Malaysia: Sultan of Johor wants quality of water in Johor to be improved

Junita Mat Rasid New Straits Times 30 Oct 18;

JOHOR BARU: Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar wants the quality of water in the state to be improved for the sake of the people’s prosperity.

The ruler said this after receiving an audience from Johor Department of Environment director Datuk Dr Mohammad Ezanni Mat Salleh and Johor Forestry Department director Jeffri Abd Rasid at Istana Pasir Pelangi here today.

The reminder was also posted in the ruler’s official Facebook page.

In the 30 minute meeting, Sultan Ibrahim also said that regulations relating to the environment needed to be tightened to ensure the quality of water.

He said every industry which released affluents into the environment had to meet the standards that were practiced internationally in order to reduce the problem of water pollution and improve the sustainability of the environment.

Also present at the meeting was State Secretary Datuk Azmi Rohani.