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RM 2b Kuching flood mitigation project on track

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:48 PM PDT

KUCHING: A RM2-billion flood mitigation project involving the construction of a 8.2-km canal and a dyke from the Sarawak River to the South China Sea is expected to overcome floods in this city by the end of the 11th Malaysia Plan period in 2020.

Sarawak Housing and Urban Development Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg said today the canal, between 200 and 300 metres wide, would stretch from the Sarawak River to Batang Salak and would have two barrages to check the overflow of water into Kuching city.

"The dyke and canal flood mitigation project began in 2009 and the widening of the river from Sungai Lemidin for a stretch of 1.5 kilometres, at a cost of RM148 million, has begun," he told reporters after a visit to the project site in Sungai Lemidin, here.

Abang Johari, who is also State Tourism and Heritage Minister, said the project took into account environmental conservation, especially preservation of the mangrove forests in Batang Salak.

He said a thorough study had been made on the implementation of the project and it was needless for the people in the vicinity to fear environmental degradation as their surroundings would be maintained in their original state.
-- BERNAMA

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Man sentenced to death for drug trafficking

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:03 PM PDT

SHAH ALAM: A 59-year-old restaurant worker was sentenced to death by the Shah Alam High Court for trafficking in heroin.

Judge Datuk Mohd Sufian Abd Razak sentenced Lim Siew Poh after finding him guilty of committing the offence in front of a factory in Bandar Sri Damansara on April 7, 2008.

A total of six witnesses testified in the trial.

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