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Johor Science Fair For Young Children 2009

May 22nd, 2009
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As received from reader:

Dear Brother,

On the 23rd of May 2009, we from Biro Kebudayaan Mahasiswa India is collaborating with Putera Mic Johore is organising Johor state level Science Fair For Young Children(SFYC) 2009 which will be held at Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM),Batu Pahat, Johor.

This is a fair for the young primary tamil school students around johore where the objective of this event is to develop interest among young indian students towards science and technology. Gradually, the students also will learn how to conduct,exhibit and explain the experiments that they have carried out. During the process of learning, the students will also develop the skills of retrieving information from the internet. This science fair is a being conducted in 3stages which includes the school level and followed by state level and finally the national level. UTHM will be conducting the state level for this year and National level will be handled by Universiti Malaya.

About 67 Tamil Primary schools where a total of 350 students will be participating at this fair which the students will be exhibiting at Dewan Penyu,Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.This fair is opened to public and its from 9am to 6pm and will be officiated by YAD Datin Paduka Prof Dr Jamilah Bt Ariffin,Yand Dipertua of Juvita Organisation Malaysia.The Chief guest is YB Dato’ Dr S.Subramaniam,Ministry Of Human Resource for the closing and prize giving ceremony.

This is a huge and well planned programme which is for our indian young generation and we from the organising committee would like support in promoting our programme among the public.We would also feel gratefull if all IPTA/IPTS would promote our programme in your Universiti Bulletin about our programme.We rely anticipating your pressence to our programme and any information you can contact at 017-4156009.Thank You.God Bless.

Edwin Anand Raj
Head Of Bureau Publisity,
Sciece Fair For Young Children 2009
Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia

For more info, please refer also EWRF website which gives a bit of insight on the Science Fair and the various collaborators involved. So, those in the vicinity of Batu Pahat area may make use of the weekend to bring their kids or relatives to the fair and spend some quality time there.

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angry parents protest at petronas station

May 20th, 2009
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Following the “gas leak or not” fiasco at Petronas gas station in Kemuning,  the parents of affected students from SJKT Ladang Emerald held a protest at the station:

Angry parents gathered at a gas station in Bukit Kemuning on Wednesday to protest against an alleged gas leak that resulted in their children being rushed to hospital on Tuesday.

In the mishap 70 students, three teachers and a cleaner from SRK (T) Ladang Emerald suffered breathing difficulties after inhaling fumes from the nearby Petronas station that regulated and transferred gas flow to industrial and residential areas in the Klang Valley.

The alleged leak is believed to have happened when maintenance work was being carried out by a Petronas team.

Coalition of Malaysian Indian NGOs secretary Gunaraj George, who was at the gas station on Wednesday, said it was alarming that such an incident could happen.

“We are now very frightened as we may be dealing with a potential time bomb.

“What will happen if there is a larger emission of the stuff which made the children experience breathing difficulties and faint? Is it safe for them to come to school here?,” said Gunaraj.

All the teachers and students were given outpatient treatment and discharged except for the cleaner A. Nanthini, 40, who wa admitted to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital in Klang.

A four-year-old daughter of the school’s canteen operator, who was also exposed to the fumes on Tuesday, was rushed to hospital Wednesday after she appeared to be listless and was not able to consume food.

Parent-Teacher Association chairman S. Murugiah said they would be lodging a police report against the station owner and would also initiate legal proceedings.

Also at the gathering was V. Ganabatirau, former Internal Security Act detainee and legal adviser to the now outlawed Hindu Rights Action Force movement. His niece Jayabarathi, 9, was also one of the effected students.

Shah Alam City Council councillor K. Uthayasoorian, who was at the scene, said the maintenance team had obviously not followed standard operating procedures.

“Firstly, notice must be sent to all parties nearby informing them of the maintenance work. Secondly, such work must only be carried out at night or during the weekends when there arent many people around,” he said.

Uthayasoorian also claimed that Petronas had not sent a crisis management team to the site after the mishap to explain to parents and teachers what had happened.

Kota Raja Member of Parliament Dr Siti Maria Mahmud said the onus was now on Petronas to pay for medical check-ups for all the students to ensure that they were alright.

“An independent probe into the incident must also be initiated and petrochemical experts engaged to conduct it must be from outside Petronas,” she said.

Petronas Gas Shah Alam area manager Mohd Isa Adam said company officials had gone to the school and spoken to a teacher on Wednesday.

“We wanted to speak to the parents today but the headmaster was away on a course and would only be back on Friday.

“So we will be meeting the parents and all relevant parties on Friday,” he said.

According to Mohd Isa, the station is owned by Petronas and is used to channel gas to Gas Malaysia clients in the Klang valley.

So, who will take the blame this time? Petronas, town planner? local council? state government? developer? MIC?  Education Ministry? What would the solution be? Promise that it won’t happen again as the procedures will be tightened and adhered too? Or that the distance is acceptable and is according to international standard so its a one-off freak incident? This time school, next time?

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what happens when school is located in wrong place

May 20th, 2009
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7o SJKT Ladang Emerald students and 3 teachers were sent to hospital yesterday. Some of them fainted. Why? It was suspected gas leak at nearby Gas Malaysia station that regulated and transferred gas flow to industrial and residential areas in the Klang Valley.

During the noon incident yesterday, strong winds carried the fumes to the school, Selangor Fire and Rescue Department director Soiman Jahid said.

He said the department team took fifteen minutes to shut off the pipelines.

A parent, R. Raja, said he received a call from a teacher around noon informing him of the mishap.

“I rushed to the school, and saw parents and teachers rushing several students who had collapsed to hospital,” said Raja, whose son Darshan was among the 15 students rushed to Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital.

The others were sent to several government clinics in Shah Alam.

NST reported that the victims were 31 students. And it also reported that Petronas Gas Malaysia saying that there was NO leak and that it was a routine service check which saw the release of the chemical.

The Petronas station, located about 300m from the school, was undergoing maintenance.

Teachers said they felt something was not right after they smelled something pungent in the air.

Pupils began complaining of dizziness and some fainted, which led them to be evacuated to the canteen.

Parents were informed and pupils who were not affected were allowed to go home while those feeling unwell were taken to the hospital.

Petronas Gas Shah Alam area manager Mohd Isa Adam denied there was a gas leak.

He said a chemical — ethyl mercaptan — a colourless chemical to odorise natural gas, was released during a routine service check at the station.

Petronas Gas Bhd, in a statement released later, also said there was no gas leak at the site.

It said “a small quantity of ethyl mercaptan had escaped into the air at 11.30am during maintenance work at its facility in Shah Alam City Gate”.

“The chemical is used to detect any leakage of gas. The smell had drifted towards the school.

“Petronas Gas has taken immediate measures to neutralise the smell of the chemical.”

Police and the Fire and Rescue Department cordoned off the road leading to the station during the cleaning-up operations as workers from Kualiti Alam sealed several drums believed to contain the chemical.

The issue of safety comes to mind immediately. We now see schools located in the vicinity of cemetery, sewerage pools, oxidation pool, water reservoirs, gas stations, hypermarkets, and God knows what else.  Who regulates all this approval of locations?

SJKT Ladang Emerald is a newly built school replacing the old one, built by the developer who took over the development of the land in Kota Kemuning. Unfortunately, there’s a hazardous site nearby it. Is the gas station located within the permissible distance from other areas?

Don’t let accidents happen, then only want to run around like headless chickens.

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SJKT Ladang Selangor River burnt down

May 18th, 2009
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From RTM Disaster Unit blog:

Unit Bencana RTM (03-22827448) menerima panggilan telefon daripada Puan Mageswary pada pukul 11:45 pagi, 16 Mei 2009 (Sabtu), mengatakan bahawa SJK (T) Ladang Selangor River, Batu 7, Kampung Kuantan, Kuala Selangor musnah dalam kebakaran tengah malam tadi.

Pegawai bertugas di Bilik Operasi, Uthaya Sankar SB menghubungi Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Bestari Jaya dan mendapatkan pengesahan daripada Ketua Balai, Encik Meon Harun.

Menurut beliau, pihaknya menerima panggilan telefon daripada orang awam pada pukul 00:46 tengah malam mengenai kebakaran itu.

“Tiga jentera bomba dengan 17 anggota dari Balai Bomba Kuala Selangor, Batang Berjuntai dan Tanjung Karang berjaya memadam api dalam masa 25 minit,” kata beliau.

95 peratus daripada bangunan sekolah berkenaan musnah manakala hanya sebuah stor berjaya diselamatkan.

Punca kejadian dan jumlah kerugian masih disiasat.

Manakala itu, Unit Bencana RTM turut menghubungi Bendahari MIC Kuala Selangor, Encik Kumarasamy Subramaniam yang mengesahkan beliau turut mendapat laporan mengenai kebakaran SJK (T) Ladang Selangor River.

Menurut beliau, ketiadaan sumber air menjadi salah satu punca pihak bomba tidak dapat memadam kebakaran dengan segera.

“Saya juga telah memaklumkan kejadian ini kepada Presiden MIC yang berjanji akan membawa perkara ini kepada perhatian Menteri Pelajaran,” kata Kumarasamy ketika dihubungi Unit Bencana RTM.

TV1 menyiarkan segera “crawling” mengenai kebakaran itu selain menyiarkan berita berbentuk “word story”. Maklumat juga disalurkan ke Berita Radio (Bahasa Malaysia dan Tamil) untuk tindakan susulan.

95% of the school is no more. Only a store was saved.

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Muhyiddin visits SJKT Ladang Bukit Jalil

April 24th, 2009
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Today’s papers splashed photos of DPM Muhyiddin who is also Education Minister visiting two schools yesterday. One of the schools is the controversial SJKT Ladang Bukit Jalil. This is a school which have been flooded 13 times over since 2007, and its new site was proposed to be next to cemetery. This is the school where parents chipped in to hire contractor to widen a drain.  The Ex MP also cried after visiting this school. And, last but not least, this is the school that was missing from KL City Master Plan.  Yup, THAT school.

The people living there were given eviction notices, and the school given a plot of 0.4 ha only, that too to be shared with the temple.

Utusan mentioned that Muhyiddin asked some changes to b made to the building plans so that it can accommodate 200 students in 2011 intake. The school has 90 student now, and the new building is expected to cost RM2 million. The 70-years old school will be rebuilt on government land in 18 months, in time for the new intake in 2011. At that time, it will be a fully-aided school. So, is it still going to be built next to cemetery, on a small piece of land? Anyone already briefed new Education Minister about this? That’s because he announced that the school will be build on City Hall land, measuring a smaller 03.ha area while Star quoted 0.4ha.

SJK (T) Ladang Bukit Jalil headmistress Tamilselvi Suppiah said the 75-year-old school was originally built on estate land, and had six classrooms for 92 pupils from Years One to Six, and 14 teachers.

“Our enrolment figures started to drop after the school was affected by floods 13 times in the last two years,” she said.

Anyway, with current interest for parents to enrol in Tamil schools, 200 places will not be enough for SJKT Ladang Bukit Jalil in two years time.  The area is surrounded by townships that has significant number of Indian families. So, we will be back to square one – lack of facilities and overcrowded school.

The point is, if do things, do it properly. Research the suitability of the location for school. Do some study on future needs and then do the allocation.

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