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Name of waterway
at waterway/pond behind MPSP main building at Bandar Perda
The waterway is located at the upstream of Sungai Juru water catchment area

Date 26/1/2008

Time 9.35 am

Weather : bright sunny day . slightly rain last night.

Conducted By Friends of Sungai Juru
Contact 012-4285453
Crew Size : 2 persons

Here are the results of the water testing ;

Physical monitoring
Colour and appearance – slightly blackish
Smell – smelly
Vegetation – bushes / field grass
Animals – Lizard (biawak)
Activities – human settlement area, housing / construction area within Bandar Perda and uncultivated paddy lands

Chemical monitoring
Variables
PH – 8
Dissolved oxygen (DO) – 0 ppm
Turbidity – 40 JTU
Phosphate – 4 ppm
Nitrate – 5 ppm
Temperature – 28 C
Coliform bacteria – positive

Location Map showing the water testing site.

General View of MPSP main building

View of the pond located behind MPSP main building.

Closer view of the water conditions and appearance at the waterway to the pond

Another view of the water conditions at the waterway before the pond ..

Collecting water from the pond behind MPSP building

Conducting water testing …

Record down the results of the water testing using water monitoring kits..

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The program was launched by ADUN Bukit Tengah YB Ng Siew Lai at the site of Parit Lima Pump house on 19.12.2007. More information about the pump house at Parit Lima : Mitigation plans for new growth sites, The star 20.12.2007.

With the completion of the RM660,000 pump house at Parit Lima, the two water pumps are capable of pumping out the 800 littles of water per minute automatically from Parit Lima direct into Sungai Juru whenever heavy rains and the water level raise to the alarming level. It is hoped that the pump house will serve the purpose to alleviate the flooding problems affecting the residents of Taman Sentul , Taman Sentul Jaya and Taman Mangga /Taman Pinang. Friends of Sungai Juru will continue to monitor the effectiveness of this pump house and will be back with more updated information on the flooding situations of the area one year from the launching date 18/12/2008.

Photographs on the launching of Parit Lima pump house

Location Map of Parit Lima- near North South Highway in juru area

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Program pelancaran rumah pump di Parit Lima telah diadakan pada 19.12.2007 oleh ADUN Bukit Tengah YB Puan Ng Siew Lai.

Kos Pembinaan rumah pump baru ini adalah RM660,000. 2 rumah pump ini berupaya untuk mengeluarkan air hujan sebanyak 800 littles seminit. Dengan adanya rumah pump baru ini, adalah berharap banjir di kawasan tersebut terutamanya Taman Sentul , Taman Sentul Jaya and Taman Mangga /Taman Pinang dapat dikawal atau dikurangkan.

Rakan Sungai Juru akan membuat pemantauan ke atas rumah pump ini setahun dari tahun pelancaran ini untuk meninjau dan melaporkan keberkesanan sistem pump ini .

Gambar program pelancaran rumah pump Parit Lima

View of the site of pump house at Pairt Lima during launching date on 19.12.2007

The participants during the launching event at Parit Lima

YB Ng Siew Lai officiating the launching..

MPSP Council President Encik Farizan Darus with YB Ng and JPS officials inspecting the new pump house

Closer view of the pump house

General view of parit lima

Friends of Sungai Juru Tan Chai Liang with MPSP Council President Encik Farizan and YB Ng after the launching event.

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The envinronment awareness prgramme for Bukit Tengah area has been held at Juru River Dam area on 4th Nov 2007. The program was organised by LA 21 Environment Working Group for Bukit Tengah Area and launched by YB Ng Siew Lai ADUN Bukit tengah. About 600 people turned up for the event including 160 students from MRSM Transkrian, Nibong Tebal. Amongst the activities held during the event were fishing competition, children coloring contest, water quality test and EM “Effective microorganism” demonstration, exhibition, quiz contest, aerobic exercise etc.

Below are some snapshots of the activities …

Fishing competition… About 57 anglers took part in the competition

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Program kesedaran alam sekitar peringkat Kadun Bukit Tengah telah dilangsungkan di Empangan Sungai Juru pada 4hb Nov 2007. Program ini dianjurkan oleh LA21 Pasukan Cara Hidup Sihat, Keselamatan dan Alam Sekitar Bukit Tengah telah mendapat penyertaan lebih kurang 600 peserta termasuk 160 pelajar dari MRSM Transkrian Nibong Tebal dan telah dilancarkan oleh ADUN Bukit Tengah YB Ng Siew Lai.

Pelbagai aktiviti telah diadakan pada pagi ahad tersebut antaranya, pertandingan memancing ikan, pertandingan mewarna kanak-kanak, pocho-pocho, persembahan boria, demonstrasi ujian kualiti air sungai dan demonstrasi EM dan pameran daripada 9 agensi kerajaan dan NGO.

Berikut adalah gambar aktiviti-aktiviti yang dijalankan ….

Pertandingan memanding ikan .

Briefing on water quality test to MRSM students by Mr Tan Chai Liang, Friends of Sungai Juru/Chairman of KRT Taman Bkt Minyak.

On-site learning experience for students about bio-indicators

Group photo of MRSM students and their message – Save our river for the next generation”.

Exhibition by 9 agencies/NGO/Rukun Tetangga Taman Bukit Minyak

Quiz competition…..

Briefing and EM demonstration by MPSP Councillor, Ms Cecelia Wong – EM can help reduce water pollution. Learn more about Effective Microorganism (EM) at A guide to EM, EM learning and Em application manual . More info about EM program by La 21 working group on kitchen waste recycle.

YB Ng Siew Lai releasing EM into the river …

Programme launching by YB Ng Siew Lai ADUN Bukit Tengah

The Wakil Rakyat together with Encik Abu Bakar Bin Othman, Deputy Director of Penang DID and officers from district office, MPSP and other government agencies and participants …

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LA 21 Environment Working Group for Bukit Tengah Area will be organising an Environment Awareness Program on 4th November 2007 (Sunday) at the Juru River Dam area, Time from 8 am to 12 noon.

The program, with its theme “Environment preservation, our shared responsibility”, will be officially launched by Penang State Assemblyman for Bukit Tengah Area, YB Ng Siew Lai. About 500 participants including 150 students from nearby schools are expected to join various activities of the program!

Some of the programme activities are;-

Fishing competition,
Children coloring contest,
Water quality test and EMO “Effective Micro organism” demonstration;
Exhibition,
Quiz contest,
Aerobic exercise,
Lucky draw, etc

The organizing committee welcome all residents and youth from nearby Bukit Tengah area to join various activities line up for them. For enquiries, kindly contact LA 21 Secretariat Tel Nos 012-4779330 / 012-4285453

Some snapshots of the members of the organizing committee which has held its second meeting as well as visiting to the Sungai Juru Dam area on 8th October 2007 to gear up preparation for this event..

Some members of the organizing committee at the site of the program ..in serious discussion on program preparation..

Site survey by the committee members at the suspension bridge of Sungai Juru Dam area

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On site to receive them are Friends of Sungai Juru and Chairman of Rukun Tetangga Taman Bukit Minyak, Mr Tan Chai Liang who later gave a short briefing about the pollution of Sungai Juru, past activities and programs. A representative from Penang DID also gave a short briefing to the students. Also present at site are Puan Cecelia Wong, a Councillor of MPSP, Mr Chew Eng Seng, officer of MPSP as well as 2 representatives from DID Penang and committee members of Rukun Tetangga Taman Bukit Minyak.

Below are snapshots of the students visit to Sungai Juru…

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Satu rombongan pelajar dari Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) telah mengadakan lawatan teknikal ke Sungai Juru pada 13hb September 2007. Rombongan seramai 65 pelajar ini telah menghubungi Rakan Sungai Juru 2 bulan yang lepas dan menyatakan hasrat mereka melawat Sungai Juru setelah mengetahui Sungai Juru dan aktiviti Rakan Sungai Juru melalui portal sungaijuru.com. Tujuan lawatan ini adalah untuk memberi pendedahan kepada para pelajar mengenai pentingnya memelihara alam sekitar supaya dapat memahami dengan lebih mendalam tentang pengurusan alam sekitar.

Ketibaaan para pelajar di Empangan Sungai Juru disambut oleh Rakan Sungai Juru dan Pengerusi KRT Taman Bukit Minyak Encik Tan Chai Liang yang juga telah memberi taklimat kepada para pelajar tentang pencemaran Sungai Juru dan aktiviti yang telah dijalankan.Wakil JPS juga dijemput untuk memberi taklimat kepada para pelajar UMT. Turut hadir dalam majlis tersebut adalah Puan Cecelia Wong, Ahli Majlis MPSP, Encik Chew Eng Seng, pegawai MPSP, 2 wakil JPS Pulau Pinang dan ahli-ahli jawatankuasa KRT Taman Bukit Minyak.

Berikut adalah gambar program lawatan pelajar UMT ke Sungai Juru…

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Immediately after the event launching, the Chief Minister was invited to present prizes to winners of several contests including Penang Environment Quiz Contest 2007. Below are some snapshots of the event and prize presentation to quiz winners ….

The top 3 quiz winners with YB Ng Siew Lai, ADUN Bukit Tengah cum Pengerusi LA 21 Bukit Tengah and Mr Tan Chai Liang, chairman of Rukun Tetangga Taman Bukit Minyak

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Majlis Pelancaran Sambutan Minggu Alam Sekitar Malaysia Peringkat Negeri Pulau Pinang dan penyampaian hadiah kepada pemenang Kuiz Alam Sekitar 2007 oleh Ketua Menteri Pulau PinangVersi Bahasa Malaysia

Sambutan Minggu Alam Sekitar Malaysia tahun 2007 bertema “Pemuliharaan Alam Sekitar, Tanggungjwap Bersama” ini diadakan untuk tujuan bagi meningkatkan tahap kesedaran alam sekitar di kalangan masyarakat Malaysia melalui pelbagai aktiviti kesedaran bagi menggalakkan masyarakat untuk lebih prihatin, peka dan bersama-sama memainkan peranan melindungi dan memulihara alam sekitar.

Sejurus sahaja pelancaran selesai, Ketua Menteri dijemput untuk memberi hadiah kepada pemenang beberapa pertandingan termasuklah pemenang Kuiz Alam Sekitar Negeri Pulau Pinang 2007.

Berikut adalah gambar program sambutan alam sekitar Malaysia…..

Immediately after the event launching, the Chief Minister was invited to present prizes to winners of several contests including Penang Environment Quiz Contest 2007. Below are some snapshots of the event and prize presentation to quiz winners ….

The Chief Minister of Penang addressing at the Launching of Penang State Malaysian Environment Week

The chief Minister of Penang, Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon presenting the first prize (RM1,000.00 plus a certificate) to first quiz winner, Ms Liaw Li Sim flanked by Dr Ahmad Kamurul Najuib Che Ibrahim, Penang DOE Director, YB Teng Chang Yeow, Penang State Exco and YB Datuk Jamaludin, Penang State Government secretary.

Group photo of the winners, organizers and DOE officials with the Chief Minister of Penang

The top 3 quiz winners with YB Ng Siew Lai, ADUN Bukit Tengah cum Pengerusi LA 21 Bukit Tengah and Mr Tan Chai Liang, chairman of Rukun Tetangga Taman Bukit Minyak

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Name of waterway
Site 1 – at Juru Dam, Sungai Juru near Federal Route about 13 km south-east of Butterworth town. Housing area – Tmn Bukit Minyak and school located nearby.

Date 18/8/2007

Time 4.00 pm

Weather : Fair / cloudy . No rain for the past 24 hours. High tide / sea water.

By Friends of Sungai Juru
Contact 012-4285453
Crew Size : 2 persons

Location Map of Sungai Juru

View of Site 1 at Juru Dam

Whislt we were conducting the water monitoring tests, we spotted 2 activities along the river banks there ;-

Angler, Mohamad Syakirin Bin Ismail 24 years old, showing us his catch at Juru Dam – “ikan bulan”.

A scavenger spotted busy salvaging plastic/mineral bottles at garbage site near to the suspension bridge of Juru Dam…..for recycling use !!. Like old newspaper, household plastic /mineral bottles can be collected for recycle and reuse !!

He showed us his collection…..

monitoring and record down the results of the tests…

Here are the results of the test at Site 1 ;

Physical monitoring
Colour and appearance – cloudy
Smell – nil
Vegetation – field grass
Animals – Lizard (biawak), otter(memberang) and snake (ular)
Activities – recreation area with a suspension bridge and several chalets in dilapidated conditions, a rubbish /plastic bottle scavenger spotted nearby and seen salvaging at the rubbish site near the river bank whilst several anglers seen fishing there.

Chemical monitoring
Variables
PH – 7
Dissolved oxygen (DO) – 8 ppm
Turbidity – 40 JTU
Phosphate – 4 ppm
Nitrate – 5 ppm
Temperature – 29 C
Coliform bacteria – positive

Name of waterway
Site 2 – Parit 4 near PETRONAS petrol station at Bukit Tengah Industrial Area along the Federal Route about 11.5 km south-east of Butterworth town

Date 18/8/2007

Time 5.00 pm

Weather : Fair / cloudy . No rain for the past 24 hours.

By Friends of Sungai Juru
Contact 012-4285453
Crew Size : 2 persons

View of the Site 2 at Parit 4.

Close up view of Site 2 where floating algae spotted, indicating that the water is contaminated with nutrient pollution, possibly from sewerage discharge…

Whislt we were conducting the test at Site 2, we spotted a man harvesting moina..

He showed us his catch, Moina, a single cell organism used for feeding fish fry….. Learn more about moina.

Here are the results of the test at Site 2
Physical monitoring

Colour and appearance – brownish, cloudy
Smell – smelly
Vegetation – weeds along river bank of concrete embankment, growth of algae
Animals – Nil
Activities – road expansion works in progress, concrete drain along the Bukit Tengah Industrial area. Numbers of factories sited along the concrete drain. Spotted a man harvesting for moina.

Chemical monitoring
Variables
PH – 8
Dissolved oxygen (DO) – 8 ppm
Turbidity – 40 JTU
Phosphate – 4 ppm
Nitrate – 5 ppm
Temperature – 30C

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Prize Name
First : Cik Liaw Li Sim
Second : Encik Sahbudin Bin Ali
Third : Encik Paramasivam Manikam

Special Prize (10)
1 : Cik Hasmah Sulaiman
2 : Encik Noel A/L Kuppan
3 : Encik Mohamad Zamri B Mohamad Fazil
4 : Cik Siti Normiyah Binti Hussin
5 : Encik Kung Chin Guan
6 : Cik Khor Hui Gim
7 : Cik Khor Hooi Peng
8 : Haji Mohd Azhar Bin Haji Yahaya
9 : Encik Mohd Sufi Khor Bin Abdullah
10 : Cik Tan Pei Li

All quiz contest winners are invited to attend the prize and certificate presentation ceremony in conjunction with Environmental Week celebration to be launched by YAB Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, the honorable Chief Minister of Penang at the following venue / time / date as follows:-

Date : 24th August 2007 (Friday)
Time : 3 pm
Venue : Ground Floor, Queensbay Mall, Bayan Baru, Penang
Dress Code : smart /office attire

To those who are not selected, the committee would like to thank you for your participation and best wishes to you in your future quiz contest attempts. You are also invited to attend the Environment Week celebration organized by Penang State Department of Environment (DOE).

Any enquiries, please SMS or contact Mr Tan Chai Liang at 012-4285453 .

From Panel Quiz Committee
www.sungaijuru.com

Below are the analysis of the results of Penang Environmental Quiz 2007 based on the entries received whereby respondents are required to answer 15 questions online via www.sungaijuru.com/quiz.

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YB Dato Seri Chia Kwang Chye, deputy information minister of Malaysia cum secretary-general of Party GERAKAN and his entourage was invited to visit Sungai Juru on 12th August 2007 to view for himself the changes that taken place in Kuala Sungai Juru after a long lapse of 30 years after his short stay in Kuala Sungai Juru in the 1970’s. Kg Kuala Sungai Juru, a Malay fishermen village with only 30 houses in the 1970’s, has increased to 103 houses.

The “Program Pemimpin Balik Kampung”, organized by LA 21 Cultural and Tourism Working Group, started off with a cruise visit to the downstream as well as the river mouth of Sungai Juru. Here are the latest views and close up pictures of the riverbanks of Sungai Juru, one of the most polluted rivers in Penang that the fishermen community has been besieged with for more than 30 years.

During his speech, YB Chia called on the relevant agencies to step up effort to curb pollution of Sungai Juru and to use the fund allocation under the 9th Malaysia Plan to rehabilitate Sungai Juru whilst YB Huan Cheng Guan, Member of Parliamen for Batu Kawan who was also present at the same function told the residents there that he will continue to bring up the issue of river pollution in parliamen house.

YB Chia and his entourage getting ready for Sungai Juru Visit.

YB Chia and YB Ng accompanied by Encik Wahid Bin Othman, the program chairman…

YB Chia and his entourage getting ready for Sungai Juru Visit.

YB Chia and his entourage walking towards the Jetty..

YB Chia waiting to embark onto the Marine Police speedboat.

The Marine Police speedboat is heading towards the river mouth of Sungai Juru…

YB Chia and YB Ng accompanied by Encik Wahid Bin Othman, the program chairman…

Members of the entourage following the cruise visit …

Heading towards the river mouth of Sungai Juru…

View of the river mouth where cockle breeding is taking place…. Behind is Pulau Aman.

View of the downstream of Sungai Juru.

View of Kuala Sungai Juru Jetty..

More close up views on downstream of Sungai Juru; click here.

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