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Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Brunei keen to join neighbours to tackle Haze
MIRI (Bernama)- The collaboration among ASEAN countries has resulted in a greatly reduced impact of transboundary haze over the last few years, Malaysia's Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas said yesterday.
He said member countries' compliance to the agreement on transboundary haze pollution, signed in 2002, and the regular meetings of ASEAN ministerial steering committee on haze, had contributed to a better understanding to address the issue.
To date, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore are spearheading the effort to install air-monitoring stations in the Riau and Jambi provinces in Indonesia.
"We are looking forward to having more areas of collaborations (in the future)," he said, adding that Brunei had already indicated an interest to be involved in the collaboration.
"I have been in this ministry for three years. You notice that what we have been lucky that we didn't experience what we had experienced in 1997 to 1998, which was a very bad haze," he said after attending the Miri Division disaster relief management committee.
He said the collaborations that began with the sharing of strategies to combat illegal burning activities had also been enhanced to include joint efforts in installation of weather and air monitoring systems.
Meanwhile Uggah said the sum of RM1 million had been spent to build five tube wells as a measure to maintain the water level in peat soil areas in Miri. He said peat soil is known to be a combustible in dry conditions and the risks were apparent especially in the current dry weather.
In addition, he said 13 check dams were also constructed at a cost of between RM5,000 and RM10,000 each as another measure to maintain the water level in peat soil areas as well as to provide water source for combating peat fire. Awatch tower had also been completed at a cost of under RM 400,000 to be used for monitoring peat soil areas, he added. -Borneo Bulletin 17 May 2011.
He said member countries' compliance to the agreement on transboundary haze pollution, signed in 2002, and the regular meetings of ASEAN ministerial steering committee on haze, had contributed to a better understanding to address the issue.
To date, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore are spearheading the effort to install air-monitoring stations in the Riau and Jambi provinces in Indonesia.
"We are looking forward to having more areas of collaborations (in the future)," he said, adding that Brunei had already indicated an interest to be involved in the collaboration.
"I have been in this ministry for three years. You notice that what we have been lucky that we didn't experience what we had experienced in 1997 to 1998, which was a very bad haze," he said after attending the Miri Division disaster relief management committee.
He said the collaborations that began with the sharing of strategies to combat illegal burning activities had also been enhanced to include joint efforts in installation of weather and air monitoring systems.
Meanwhile Uggah said the sum of RM1 million had been spent to build five tube wells as a measure to maintain the water level in peat soil areas in Miri. He said peat soil is known to be a combustible in dry conditions and the risks were apparent especially in the current dry weather.
In addition, he said 13 check dams were also constructed at a cost of between RM5,000 and RM10,000 each as another measure to maintain the water level in peat soil areas as well as to provide water source for combating peat fire. Awatch tower had also been completed at a cost of under RM 400,000 to be used for monitoring peat soil areas, he added. -Borneo Bulletin 17 May 2011.
Friday, 15 April 2011
Local News
Brunei scores high in tech ranking.
Brunei Darussalam has farred better in the usage of computing and communication technology, according to an annual study issued Tuesday by the World Economic Forum.
Brunei stood 14th for Internet users per 100 population and also in 14th position for cellular subscriptions with data, 23rd place for households with personal computers, 27th position for quality of math and science education, 28th for government success in ICT promotion, 30th in government readiness in ICT and 31st for quality educational system.
Overall, Brunei finished in 57th place in the study's comparison of 138 countries. Sweden was first, followed by Singapore, Finland and Switzerland.
It also means that Brunei has been ranked 57 out of 138 countries in network readiness index for 2010-2011 compared to 63rd position in 2009-2010. Our global competitiveness index is 28th for 2010-2011.
-source: Borneo Bulletin 14 Apr 2011.
Brunei Darussalam has farred better in the usage of computing and communication technology, according to an annual study issued Tuesday by the World Economic Forum.
Brunei stood 14th for Internet users per 100 population and also in 14th position for cellular subscriptions with data, 23rd place for households with personal computers, 27th position for quality of math and science education, 28th for government success in ICT promotion, 30th in government readiness in ICT and 31st for quality educational system.
Overall, Brunei finished in 57th place in the study's comparison of 138 countries. Sweden was first, followed by Singapore, Finland and Switzerland.
It also means that Brunei has been ranked 57 out of 138 countries in network readiness index for 2010-2011 compared to 63rd position in 2009-2010. Our global competitiveness index is 28th for 2010-2011.
-source: Borneo Bulletin 14 Apr 2011.
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