2009/07/08

By : Shahrum Sayuthi and Ahmad Fairuz Othman

SEGAMAT, Tue:

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak yesterday announced Felda's venture into big-scale food production 53 years after its establishment, with RM10 million allocated to kick-start the project.

Launching the Settlers Day 2009 celebrations at the Felda Maokil settlement in Labis near here, Najib said the move was part of the land development authority's plan to boost settlers' income, which mainly depended on palm oil production.

2009/07/07
By : Dr M. HANIKI N.M., Vice-president Malaysian Pharmaceutical Society

About 2.7 million adults in Malaysia are passive smokers.

IT is an established fact that second-hand tobacco smoke (SHS) is dangerous to health.

SHS produced by burning tobacco products causes cancer, heart disease and many other serious diseases.

There are 4,000 known chemicals in tobacco smoke, including nicotine (a poison which causes addiction), tar (contains cancer-causing agents) and carbon monoxide.

2009/07/06

Bernama

PUTRAJAYA, MON:

It's just matter of time before the health authorities in the country decides to raise its level of seriousness in dealing with Influenza A H1N1 from the containment to the mitigation stage as more cases of local transmission are being reported.

However, the question now is how to avoid creating a panic situation when such a decision is taken.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said the health authorities are likely to raise the level from containment to the mitigation stage in the next few days once they decide that there is sustained community spread and new cases have no defined epidemiological links with existing ones.

Tuesday July 7, 2009

By ANDREA FILMER and CHRISTINA CHIN

GEORGE TOWN: A shopper at a hypermarket here vented her anger at the cashier when asked to pay for plastic bags which are normally given out free.

“I bought so much and they wanted me to pay for plastic bags!” said the disgruntled shopper at Tesco Penang in Jalan Tengku Kudin here yesterday.

Monday July 6, 2009

BUTTERWORTH: More days in a week will be designated “No Plastic Bags Day” in Penang.

But Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said the state government would first have to gauge public response towards the move, which begins today.

Every Monday is “No Plastic Bags Day,” for now.