Day: June 24, 2024

KOTA KINABALU, The number of flood evacuees in the Membakut district increased to 100 people from 40 families this morning, compared to 37 people from 17 families last night.

A statement issued by the Secretariat of the Sabah Disaster Management Committee stated that all the flood victims are at the relief centre (PPS) at Dewan Selagon, Beaufort.

Continuous rain in Membakut since last Thursday caused some areas to be flooded. They included Jalan Lembah Poring, Kampung Baitam Baru, Kampung Ulu Baitam, Kampung Lampijas, Kampung Kayai, Kampung Jambatan Baru and Jalan Balai Polis.

Membakut is a district in the interior of Sabah about 90 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, The Publicity Department of Guanshanhu District government hosted the “Ecological Season” series of activities in Guanshanhu District of Guiyang City, Guizhou Province on June 15.

According to a statement, this third consecutive year of “Ecological Season” series activities in the district carries out a number of interesting activities around the three sections of “ecology + study tour”, “ecology + music” and “ecology + education”.

The continuous improvement of the ecological environment of the Guanshanhu District has also attracted tourists from all over the world.

Guanshanhu District has a reception of 6.39 million overnight visitors from January to November 2023, while about 420,000 and around 600,000 visitors during this year’s Spring Festival and the May Day holiday, respectively, according to the tourism department of the district.

‘This is my first time in Guiyang, I feel new to the landscape of mountains, rivers and green scenery on the high-speed train.

‘I hope to learn more about
the beauty of natural ecology by participating in this activity, and hope the ecological tour will be the a harvest of knowledge and fun,’ said student Li Yijun from Guangzhou who participated in the “ecology + study tour”.

In recent years, the ecological environment of Guanshanhu District is improving year by year, with the air quality reaching the national secondary standard for six consecutive years.

The proportion of good quality of surface water in major lakes and rivers has reached 100 per cent, the acoustic environment quality remains stable, the proportion of good quality of urban acoustic environment in daytime and night is also 100 per cent, the total number of various park is 206, and the satisfaction of the district residents to the ecological environment reached 93.63 per cent.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, The government is in the process of identifying the masterminds and ‘traitors’ among Malaysians who are supporting and helping the Sulu group in making claims over Sabah.

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the government has received information indicating that these individuals are the instigators and informants for the group.

She was responding to a supplementary question posed by Datuk Matbali Musah (GRS-Sipitang), who wanted to know the measures taken by the government to ensure that there are no further claims from the Sulu group.

To a question raised by Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal (Warisan-Semporna) on the government’s concrete plans to stop the group from making more claims on Sabah, Azalina said she agreed in principle that the issue must be addressed, but at the same time respecting the ongoing legal process.

‘Sometimes I wonder if there is something more (that) we can do…we don’t know what’s next as many
people could make claims, not only on Sabah and Sarawak but also the Peninsula because we are a country with so much history,’ she said.

She added that the country must adopt various strategies to tackle the matter, adding that the government wants to sue those found to have undermined Malaysia and make sure that they compensate it for the costs incurred.

‘This case began in 2019 and as a responsible government, we inherit (it) and must defend the dignity of our country and rights as Malaysians,’ she said.

Responding to the original question posed by William Leong Jee Keen (PH-Selayang) regarding the latest progress on the claims made by the Sulu group, Azalina said on May 15, the Madrid Court of Appeal upheld the contempt of court conviction and sentence against arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa in the Sulu claimants’ case.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, South Indian playback singer, songwriter and music director Pradeep Kumar is all ready to set the stage on fire, along with 24 versatile classical musicians, in the ‘Naan Pradeep Kumar’ concert on Saturday (June 29) at 7pm at the Axiata Arena here.

The 38-year-old artist, who has performed in Malaysia for three consecutive years, is the first South Indian singer to collaborate with a large group of versatile classical musicians in the country.

Pradeep said he is thrilled to be sharing the stage with the Datuk Mus and Friends, on a larger scale this year.

“For my previous concerts in 2022 and 2023, I performed with the Datuk Mus Quartet but this time around I am so excited to be sharing the stage with 24 classical musicians,’ he told Bernama here today.

“The love and support that I have been receiving from my Malaysian fans have been overwhelming, and I believe this concert would be a perfect gift for them as it would be a fusion of symphony,” he told Bernama here today.

He added that the u
pcoming concert would be both, a visual and an audio treat for his fans.

The concert will also have performances by other talents from India such as Anthony Daasan, Kalyani Nair, Rithu Vysakh, Ashwin Suresh, Shallu Varun, Amrit, Bharath Sankar, Jhanu Chanthar and Tapass Naresh.

Meanwhile, concert organiser Aakaar Foundation’s co-founder, S.Vinoth Kumar said this year’s concert is set to be unique from previous ones as there will be a wayang kulit performance as the opening act.

“It is an initiative by the foundation to promote the art (wayang kulit),’ he said.

Vinoth said 10,000 fans are expected to attend the concert.

Meanwhile, the foundation is also moving towards sustainability by reducing the usage of plastics in any form during the concert.

Few concert tickets still available at https://www.ticket2u.com.my/event/34388/naan-pradeep-kumar.

Pradeep’s first foray into singing was through the 2010 Tamil movie, ‘Enthiran’, in which he sang the soundtrack composed by AR Rahman.

To date, Pradeep he has
sung over 100 songs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency