Longer lifespan for old landfill
KUALA LUMPUR: The Cabinet has decided to extend the operation of the Ayer Hitam landfill in Puchong for three months pending the completion of the new Bukit Tagar sanitary landfill in Hulu Selangor.
Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting said the new 405ha landfill was part of the overall waste management plan.
The others include stepping up the recycling campaign to promote the principle of “reduce, reuse and recycle”.
“The Cabinet has decided that Bukit Tagar will be used as the site for a new sanitary landfill for Kuala Lumpur and Selangor,” Ong said yesterday after witnessing the presentation of contributions for The Star Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund at the Tunku Abdul Rahman College in Setapak here.
A mock cheque for the money, raised by the students in a three-day collection campaign, was presented by the college principal, Yoong Lai Thye, to The Star’s group chief editor, Datuk Wong Sulong.
Ong said the new landfill would hopefully be ready by the end of this month and be operational next month.
He said the landfill was equipped to treat leachate (tainted water from rubbish) and would have a lifespan of 40 years.
On the probe into three firemen in the siphoning of water from a fire hydrant to a fish pond in Subang Permai, he said it was completed and that action had been taken against them.
One fireman was demoted while the promotional prospects for the other two had been frozen.
“All three lost their bonuses in 2004,” he added.
On national service, he said over 520 students from the college had joined as trainers following the Government’s call for a multiracial make-up in NS trainers.
Ong, who is also the college chairman, commended the students for their initiative.
He also praised the college for organising other meaningful activities such as its annual blood donation campaign to help replenish the National Blood Bank.
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