Channel NewsAsia 29 Mar 19;
SINGAPORE: All asbestos removal works on St John’s Island and Pulau Hantu have been completed, the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) announced on Friday (Mar 29).
SLA also added that the campsite on St John’s Island will reopen in June.
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Euodia Chi Straits Times 30 Apr 19;
SINGAPORE - As visitors stepped into the Fuk Tak Chi Temple, they were greeted by an intricate model of a boat with Chinese characters wishing seafarers a safe journey painted on its sail.
Originally a shrine set up by Confucianists and Taoists to give thanks for their safe journey to Singapore, it was converted to a museum in 1998.
Located on Telok Ayer Street, the area is replete with temples, mosques and shrines set up by immigrants after their journeys across the sea. One of these, the Nagore Dargah Shrine, was built in memory of Shahul Hamid who was believed to have miraculously saved sailors in distress as the Saint of Nagore in southern India.
Today, the shrine serves as an Indian Muslim Heritage Centre.
These places form part of the Singapore Maritime Trail 3: Our Legacy, a free guided walk which was launched on Friday (March 29) by Mr Baey Yam Keng, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Transport and for Culture, Community and Youth.
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3/30/2019 09:01:00 AM
Some 10,000 households in Kota Tinggi are experiencing water ration. - NSTP/ADI SAFRI
Rizalman Hammim New Straits Times 29 Mar 19;
JOHOR BARU: Water rationing has started for some 10,000 households in Kota Tinggi.
The decision to impose scheduled water supply was taken after the operations of the Lok Heng and Sungai Gembut water treatment plants were affected due to the prolonged dry spell.
The National Water Services Commission (SPAN) said the Lok Heng plant was operating at a minimal level.
This because the water levels at Sungai Sedili Kecil have dropped below the critical level.
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3/30/2019 08:53:00 AM
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Reuters 27 Mar 19;
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A senior Indonesian minister warned on Wednesday Southeast Asia’s biggest economy could consider exiting the Paris climate deal if the European Union goes ahead with a plan to phase out palm oil in renewable transportation fuel.
Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer, has lashed out at the EU after the bloc classified palm oil as a risky crop that caused significant deforestation and ruled that its use in renewable fuel should stop by 2030.
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3/30/2019 08:48:00 AM
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Antara 29 Mar 19;
Malang, E Java (ANTARA) - Extensive illegal logging in the Apusan preserved forest, Tambakrejo Village, Malang, endangers the existence of rare animals, including the hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) and Javan leaf monkey (Trachypithecus auratus), an environmental non-governmental organization Profauna Indonesia stated.
"Damage caused to the Apusan forest, which comes under Perhutani's management, is estimated to reach 200 hectares, of the total 500.20 hectares of the preserved forest area," Coordinator for the Lowland Forest Conservation Program of Profauna Indonesia Erik Yanuar stated here on Friday.
Yanuar noted that the forest served as a habitat for varied species of wild and protected animals.
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3/30/2019 08:46:00 AM
2019 Draft Master Plan on wild shores of singapore
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3/29/2019 09:44:00 AM
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Timothy Goh Straits Times 29 Mar 19;
The burning smell reported across the island over the past two months may soon occur less frequently, the National Environment Agency (NEA) said yesterday.
On Feb 8, residents living in several parts of eastern Singapore, including Tampines, Bedok and Pasir Ris, reported a "strong burning smell" similar to haze. The source of the smell was later traced to a landfill fire in south-eastern Johor, which was later extinguished.
Complaints about the smell continued through mid-February and March, however, due to other fires and hot spots in the region.
NEA said yesterday that it has continued to receive feedback from the public about the burning smell in various areas of Singapore.
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3/29/2019 09:39:00 AM
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Rizalman Hammim New Straits Times 28 Mar 19;
JOHOR BARU: All victims of the Sungai Kim Kim toxic waste dumping case who were hospitalised for inhaling toxic fumes have been discharged.
State Health, Environment and Agriculture Committee chairman Dr Sahruddin Jamal said he was informed that the last victim who sought treatment following the incident was allowed to go home on March 25.
"All patients who were hospitalised have been released. So far, we have not received any new cases relating to the incident," said Dr Sahruddin.
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3/29/2019 09:29:00 AM
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tan sin chow The Star 29 Mar 19;
GEORGE TOWN: Legislation is needed to gazette the Ulu Muda Forest Reserve in Kedah as a ‘Northern Region Water Catchment Area’, said the Penang Water Supply Corporation (PBAPP).
Its chief executive officer Datuk Jaseni Maidinsa said with laws to monitor and manage Ulu Muda, the reserve will receive protection not only as a rainforest area but also as a regional catchment area.
“There should also be federal compensation to Kedah for conserving Ulu Muda, as well as to Perlis and Penang.
“It is vital to gazette Ulu Muda as a water catchment area and only then can we guarantee raw water security for Kedah, Perlis and Penang,” he said.
Ulu Muda encompasses 163,103 ha of rainforest.
About 70% of Perlis’ raw water, 96% of Kedah’s raw water and more than 80% of Penang’s raw water originates from Ulu Muda.
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The Jakarta Post 28 Mar 19;
Police in East Java have busted a network of criminals they say attempted to smuggle 41 Komodo dragons out of the country and sell them for Rp 500 million (US$35,000) each.
The special crimes unit head of the East Java Police, Sr. Comr. Akhmad Yusep Gunawan, said the force had also rescued five baby Komodo dragons from the Surabaya-based group of alleged smugglers.
“The criminals intended to ship the animals to three countries in Southeast Asia through Singapore,” Yusep told reporters on Wednesday, as quoted by kompas.com.
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3/29/2019 09:24:00 AM
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Henning Gloystein Reuters 28 Mar 19;
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Avoiding threats from climate change and pollution will require Asia’s booming cities to become much more efficient in their use of energy resources, delegates at a city development conference said on Thursday.
Asia is home to 15 out of the world’s 20 biggest cities, and the United Nations estimates another 2.5 billion people will live in cities by 2050, by far the most in Asia.
This growth caused serious pollution problems and will challenge transport networks, food supply chains, and energy supplies, the delegates said.
“Cities occupy 2 to 3 percent of our planet’s surface, yet they consume 70 percent of all energy,” said Soren Kvorning, President for Asia Pacific at Danfoss, a Danish engineering firm with a strong focus on Asia.
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3/29/2019 09:22:00 AM
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BBC 28 Mar 19;
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says that the physical and financial impacts of global warming are accelerating.
Record greenhouse gas levels are driving temperatures to "increasingly dangerous levels", it says.
Their report comes in the same week as the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported a surge in CO2 in 2018.
However, new data from the UK suggests Britain is bucking the trend with emissions down by 3%.
This year's State of the Climate report from the WMO is the 25th annual record of the climate.
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3/29/2019 09:21:00 AM
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