve chambers of the Jor power station would also have to be replaced as the wear and tear from sedimentation had escalated the cost of maintenance and repair work.
Safian said that most of the old electrical parts of the facility at Jor, Woh and even Habu would be replaced.
He said that desilting work at the lake and the repairs to the power stations were meant to restore power generation capacity, maximise the lake's storage capacity and reduce the risk of flooding downstream during rainy spells.
“We will divert water from the tunnels and this will cause some inconvenience to villages between Jor and Woh before the water flows into Sungai Batang Padang in Tapah.
Water supply and quality at Tapah may be affected slightly as the water intake points are located at Woh and just after Jor.
Safian said that Tenaga planned to visit villages in the area, made up mostly of orang asli settlements, to inform them of the plans.
“We will constantly monitor the progress of the diversion and repairs to avoid inconvenience to people there,” he said. -- The Star.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Tour De Langkawi at Cameron Highlands News
Monday February 6, 2006
French outfit rider wins hill climb for first Tour of Langkawi victory
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Saul Raisin of the French outfit, Credit Agricole, got his first victory in the 2006 Tour of Langkawi when he took Stage Three here Sunday.
In the race which saw the Tour's first big climb at Cameron Highlands, Raisin outsprinted Russian David George 100m from the finish to take the chequered flag.
Raisin and George arrived at Brinchang crosed the line in identical times of 4'3: 55, ahead of the other 112 riders in the fray.
“I did not expect to win today's race because it was a hard race especially in the final climbing,” said Raisin after the race.
“At the last 4km before the finishing line, I broke away from the leading group of 14 riders and was followed closely by George,” he said.
George, riding for the South African national team, grabbed the yellow jersey as the overall winner yesterday, with a three-day time of 9'47:06s.
George, 30 has a 40-second advantage over Gabriele Missaglia in the overall standings.
Meanwhile, Lill Darren, also representing the South Africa national team finished third in yesterday, surprisingly outclassing the more established riders to win the King of the Mountain competition.
The Russian took the jersey from Francesco Bellotti of Credit Agricole after accumulating 35 points, ahead of his teammates George (31 points) and Edward Clancy of Great Britain team (20 points).
Takashi Miyazawa of the Japanese national team achieved a hattrick when he emerged for the third consecutive day as the best Asian rider overall with a 2:45 seconds lead over Hossein Askari from Giant-Asia team.
The Japanese national team also took the top spot in the Asian team category from Wismilak after registering a combined time of 30'07:30s, 12 minutes and 10 seconds ahead of the Giant-Asia team who were in the second spot.
Malaysia's best finisher was national rider Suhardi Hassan who recorded 4'14:36s to finish in 31st place followed by Shahrulneeza Razali (36th) and Ahmad Fallanie Ali (37th)
The Malaysian team remained in third place among the Asian teams, 16 minutes 41 seconds behind the Japanese.
Stage four today will be flagged off in Tapah and will end 142.2km away in Kuala Selangor. – Bernama
Source: The Star Online
French outfit rider wins hill climb for first Tour of Langkawi victory
CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Saul Raisin of the French outfit, Credit Agricole, got his first victory in the 2006 Tour of Langkawi when he took Stage Three here Sunday.
In the race which saw the Tour's first big climb at Cameron Highlands, Raisin outsprinted Russian David George 100m from the finish to take the chequered flag.
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CATCHING UP ON THE NEWS: Team Ceramica Panaria-Navigare riders, Ruben Bongiorno (right) and Richeze Maximiliano (left) reading about their exploits in Stage Two of the Tour of Langkawi at Cameron Highlands yesterday. – BERNAMApic |
“I did not expect to win today's race because it was a hard race especially in the final climbing,” said Raisin after the race.
“At the last 4km before the finishing line, I broke away from the leading group of 14 riders and was followed closely by George,” he said.
George, riding for the South African national team, grabbed the yellow jersey as the overall winner yesterday, with a three-day time of 9'47:06s.
George, 30 has a 40-second advantage over Gabriele Missaglia in the overall standings.
Meanwhile, Lill Darren, also representing the South Africa national team finished third in yesterday, surprisingly outclassing the more established riders to win the King of the Mountain competition.
The Russian took the jersey from Francesco Bellotti of Credit Agricole after accumulating 35 points, ahead of his teammates George (31 points) and Edward Clancy of Great Britain team (20 points).
Takashi Miyazawa of the Japanese national team achieved a hattrick when he emerged for the third consecutive day as the best Asian rider overall with a 2:45 seconds lead over Hossein Askari from Giant-Asia team.
The Japanese national team also took the top spot in the Asian team category from Wismilak after registering a combined time of 30'07:30s, 12 minutes and 10 seconds ahead of the Giant-Asia team who were in the second spot.
Malaysia's best finisher was national rider Suhardi Hassan who recorded 4'14:36s to finish in 31st place followed by Shahrulneeza Razali (36th) and Ahmad Fallanie Ali (37th)
The Malaysian team remained in third place among the Asian teams, 16 minutes 41 seconds behind the Japanese.
Stage four today will be flagged off in Tapah and will end 142.2km away in Kuala Selangor. – Bernama
Source: The Star Online
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Camerons Road Closure
In conjunction with the 3rd leg of Telekom Le Tour De Langkawi on Sunday 5th February, two stretches of roads leading to Cameron Highlands will be closed in stages. Cameron Highlands OCPD Deputy Supt Ahmad Termizi Abd Haq said the Kampung Raja-Simpang Pulai stretch would be closed from 11am while the Kampung Raja-Brinchang road would be closed from 1pm.
Source: The Star, Saturday 4th February 2006.
Source: The Star, Saturday 4th February 2006.
Friday, February 03, 2006
Thousands visit Buki Larut (Maxwell Hill) to view tulips
Thousands visit hill to view tulips
Friday February 3, 2006
Story and picture by Raslan Baharom
TAIPING: Blooming tulips on Bukit Larut have been drawing thousands of holidaymakers to the hill this past week.
A local resident, SJK (C) Pokok Assam teacher Mary Ng, 40, who accompanied a group of relatives from Kuala Lumpur to the hill yesterday said she was impressed by the blooms.
“The tulips are beautiful and I feel proud that we can grow tulips here.
“Now, there is no need to go overseas to see such flowers,” she said while admiring the tulips at Cendana Hut, the tulip-growing site, which is about 1,128m above sea level.
Another visitor Nor Rashid Osman, from Selangor, said he had come to Bukit Larut after reading newspaper reports on the tulip-growing project.
But Nor Rashid, 36, who was accompanied by his wife Zalina Mohd Nayan, 32, and their children Noratikah, eight and Noralia Akmal, seven, said more could be done to draw visitors.
“The tulip-growing project is a good start to draw visitors to the hill but I hope the authorities explore growing other highland crops such as strawberries as is being done in Cameron Highlands,” said Nor Rashid.
Despite the hill’s rich flora and fauna, Nor Rashid said he was unable to get in touch with anyone who could organise outings into the jungle.
He said he was also given the run-around when he wanted to book the jeep service to go up the hill.
“I came here on Tuesday afternoon and was told that I should come back at 8.30am the following day to book the jeep service to make the journey up the hill,” he said.
A spokesman from the Larut Matang and Selama district office, which runs the jeep service, said seven jeeps were used to ferry passengers up the hill.
“The jeeps had carried more than 300 visitors daily and in the past eight days, more than 2,400 people had gone up the hill,” he said.
He also said all of the accommodation facilities on the hill were fully booked throughout the week. -- The Star.
PRETTY PETALS: A group of visitors admiring the lovely purple blooms at the tulip-growing site at Cendana Hut in Bukit Larut.
Friday February 3, 2006
Story and picture by Raslan Baharom
TAIPING: Blooming tulips on Bukit Larut have been drawing thousands of holidaymakers to the hill this past week.
A local resident, SJK (C) Pokok Assam teacher Mary Ng, 40, who accompanied a group of relatives from Kuala Lumpur to the hill yesterday said she was impressed by the blooms.
“The tulips are beautiful and I feel proud that we can grow tulips here.
“Now, there is no need to go overseas to see such flowers,” she said while admiring the tulips at Cendana Hut, the tulip-growing site, which is about 1,128m above sea level.
Another visitor Nor Rashid Osman, from Selangor, said he had come to Bukit Larut after reading newspaper reports on the tulip-growing project.
But Nor Rashid, 36, who was accompanied by his wife Zalina Mohd Nayan, 32, and their children Noratikah, eight and Noralia Akmal, seven, said more could be done to draw visitors.
“The tulip-growing project is a good start to draw visitors to the hill but I hope the authorities explore growing other highland crops such as strawberries as is being done in Cameron Highlands,” said Nor Rashid.
Despite the hill’s rich flora and fauna, Nor Rashid said he was unable to get in touch with anyone who could organise outings into the jungle.
He said he was also given the run-around when he wanted to book the jeep service to go up the hill.
“I came here on Tuesday afternoon and was told that I should come back at 8.30am the following day to book the jeep service to make the journey up the hill,” he said.
A spokesman from the Larut Matang and Selama district office, which runs the jeep service, said seven jeeps were used to ferry passengers up the hill.
“The jeeps had carried more than 300 visitors daily and in the past eight days, more than 2,400 people had gone up the hill,” he said.
He also said all of the accommodation facilities on the hill were fully booked throughout the week. -- The Star.
PRETTY PETALS: A group of visitors admiring the lovely purple blooms at the tulip-growing site at Cendana Hut in Bukit Larut.
Fraser's Hill as the other highlands alternative
The weather must have been pretty hot to cause a forest fire along the new Simpang Pulai-Cameron Highlands road. It was quickly dealt with by the firefighters. It took them about 2 hours to douse it. No harm done.Usually during the February month of Chinese New Year it was when the climate around Malaysia gets the hottest. Right, this would be a good time to go to some highlands to get oneself cooled down and escape from the heat of the tropics.
Fortunately this year the heat was somewhat tamed down with frequent rain.
This time around, my family decided to go to the other highland, the Fraser's Hill for a change. It is smaller than Cameron Highlands, but no less the interesting. One still could find some interesting activities, like jungle trekking, archery, golf, visiting the Jeriau Waterfalls or go boating at Allan's Waters. Or one could bring along your own games and activities like what my family members did by bringing their own Mahjong set and VCD/DVD together with the portable player.And me? Well, I'm not about sitting around the Silverpark Apartments gauging myself with Chinese New Year tidbits and watching videos. So I went around exploring Fraser's Hills on my own.
I hope to put up some write up about other highlands in Malaysia, and hopefully the information would be helpful to others who might want to try an alternative to Camerons.
Ok. Enough of blogging and time to gauge myself with leftover CNY tidbits. That's the problem with buying CNY stuffs for visiting guests but in the end have to finish it all off later before it expires!
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Hulu Langat Park Confusion
Park confusion
Tuesday January 31, 2006
Logging at the fringes of a proposed park had villagers up in arms, writes Hilary Chiew.
SELANGOR folks, particularly the conservation-minded populace, were overjoyed when an area the size of Perlis was declared the State Heritage Park last August.
The momentous event formed part of the state’s celebration of attaining developed status. As much as 107,000ha of forested areas in the districts of Hulu Langat, Gombak and Hulu Selangor, will make up the park to be managed by the newly set-up State Park Corporation.
However, uncertainty over the park surfaced two days after the declaration by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Logging was reported by villagers living adjacent to the Hulu Langat Forest Reserve.
The Selangor Government then clarified that the Aug 27 event was merely to announce the establishment of the park. It said the process of gazetting the park area was still underway. This means the recommended park boundaries have yet to be determined and approved.
In his letter published by an English daily on Sept 16, Farush Khan from the Selangor press secretariat wrote that logging licence for the 334ha forest was approved in 2001, before the park was conceived. He further explained that the compartment approved for logging was within the production forest parcel of the reserve.
Of the 13,843ha reserve, 9,545.7ha is designated as production forest while the remaining 4,297.8ha is protected to serve 10 ecological and recreational functions.
If the public was confused, it is understandable. Media reports have implied that the park was already gazetted. Some newspapers have even quoted Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamed Khir Toyo as saying that the park has been gazetted under the State Park Enactment.
It doesn’t help when in an apparent knee-jerk reaction to the villagers’ complaint, the state issued a stop-work order with Mohd Khir proclaiming that no logging would be allowed in the heritage park.
Selangor Forestry Department director Nik Mohamed Shah Nik Mohamed said the stop-work order in September was subsequently lifted as the logging company Fungsi Mewah Sdn Bhd has a valid licence to operate from Aug 1, 2005 to July 31, 2006. He said logging activities were postponed until recently because of the rainy season.
The logging has triggered a fresh round of protest from villagers affected by lorries hauling logs on the only access road into their villages. Besides damaging the road, the lorries are a hazard to motorists, pedestrians and houses that lie just next to the road.
After visiting the site, Mohd Khir again issued a stop-work order pending investigation into the logging method which he claimed was damaging the environment. But the order was not complied with.
“More machineries were brought into the forest. We could hear trees falling in the jungle,” said Abdul Shukor Abdul Kadir, who chairs the committee formed to address the problem. He claimed that the next morning, more logs were taken out from the jungle.
Nik Mohamed Shah, however, said the loggers were clearing logs felled before the issuance of the order.
“Actual logging has not begun. The loggers were felling trees to make the logging trail to gain access to the selected trees. This is the most tricky aspect in the logging process,” he explained, referring to the scale of erosion brought by clear-felling.
Nik Mohamed Shah said initial investigations showed that the contractor has carried out work “according to specification.” He added however, that the rainy spell could have worsen the condition. He said the department would continue assessing the situation and would press charges if licensing conditions have been breached.
Mohamed Khir told a press conference after the weekly executive council meeting on Jan 18 that a decision was made to revoke the licence. Taking the weather into consideration, the logger has been given between two and four weeks to remove the remaining 300 tonnes of logs.
Angry villagers, however, are not satisfied that their village road continued to be used by the lorries. Attempts to engage the contractor Sim Swee Hin Sdn Bhd to discuss compensation claims was snubbed by the representative at the worksite on the grounds that the authority has sanctioned the log transportation.
Villagers are also suspicious that the amount taken out has exceeded the 300 tonnes as they observed more than 50 lorry-loads exiting the log yard over the weekend of Jan 21 to 22. Each lorry has a 20-tonne capacity.
Dismissing the speculations, Nik Mohamed Shah said the contractor has been instructed to reduce the load per trip thus resulting in more trips, adding that the licensor has agreed to repair the road.
He said in accordance to normal licensing procedure, the logging company is being given a grace period after its licence has expired to facilitate clearance of logs.
Questions on the status of the park faxed to the State Park Corporation director Haji Mohamad Nik went unanswered. It is learnt that the corporation has been directed to complete boundary demarcation by March.
The park was conceptualised in 1998 when the forested areas along the eastern side of Selangor were identified as Environmentally Sensitive Areas. Approximately 76% of the recommended areas lie above 300m and 9.5% above 1,000m.
Nik Mohamed Shah said the department has identified 90% of the 13 Forest Reserves which fall within the recommended park boundaries to be gazetted as park areas. A big portion of the land is above 1,000m and forms a 437 sq km watershed.
The highland is regarded as the “water tower” of the Klang Valley as it is the source of three main rivers – the Kelang, Selangor and Langat – that feed five major dams and 23 water intakes in the state, and account for 98% of its water supplies.
Inclusion of these highlands as part of the park would improve the country’s montane forest representation in its Protected Area landscape.
WWF Malaysia senior programme officer (Protected Areas) Surin Suksuwan said at the moment the whole of the Main Range is left out of national and state parks.
“It is also important to protect more areas above 300m in light of the tremendous pressure on lowland forests (between 0 and 300m),” he said. -- The Star.
Tuesday January 31, 2006
Logging at the fringes of a proposed park had villagers up in arms, writes Hilary Chiew.
SELANGOR folks, particularly the conservation-minded populace, were overjoyed when an area the size of Perlis was declared the State Heritage Park last August.
The momentous event formed part of the state’s celebration of attaining developed status. As much as 107,000ha of forested areas in the districts of Hulu Langat, Gombak and Hulu Selangor, will make up the park to be managed by the newly set-up State Park Corporation.
However, uncertainty over the park surfaced two days after the declaration by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Logging was reported by villagers living adjacent to the Hulu Langat Forest Reserve.
The Selangor Government then clarified that the Aug 27 event was merely to announce the establishment of the park. It said the process of gazetting the park area was still underway. This means the recommended park boundaries have yet to be determined and approved.
In his letter published by an English daily on Sept 16, Farush Khan from the Selangor press secretariat wrote that logging licence for the 334ha forest was approved in 2001, before the park was conceived. He further explained that the compartment approved for logging was within the production forest parcel of the reserve.
Of the 13,843ha reserve, 9,545.7ha is designated as production forest while the remaining 4,297.8ha is protected to serve 10 ecological and recreational functions.
If the public was confused, it is understandable. Media reports have implied that the park was already gazetted. Some newspapers have even quoted Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamed Khir Toyo as saying that the park has been gazetted under the State Park Enactment.
It doesn’t help when in an apparent knee-jerk reaction to the villagers’ complaint, the state issued a stop-work order with Mohd Khir proclaiming that no logging would be allowed in the heritage park.
Selangor Forestry Department director Nik Mohamed Shah Nik Mohamed said the stop-work order in September was subsequently lifted as the logging company Fungsi Mewah Sdn Bhd has a valid licence to operate from Aug 1, 2005 to July 31, 2006. He said logging activities were postponed until recently because of the rainy season.
The logging has triggered a fresh round of protest from villagers affected by lorries hauling logs on the only access road into their villages. Besides damaging the road, the lorries are a hazard to motorists, pedestrians and houses that lie just next to the road.
After visiting the site, Mohd Khir again issued a stop-work order pending investigation into the logging method which he claimed was damaging the environment. But the order was not complied with.
“More machineries were brought into the forest. We could hear trees falling in the jungle,” said Abdul Shukor Abdul Kadir, who chairs the committee formed to address the problem. He claimed that the next morning, more logs were taken out from the jungle.
Nik Mohamed Shah, however, said the loggers were clearing logs felled before the issuance of the order.
“Actual logging has not begun. The loggers were felling trees to make the logging trail to gain access to the selected trees. This is the most tricky aspect in the logging process,” he explained, referring to the scale of erosion brought by clear-felling.
Nik Mohamed Shah said initial investigations showed that the contractor has carried out work “according to specification.” He added however, that the rainy spell could have worsen the condition. He said the department would continue assessing the situation and would press charges if licensing conditions have been breached.
Mohamed Khir told a press conference after the weekly executive council meeting on Jan 18 that a decision was made to revoke the licence. Taking the weather into consideration, the logger has been given between two and four weeks to remove the remaining 300 tonnes of logs.
Angry villagers, however, are not satisfied that their village road continued to be used by the lorries. Attempts to engage the contractor Sim Swee Hin Sdn Bhd to discuss compensation claims was snubbed by the representative at the worksite on the grounds that the authority has sanctioned the log transportation.
Villagers are also suspicious that the amount taken out has exceeded the 300 tonnes as they observed more than 50 lorry-loads exiting the log yard over the weekend of Jan 21 to 22. Each lorry has a 20-tonne capacity.
Dismissing the speculations, Nik Mohamed Shah said the contractor has been instructed to reduce the load per trip thus resulting in more trips, adding that the licensor has agreed to repair the road.
He said in accordance to normal licensing procedure, the logging company is being given a grace period after its licence has expired to facilitate clearance of logs.
Questions on the status of the park faxed to the State Park Corporation director Haji Mohamad Nik went unanswered. It is learnt that the corporation has been directed to complete boundary demarcation by March.
The park was conceptualised in 1998 when the forested areas along the eastern side of Selangor were identified as Environmentally Sensitive Areas. Approximately 76% of the recommended areas lie above 300m and 9.5% above 1,000m.
Nik Mohamed Shah said the department has identified 90% of the 13 Forest Reserves which fall within the recommended park boundaries to be gazetted as park areas. A big portion of the land is above 1,000m and forms a 437 sq km watershed.
The highland is regarded as the “water tower” of the Klang Valley as it is the source of three main rivers – the Kelang, Selangor and Langat – that feed five major dams and 23 water intakes in the state, and account for 98% of its water supplies.
Inclusion of these highlands as part of the park would improve the country’s montane forest representation in its Protected Area landscape.
WWF Malaysia senior programme officer (Protected Areas) Surin Suksuwan said at the moment the whole of the Main Range is left out of national and state parks.
“It is also important to protect more areas above 300m in light of the tremendous pressure on lowland forests (between 0 and 300m),” he said. -- The Star.
Thursday, January 26, 2006
45% orang asli pupils drop out after Year Six
45% orang asli pupils drop out after Year Six
Thursday January 26, 2006
By Roslina Mohamad
KUANTAN: Almost 45% of orang asli pupils who studied at primary schools in Pahang failed to continue at secondary level.
State Health, Social Welfare and Orang Asli Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Ishak Muhammad said the figure was alarming and measures should be taken to reduce the number.
He said that records showed the number of orang asli studying in Year Six from 2000 until 2004 was 5,168.
“However, only 2,864 or 55.5% of them continued their studies in Form One.
“Another 2,304 pupils or 44.5% dropped out of school,” he said, adding that the situation was largely due to the attitude and way of life of the community.
Ishak said that boredom and laziness had been identified as the two main causes of the high dropout rate by a local research group.
He said the other reasons cited in their study were that they were not interested to learn, fed up of getting scolded by teachers and preferred to help their parents at work.
Ishak said that concerted efforts were needed from all parties to educate and create awareness on the importance of education among indigenous people.
Among the programmes earmarked were motivational courses for heads of families and women folk, tuition, educational aid, transportation and accommodation for those in remote areas, and scholarships, he added.
Ishak said the Education Ministry had built hostels for orang asli students in SK Betau, SK Kuala Koyan and SK Permatang Keledang in Kuala Lipis, SM Tengku Kudin and SM Koyan in Raub, and SM Sultan Ahmad Shah in Cameron Highlands.
“A total of 156 orang asli received federal scholarships last year, while in 2004, 151 of them enjoyed similar benefits,” he said.
Currently, there are 11,852 orang asli families in Pahang of which 5,936 are listed as hardcore poor and 3,347 as poor. -- The Star.
Thursday January 26, 2006
By Roslina Mohamad
KUANTAN: Almost 45% of orang asli pupils who studied at primary schools in Pahang failed to continue at secondary level.
State Health, Social Welfare and Orang Asli Affairs Committee chairman Datuk Ishak Muhammad said the figure was alarming and measures should be taken to reduce the number.
He said that records showed the number of orang asli studying in Year Six from 2000 until 2004 was 5,168.
“However, only 2,864 or 55.5% of them continued their studies in Form One.
“Another 2,304 pupils or 44.5% dropped out of school,” he said, adding that the situation was largely due to the attitude and way of life of the community.
Ishak said that boredom and laziness had been identified as the two main causes of the high dropout rate by a local research group.
He said the other reasons cited in their study were that they were not interested to learn, fed up of getting scolded by teachers and preferred to help their parents at work.
Ishak said that concerted efforts were needed from all parties to educate and create awareness on the importance of education among indigenous people.
Among the programmes earmarked were motivational courses for heads of families and women folk, tuition, educational aid, transportation and accommodation for those in remote areas, and scholarships, he added.
Ishak said the Education Ministry had built hostels for orang asli students in SK Betau, SK Kuala Koyan and SK Permatang Keledang in Kuala Lipis, SM Tengku Kudin and SM Koyan in Raub, and SM Sultan Ahmad Shah in Cameron Highlands.
“A total of 156 orang asli received federal scholarships last year, while in 2004, 151 of them enjoyed similar benefits,” he said.
Currently, there are 11,852 orang asli families in Pahang of which 5,936 are listed as hardcore poor and 3,347 as poor. -- The Star.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Cameron Highlands Lake Rehab
It's about time they did something about the Cameron Highlands' Sultan Abu Bakar Lake. The silting has pretty much made the lake an eyesore. I still remember way back about 10 years ago, when the lake was still beautiful. Now all it resembles is a mud pie.The lake is part of a dam used by Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) for generating electricity at the Jor and Woh power stations located downstream generating about 250 megawatts of electricity. TNB has decided to engage contractors to desilt the lake by dredging and removing the silt and sediment, according to CH TNB general manager, Mohd Safian Ismail.
It is estimated to take a couple of years to finish the job. Probably by end of 2007. But when I asked the Lakehouse manager, he said probably it will take 3 years or more. But given the terrible state of the lake and the few times they tried to remove the silt, probably would not be cleared at all, the manager opinioned.
However the silt is the result of overdevelopment in the Cameron Highlands. With the silt and mud washed down from the river from development upstream, the Department of Environment has recommended TNB to build rubbish and silt traps, in which TNB will implement it soon. Otherwise all the desilting effort would be wasted as more silt and sediment get washed down to be trapped at the lake nullifying the effort of cleaning up the lake.Not cheap to do it too, for it cost about RM150 million to rehabilitate the lake.
Well, let's hope TNB would go all the way to clean up the lake. It would be such a shame especially with the government call for 'Love Our River' campaign and the effort was done half heartedly.
Monday, January 02, 2006
Truly a wet time in Cameron Highlands
It's was such a wet season to go up Cameron Highlands, but there was a pattern to it. Much like the weather in good old KL. You will have good bright beautiful sunshine in the mornings, gets rather gloomy and cloudy by afternoon, then the downpours starts and goes on for awhile. Depending on your luck, the rain can be short duration or long winded with mild to heavy drizzle.My trip up there on the New Year's Eve was not so much different from the description above. The climate weather had beautiful clear blue skies in the mornings, pefect for nice peaceful jungle walk, strolling and taking the wonderfully fresh morning forest air and having a good workout. AH, feels good to breath in the cool air! Even with sun shining ever so brightly (it is quite hot actually), the jungle canopy blocks out the strong sunlight and filters through with beautiful sunbeams. The air was crisp and the sound of running waters by the Parit trail adds to the ambience!
On the recommendation of Strawberry Park Resort Hotel Tour Manager, I tried out the Arcadia / Jungle Walk #3 too. It leads all the way to Gunung Beremban some 198km! Way too much walking for me! I just walk about 15 minutes or so before turning back around. Now this trail is what I call jungle trekking! No paved path, pure earth with tree roots to clamber over. There was much moss growth along the path and tree trunks.Beautiful!
Once I compiled and edit my photos I will post it up on the Cameron Highlands photo gallery page.
On another note, the Strawberry Park Resort Hotel Tour Manager, mentioned that the recent heavy rain and has caused a landslide on the access road to Gunung Brinchang. Three cars that went up there could not return and as far as he knows, the road was not fixed so the cars still remained stucked up there at Gunung Brinchang!
Now that's a thought, because I wanted to drive up there again. According to the manager, the recent heavy rain and the pounding weight of vehicles might have caused the weakened road to collapse.
Pretty unfortunate for the visitors who went up there and had to leave their cars behind!
I had collected much material during this trip, so will post more info later as I compile and edit my photos. So do keep a lookout for page additions and blogs.
Till then, cheers and hoorays for the New Year 2006 and may your dreams come true in the new year!
Happy New Year!
Monday, December 19, 2005
Cameron Highlands Road Reopened After Minor Landslide
It was reported in the Star Newspaper (19-Dec-2005) that continuous rain for the past two days has caused a minor landslide at the 42nd kilometer Tapah-Cameron Highlands road.
The landslide area could not be travelled and was closed for 4 hours from 10am of Sunday 18-Dec. It was fully reopened at 2pm according to Batang Padang OCPD Superintendent Md Zukir Md Isa. The debris was cleared by Public Works Department workers and Fire & Rescue Department personnel.
So for those you who plan to go up Cameron Highlands during this rainy season do be extra careful!
Today, the Star newspaper reported that 4 states (Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu) were hit by floods. Many roads were cut off due to heavy flooding, and motorist had to wait till the flood waters subsided before continuing their journey.
So I guess more rain is to be expected during this wet monsoon season.
The landslide area could not be travelled and was closed for 4 hours from 10am of Sunday 18-Dec. It was fully reopened at 2pm according to Batang Padang OCPD Superintendent Md Zukir Md Isa. The debris was cleared by Public Works Department workers and Fire & Rescue Department personnel.
So for those you who plan to go up Cameron Highlands during this rainy season do be extra careful!
Today, the Star newspaper reported that 4 states (Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan, and Terengganu) were hit by floods. Many roads were cut off due to heavy flooding, and motorist had to wait till the flood waters subsided before continuing their journey.
So I guess more rain is to be expected during this wet monsoon season.
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