Day: June 3, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, The body of climber, Zulkifli Yusuf, currently in a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska, is scheduled to undergo a post-mortem on Monday (June 3).

The Alpine Club Malaysia said this, via a Facebook post, today.

‘Once the post-mortem is completed, the next process is to obtain the necessary documents for the repatriation of the body to Malaysia, with the help of the Malaysian consulate-general in Los Angeles and the insurance company,’ it said.

It also said that climber, Zainudin Lot’s health condition was getting better, and he was discharged from the hospital in Talkeetna, Alaska on Sunday.

‘Meanwhile, Muhammad Illaham Ishak is still undergoing treatment at the hospital in Anchorage. Alpine Club representative, Nor Safrina Shamsir Md Nasir, who is currently in Talkeetna, Alaska, will assist with the matter of taking the hiking equipment, currently still in Mount Denali, which needs to be removed by the Denali National Park authorities,’ read the post.

For any information contact the club liaiso
n officer, Ayob Yahaya, at 017 337 2696.

Yesterday, the Alpine Club Malaysia said that the body of the late Zulkifli Yusof, 37, who died after being stranded at the height of 19,700ft, on Mount Denali in Alaska, was brought down at 8.30 am (local time), on June 1.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

GUA MUSANG, Gua Musang will be made one of the economic centres of Kelantan following its strategic position and connectivity to Kuala Lumpur, Perak and Terengganu.

Kelantan Deputy Menteri Besar Datuk Dr Mohamed Fadzli Hassan said this was in line with the state government’s mission to develop a number of new towns that function to change the economic landscape in the area.

He said Gua Musang is one of the most rapidly developing districts and has a good strategic route for a stopover before going to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Bharu.

“Besides, we want to develop several new towns including Tunjong, Tok Bali, Lojing and the Gua Musang urban area,” he told reporters after officiating the G-Orange Supermarket in Bandar Utama, here, today.

Mohamed Fadzli said the economic situation will be better after the construction of the Central Spine Road (CSR) is completed and even this district will be the focus because of its position in Kelantan.

“We expect state government agencies to play an important role in efforts
to develop the local economy,” he said.

According to him, the existence of the third branch of G-Orange Supermarket which he officiated today can be a catalyst for economic growth because the premises involved provide about 500 job opportunities to the local community.

“This is a good and healthy competition and it benefits the people. We in the state government work together with the federal government and entrepreneurs to benefit the people.

“Therefore, I advise the people who get job opportunities to carry out their responsibilities well while showing high commitment in the tasks given,” he said.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

The Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation organised at the famous Angkor Wat Temple in Siem Reap provincial city on June 2 a yoga and meditation programme with the participation of First Lady Lok Chumteav Dr. Pich Chanmony Hun Manet, the foundation’s President, and about 100 members.

This is the first time that the Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation has organised a yoga and meditation programme at Angkor Wat, a place of worship for the Cambodian people, said the First Lady quoted by the APSARA National Authority.

The purpose of this programme is to pray for happiness and join the humanitarian programme to raise funds to help Cambodian children under the Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation, as well as to promote mental health education programme, physical health, and calm, which encourages people to love peace, she added.

Lok Chumteav Dr. Pich Chanmony Hun Manet also thanked the Cambodia Kantha Bopha Foundation for organising this important event and all the donors for their financial contributions to the foundation
so as to support the Kantha Bopha Hospital’s operation in providing free-of-charge medical care and treatment to children without discrimination.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse

Cambodia is set to harness the power of wind energy, with plan for the country’s first wind farms taking root in Mondulkiri and Kampot provinces.

The information was shared by the H.E. Keo Rottanak, Minister of Mines and Energy in a video clip published on the ministry’s social networks on Monday.

‘Cambodia will soon have wind farms, one in Mondulkiri province and the other on top of Bokor mountain in Kampot province,’ he said.

The wind energy is to contribute to the clean and renewable energy sources for the national grid, H.E. Minister added.

Renewable or clean energy used in Cambodia has accounted for more than 62 percent of the country’s total consumption, according to the ministry.

Renewable energy comes from sources such as wind power, hydropower, solar energy and biomass energy. Most of renewable energy in the Southeast Asian country comes from Chinese-invested hydropower dams.

Cambodia currently is capable of producing some 4,000 megawatts of energy per year, but its annual consumption is only
about 2,400 megawatts, so the Kingdom is considering exporting its energy to countries in the region in the future.

Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse

IPOH, A Basic Course of General Operations Force (GOF) Series 1/2024 participant at the Ulu Kinta GOF Training Centre, near here, died yesterday without regaining consciousness, after collapsing on Thursday (May 30) from suspected heat stroke.

Lance Corporal Mohd Zulkifly Rozak, 31, from Platoon 6, Company B, 7th Battalion, collapsed while attending the team’s basic course on Thursday, and was taken to Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital (HRPB) for treatment.

GOF Ulu Kinta Training Centre commander Superintendent Mohammad Hafiz Kadir, who confirmed the matter, said that the victim collapsed while participating in cross country on Thursday, and was first rushed to the Tanjung Rambutan Health Clinic in an ambulance.

‘The victim was unconscious when taken and referred to HRPB. He was then intubated at the hospital.

‘He was then admitted to the hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and confirmed dead yesterday. The doctor confirmed the cause of Mohd Zulkifly’s death was heat stroke and organ failure,’ he said wh
en contacted today.

Mohammad Hafiz said that Mohd Zulkifly, along with 251 other participants, was participating in the GOF basic course, from April 28 and expected to conclude on July 26.

Mohd Zulkifly’s remains were brought back to Kuala Terengganu, and laid to rest at the Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) Mosque Muslim Cemetery.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency