Indonesia cause Malaysian to lose million of Ringgits due to haze

The haze from Indonesia has caused Malaysians   lose  Millions of Ringgits in agricultural products besides other adverse effetcs. The haze problem is a yearly affair, the Indonesians are not SERIOUS in controlling it. Almost FIVE years neighboring countries suffers haze problems. It has been reported  that The Star Online, Penang and Province Wellesley Farmers Association chairman Loo Choo Gee said, “Chickens are more sensitive to the haze than humans. They have respiratory problems and become weak. We have to give them vitamins. When they are weak, they are slow to grow and that is not good.”

He said the haze period inevitably meant that the price of chicken would increase by 10 sen to 20 sen per kilo and added that even hens laid less eggs.

Meanwhile Lew Kim Huat of Lew Brothers Poultry Farm Sdn Bhd in Johor said their hens had become “restless and weak” and were laying five per cent less eggs now.

In Kota Tinggi, the price of long beans has almost doubled from RM2-3 per kg to the current RM6 during the haze period, with wholesaler, Tan Pak Looi, cautioning that chillies, now at RM6 per kg as well, was likely to see a further increase in price in the coming months.

Tan explained that the lack of sunlight due to the haze coupled by the shortage in rainfall were badly affecting his crops.

Penang Island Vegetable Wholesalers Association chairman Tan Ban Ben said, “The weather has also affected the production of spring onions and celery which have doubled in price.” Spring onions that cost between RM5 and RM6 two weeks ago, now cost RM12.

Supplier V Raj in George Town said the wholesale prices of Cameron Highlands vegetables had doubled and explained, “Profits have also been cut by at least 20%.

“Chinese broccoli (kai-lan) increased from RM2.50 to RM5 while Chinese cabbage also rose to RM2.50 from RM1.20 and tomatoes from RM4 to RM6.”

Cameron Highlands farmer Khor Tiam Seng, said vegetable output had dropped by between 10 per cent to 20 per cent.

“I had to increase my prices in order to maintain profit. And it is the customers who will have to pay more.”

Singapore Don't Play Dirty Politics with Malaysia

“Channel News Asia’s report on Malaysia Day is unfair, biased and regrettable, and should be rectified,”

The federal minister Salleh Keruak  told CNA that it should have taken into account the views of all parties before putting out the documentary.

He also insisted that the programme’s apparent portrayal of Malaysia as a country burdened by problems was “not all true”.

“This report clearly shows that they have a point of view or an angle to hurt our country,” said the Sabah Umno liaison deputy chairman in the statement.

The television documentary air last night featured interviews with three political observers who said playing up racial sentiments for political support will not work in a languishing economy, after the pro-government #Merah169 demonstration saw racist insults hurled at the Chinese.

the foreign media were determined to spoil the good name of Malaysia using reports that he claimed were based on dubious sources.

These reports, he said, are published even though the majority of Malaysians and the country’s leaders have expressed their full support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak.

“They try to create the impression that the prime minister has made many mistakes and even took advantage of the situation — where our prime minister is now in New York by publishing news that could discredit Malaysia, particularly the prime minister in the international media,

NB: Singapore has been using Malaysian waters from the rivers for ages, they should remember.

Compulsory for Malaysians to separate rubbish

All Malaysian households will have to separate their solid waste according to categories, the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government ministry announced today.
In a statement, its minister Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan said that this mandatory move will see household solid waste be separated in several compositions including plastic, paper, cardboard, glass, metal, food waste, lump waste and farm waste.

"The collection of the separated waste will be implemented according to a schedule which will be determined by a concession company that will be appointed," he said.
The concept, he added, has been fully implemented in states that use Act 672 of the Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Act 2007, that is Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Kuantan, Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis dan Kedah from September 2014.

In 2009, Alam Flora chief executive officer Zahri Abdul Ghani had said that it would begin in June that year in Kuala Lumpur, with two rubbish bins given to each household in the federal territory to separate organic from inorganic waste.
Zahri had said that failure to separate waste into the correct bins would result in uncollected rubbish.
Then, in 2011, the then housing and local government minister Datuk Seri Chor Chee Heung said the household waste segregation system would begin the following year in stages.
It has taken some time for household waste separation at source to be implemented across the board, as local by-laws had to be streamlined.

In his statement today, Rahman also said that the National Solid Waste Management Department will launch campaigns, awareness programmes and education nationwide.
The government will also ensure that solid waste management facilities and operation centres are upgraded to ensure the success of this new initiative.
"The implementation of this new rule is part of the government's effort to reduce the amount of solid waste sent to waste disposal sites, which is becoming serious. The current sites are now inadequate following the sudden increase in waste," he said.

"The separation at source will also help reduce the amount of solid waste sent to disposal sites which will then increase the lifespan of the sites."

A study by Putrajaya last year showed that an average Malaysian produced 800 grammes of solid waste per day while those in urban areas produce 450gm of waste more than the daily average.

It said that about 30,000 to 33,000 tonnes of waste were produced each day last year last year, compared with 22,000 tonnes of solid waste produced per day in 2012. – November 15, 2014. 

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