Environment around you
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24 divers collect 110kg of debris off Mari Mari Sepanggar Island
A group of 24 scuba divers from the Sabah Dive Squad Club marked Malaysia Day by collecting 110kg of marine debris, including ghost nets, from the waters off Mari Mari Sepanggar Island near Kota Kinabalu. Two medical doctors among them said they joined to help keep the marine parks clean. The club said the underwater cleanup complements beach cleanups and urged Malaysians to cut single-use plastics.
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24 divers collect 110kg of marine debris off Sepanggar Island
Twenty-four divers from the Sabah Diving Squad Club collected 110 kilogrammes of marine debris during an underwater clean-up off Mari Mari Sepanggar Island in Kota Kinabalu. The Malaysia Day operation, the club's third, retrieved ghost nets, discarded fishing gear and plastic waste that was sorted and weighed ashore. Club president Sim Fui JP said the effort highlighted shared responsibility for protecting the nation's marine heritage.
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Teach disaster preparedness from young, says Mustapha
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Sabah and Sarawak) Datuk Mustapha Sakmud said safety and disaster preparedness education should start at a young age. He spoke at the closing of the Kampung Siaga 221 programme at Kampung Kokol, Manggatal, on Saturday. The Sabah Civil Defence director said the programme, the third this year, will continue annually.
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Safoda Eco Forest Park in Kinarut holds tree-planting for clean air
Safoda Eco Forest Park in Kinarut held a tree-planting ceremony on Tuesday for the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. The event, sponsored by the Japanese community through JICA, brought together students, educators and representatives from Japan and Sabah amid ongoing haze in Sabah and Sarawak.