Water disruption: Residents brace for chore of getting supply
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July 7, 2020 @ 10:15am
KUALA LUMPUR: Puchong Kinrara resident Mohd Khairul Helmy Mohd Din is pondering the situation which will require him to walk up and down from his apartment on the fifth floor next week.
While the 30-year-old is relieved by the early notice of water-supply disruption in his area from July 14 to 17, he is also concerned about the availability of water tankers.
Khairul is among those who will be affected during the four-day Selangor River Treatment Plant (LRA) Phase 3 (LRA SSP3) upgrading works starting July 14, involving 420,000 user accounts in 290 areas across five regions — Petaling, Klang, Gombak, Kuala Langat and Kuala Lumpur.
"I had experienced this a couple of times. Before this, I did not have time to store water and had to rely on the water tankers.
"It is exhausting since I need to go up and down my floor several times to refill the buckets.
"But at least the head start is helpful for us to predict how much water we need to store and use. What about the elderly? We try to help them out as neighbours, as much as we can."
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Belanjawan 2021 tumpu empat
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Selasa, 7 Julai 2020 | 10:18am
KUALA LUMPUR: Pendidikan, peluang pekerjaan, perlindungan sosial dan mobiliti sosial akan diberi tumpuan dalam Belanjawan 2021, demikian menurut Menteri Kewangan, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz.
Beliau berkata, Belanjawan 2021 akan dirangka merentasi empat tema utama dengan semuanya berpusat kepada pewujudan kerajaan yang lebih baik.
"Tema ini termasuk pedulikan rakyat, memacu ekonomi, kehidupan mampan dan menambahbaik penyampaian perkhidmatan awam," katanya ketika menyampaikan ucaptama di Invest Malaysia 2020, di sini, hari ini.
Sumber: https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2020/07/708131/belanjawan-2021-tumpu-empat-tema
Water disruption coming
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Tuesday, 07 Jul 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 290 areas in Petaling, Klang, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Langat will experience water supply disruption from July 14-17, affecting some 425,000 households.
According to Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd director and operations head Abas Abdullah, the Sungai Selangor Phase 3 Water Treatment Plant (SSP3 WTP) would be temporarily shut down from 9am on July 14 to replace certain critical assets and conduct upgrading work.
The supply is expected to be resumed fully by 5pm on July 17.
“The plant began operations in 2003 and the last upgrading work was in 2018, ” he said, adding that remedial work would enable the plant to operate more efficiently.
The duration of the disruption will vary throughout the affected areas, depending on the location.
The SSP3 WTP is expected to recommence distribution of water supply from 9am on July 15.
Understanding your BPE statement from TNB
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Tuesday, 07 Jul 2020 l 8:02 AM MYT
BY now, some of you might have already received your Bantuan Prihatin Elektrik Tambahan (BPE) statement via mail along with your July bill from Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB).
On June 20, the Government together with TNB announced the BPE as an additional one-off aid to benefit all 7.66 million domestic customers in the form of free electricity up to RM231 (RM77 per month) for the three months during the movement control order (MCO). This aid will be reflected in your actual bill.
This is in line with the Government’s efforts to ease the cost of living in the past few months.
In addition, domestic customers who use electricity between 601 to 900kWh per month will enjoy a 10% discount from now until December, which is an additional 8% on top of the existing 2% discount rate that they are currently enjoying.
Four sections to take note of are:
Will another OPR cut be of much help?
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KUALA LUMPUR (July 7): Will the overnight policy rate (OPR) dip below 2%?
Both households and business owners are waiting to see if Bank Negara Malaysia at its Monetary Policy Committee meeting today will trim OPR further to stimulate growth in current economic trying times. Furthermore, lower interest rates will ease the debt burdens on companies and consumers.
While the OPR is already at a low never seen since the Global Financial Crisis in 2009, economists are divided on what BNM will do next.
According to Bloomberg data, seven out of 17 economists are forecasting that BNM will cut OPR by 25 basis points (bps) to 1.75%, while four foreign research firms have said they expect an aggressive slash of the rate to 1.5%. The remaining six research firms are projecting BNM to maintain the OPR at 2%.
So far this year, the central bank has slashed the OPR by 100bps, with the latest cut of 50bps in May. How significant is the marginal benefit of another rate cut?
Minister says TNB fiberisation and connectivity plan to go nationwide to boost broadband coverage
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Monday, 06 Jul 2020 09:43 PM MYT
JASIN, July 6 — The country’s largest electricity utility company, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) will expand the National Optical Fiberisation and Connectivity Plan (NFCP) project nationwide to enable more consumers to benefit from the service.
Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said, to date, five states, namely, Melaka, Perak, Penang, Kedah and Johor would enjoy the high-speed broadband services by the first quarter of next year.
“This is a pilot project by TNB and I am led to understand that they are preparing to expand the development of the optical fibre nationwide under NFCP to other strategic states throughout peninsula Malaysia.
“We laud TNB’s involvement in this area. Most importantly, is that I see this as a complementary project between TNB and the telecommunications company to provide benefit to the people,” he told reporters after visiting the NSCP pilot project here, today.
He said, to date, the NFCP pilot project in Melaka encompassed 1,100 homes in three areas, namely, Felda Kemendor, Taman Merbau Perdana and Taman Maju in Jasin district.
470,000 households to face water cuts in Selangor, KL next week
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July 6, 2020 8:33 PM
PETALING JAYA: Several areas in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur will face water supply disruptions when the Sungai Selangor phase three water treatment plant is temporarily shut down next week for improvement works.
Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) said the shutdown will affect 472,000 consumers in 290 areas in Petaling Jaya, Klang, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Langat.
Air Selangor director Abas Abdullah said the duration of the disruption will vary in different areas.
He said the improvement works will be carried out on July 14 and water supply is expected to resume in stages from 9am the next day.
The supply is expected to be restored in 48% of the affected areas by 9am on July 16, and 80% by 9am on July 17, before it is fully restored by 5pm the same day.
Abas said Air Selangor will mobilise 91 water tankers to the affected areas from July 16 with priority given to critical premises such as hospitals and dialysis centres.
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Perhatian tertumpu kepada BNM esok
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Isnin, 6 Julai 2020 | 5:49pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Hasil mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Dasar Monetari (MPC) Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) esok akan diperhatikan dengan penuh minat untuk mendapatkan penilaian terkini mengenai kedudukan ekonomi negara.
Reaksi berbeza diterima daripada ahli ekonomi berhubung keputusan sama ada untuk mengekal atau menurunkan kadar dasar semalaman (OPR), yang menjadi penanda aras kadar faedah pinjaman, ke paras terendah dalam sejarah.
Ketua Ahli Ekonomi Bank Islam Malaysia Bhd, Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid, berkata beliau berpendapat OPR bakal dikekalkan pada kadar 2.0 peratus.
Katanya, tanda pemulihan ekonomi mula kelihatan seperti peningkatan jualan kenderaan kepada 22,960 unit pada Mei lalu berbanding 141 unit pada April, yang mana angka itu adalah paras terendah dalam sejarah.
"Selain itu, sentimen perniagaan yang ditunjukkan oleh Indeks Pengurus Pembelian (PMI) bagi bulan Jun sudah pun melepasi paras 50 mata. Ini bermakna, peniaga berasa optimistik setelah kegiatan ekonomi beransur-ansur dibuka pada awal Mei lalu.
'Aksesori bahayakan nyawa'
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Isnin, 6 Julai 2020 | 1:00pm
KUALA LUMPUR: Pelbagai aksesori kenderaan yang menjadi kegilaan pemandu kini, hanya kerana mudah dipasang dan kelihatan cantik, tanpa menyedari ia berisiko mencetuskan kemalangan dan meragut nyawa sendiri.
Permintaan tinggi menyaksikan, aksesori kenderaan sama ada yang mematuhi undang-undang atau sebaliknya, dijual secara meluas dalam pasaran termasuk di kedai serbaneka dan dalam talian.
Antara aksesori dikenal pasti berbahaya oleh Institut Penyelidikan Keselamatan Jalan Raya Malaysia (MIROS) ialah 'dummy buckle' atau alat nyah aktif penggera tali keledar, kerusi keselamatan kanak-kanak (CRS) mudah alih, lapisan cermin gelap pekat dan penggunaan lampu utama serta belakang yang diubah suai.
Ketua Pengarah MIROS, Dr Khairil Anwar Abu Kassim, berkata 'trend' terbaharu dikesan pihaknya dalam kalangan pemandu kenderaan adalah penggunaan aksesori nyah aktif penggera tali keledar yang boleh didapati pada harga serendah RM2 di kedai serbaneka atau portal beli-belah dalam talian.
Mereka menggunakan aksesori ini untuk untuk menghentikan sistem bunyi peringatan daripada mengenakan tali keledar di dalam kereta.
RM7bil sought under 12MP to resolve Kelantan's water woes
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Sunday, 05 Jul 2020 l 4:00 PM MYT
KOTA BARU (Bernama): The Environment and Water Ministry will seek a RM7bil allocation under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) from the Federal Government to resolve water issues in Kelantan holistically.
Its minister, Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man said this involved three major areas, namely, flood mitigation including the construction of four new dams; replacement of water pipes which are more than 40 years old to reduce non-revenue water; as well as upgrading plants and integrated sewage projects.
"The decision was made after taking into consideration the increasing population and to settle water supply problems in Kelantan for the next 30 to 40 years.
"By 2030, we are confident 95% of the water supply problems in the state will be resolved, ” he said after a meeting with Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob at Kota Darul Naim Complex here Sunday (July 5).
Also present were the state Public Works, Infrastructure, Transportation and Utilities Committee chairman Datuk Azami Mohd Nor and Ministry secretary-general Datuk Seri Dr Zaini Ujang.
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