滤水站净水产量不足再延长 丰盛港制水

滤水站净水产量不足再延长 丰盛港制水

柔佛水务控股有限公司发文告指出，由于丰盛港县丰盛港河（Sungai Mersing）及登路（Tenglu）滤水站的净水产量仍处于危险水平，因此当地分阶段制水措施将再次延长一个月，直至8月15日。

文告指出，基于登路滤水站水位一直没有上升，当局才会做出延长措施的举动，他希望这个分阶段制水措施能让民众学习如何有规划性的善用水源。

文告指出，若滤水站水位有上升的趋势，当局将立刻恢复正常供水，但若相反，不排除会继续分阶段制水。

丰盛港多个地区自4月中旬起，便开始分阶段制水，居民有任何询问，可致电1800887474或短信0197727474或电邮至customer.care@saj.com.my查询。

~以上新闻转自中国报~

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Family of seven arrested in Mersing drug raid

Family of seven arrested in Mersing drug raid

A family of seven including three children were arrested in a drug- related raid at Kampung Pengkalan Batu here.

During the raid in the wee hours by five policemen including two officers from Mersing narcotics department team on Friday, police seized a total of RM19,000 worth of heroin weighing 1.084kg.

Mersing OCPD Deputy Supt M. Kumar said that all suspects were sleeping during the 2am raid.

"The heroin was found in three transparent packets in a room at the premise and believed to be distributed to drug dealers and drug addicts around the district.

DSP Kumar said that the three children - aged three months, two years and nine years have been handed over to their aunties on the same day after the raid.

The three children are daughters of two of the suspects.

"The male suspects will be remanded between June 24 until 30, while the two females who are mother and daughter will have their remand extended from June 24 until a new date given by the Kota Tinggi Magistrate court here," said DSP Kumar.

He added that one of the suspects, a 28-year-old man, tested positive for morphine. He has a criminal record in a narcotics-related case.

"We believe that one of them is a pusher who has been doing this illegal activity around the district for the past two months.

He said that following a tip off by members of the public, the department had been carrying out surveillance at the area for about a week.

"The case is being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs 1952," he said adding that they are in the midst of identifying the main supplier for the drugs seized.

~News courtesy of The Star~

降雨量未达标 丰盛港延长配水

降雨量未达标 丰盛港延长配水

虽然近来下阵雨，但降雨量未达标，丰盛港将延长配水措施多一个月至7月16日。

不过为让用户能开心过节，当局在开斋前一周至开斋节的第四天，即从6月29日至7月9日，提供正常水供。

国家水务服务委员会曾于4月宣布，丰盛港和哥打丁宜地区从4月18日开始实施配水至6月16日。

柔佛水务控股有限公司（SAJ）总执行长阿都瓦哈昨晚出席柔佛水务控股有限公司主办的开斋晚宴后指出，丰盛港原本应在昨日结束配水措施，却因降雨量仍不理想，该公司决定再延长配水至7月16日。

目前因拉央河水位上升，哥打丁宜地区的配水措施于两星期前结束。

佳节用水量是3倍

“丰盛港近期的降雨量增加，当地水供也比较稳定，虽然目前仍在实施配水，在情况许可下，也会如常供应给用户。”

他说，丰盛港河滤水站昨日的水位是12.48公尺，比11.7公尺的安全水平来得高。昌隔水坝的水位也逐渐攀升，昨日为3.63公尺，虽未达4.88公尺的安全水平，但情况乐观。

他提醒丰盛港居民在佳节来临前，储备更多的水，因为佳节用水将是平日的3倍。

他也呼吁一些住在偏远地区居民，若举办丧事或婚宴或面对水供问题，必须尽早联络当局。

此外，他谈及，拉央河水坝水位，虽然低于安全水平的23.5公尺，但是水位有日趋上升趋势，例如昨日水位是19.68公尺，就比前天增加0.06公尺。

昨日宴上，久未露面的前柔州国际、工业、能源、水务通讯及环境委员会主席陈国煌也受邀出席。

~以上新闻转自中国报~

卸货时失足 船员坠河溺毙

卸货时失足 船员坠河溺毙



■丰盛港一名船员疑因卸货时意外失足坠河，之后证实溺毙。 (小图)死者莫哈末法利。

一名船员疑因卸货时，意外失足坠河失踪，拯救队伍经过约2小时搜索，证实船员溺毙。

这起失足坠河事件于昨午4时许，在丰盛港河码头，靠近市区大桥头附近发生。

死者是28岁的莫哈末法利，事发时他正搬运货物。

《中国报》

Plans afoot to transform Mersing into Caribbean of the East

Plans afoot to transform Mersing into Caribbean of the East

Plans are already in the pipeline to develop and transform the laid-back Mersing district, located on the north-east of Johor, about 130km from here, into the Caribbean of the East.

Johor Tourism, Trade and Consu­merism Committee chairman Datuk Tee Siew Kiong said the district, blessed with natural richness, had the potential to become one of the leading regional tourist destinations.

He said the state government would look at Thailand and the Maldives which capita­lised on sun, sea and sand to lure tourists.

“We are banking on Mersing’s rich flora and fauna and eco-tourism as the district’s selling points,” he said.

He noted that the Mersing district, located amongst 40 unspoiled islands off the South China Sea and the 200 million-year-old Endau-Rompin National Park, had the right ecosystem to become a regional tourism draw.

Tee was speaking to reporters yesterday after the opening of the RM30mil, 200-room, three-star V8 Hotel at Taman Nusa Bestari here.

He also said he had just returned from a working visit with State Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Abd Latif Bandi as well as Mersing and Kota Ting­­gi district officers to meet tourism players in the Maldives.

“Its tourism industry is largely driven by the private sector with the island resort opera­tors there working closely to attract tourists from all over the world,” said Tee.

Maldives, he said, received 1.6 million fo­reign tourists annually who enjoyed diving, snorkelling, deep-sea fishing and island-hopping, and 50% of the visitors were from China.

He added that foreign tourists to Maldives were big spenders and willing to pay for room rates starting from US$500 (RM2,045) per night.

Tee said officials from the state tourism department had also visited Phuket, Krabi and Phi Phi Island in Thailand to study their ways of putting Thai tourism on the map.

“We will continue with promotional efforts to attract more visitors to Mersing.

“With its rich marine habitat, we want to position Mersing as one of the diving spots in the world,” he said.

~News courtesy of The Star~

Thai woman among four nabbed for having ketum water

Thai woman among four nabbed for having ketum water



OCPD Deputy Supt M. Kumar (right) showing some of the items seized including the 509 packets of ketum water.

Three men and a 33-year-old Thai woman were arrested for possessing ketum water in a house in Kampung Makam here.

Police detained them after a tip-off and a month's surveillance by district anti-narcotics officers at around 1am on Wednesday.

OCPD Deputy Supt M. Kumar said the four suspects, aged between 29 and 35, have been remanded to assist with investigations.

He said police also found 300 litres of ketum water packed into 509 plastic packets that could be sold for RM5 each.

“We also seized equipment believed to be used to process and pack the ketum water at the house.

“Among the items seized were weighing scales, stoves and gas tanks,” he said in a statement here on Thursday.

~News courtesy of The Star~