Day: September 19, 2024

KLUANG, The “Elephant Food Bank” project in Johor will be used as a testing ground to find a long-term solution to human-elephant conflict in agricultural areas and settlements at jungle fringes. Deputy Plantation and Commodities Minister Datuk Chan Foong Hin said the project, also known as the elephant feeding area, is managed by the Johor Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) in collaboration with plantation stakeholders. He said Johor has three food bank locations for the pachyderms: Kampung Orang Asli Kudung, Muntahak and Ladang Landak and each food bank location, with an area of over 1 hectare, planted with banana

KUALA LUMPUR, The public should use the ‘Suara Rakyat, Suara Keramat’ gathering at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil tomorrow to directly state their desires, aspirations and ambitions regarding the nation’s development to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Mohd Akin, the senior political secretary to the Prime Minister, said the gathering, themed “Dari Reformasi ke Malaysia MADANI’, would provide a special big board for the public to write directly to the prime minister. “I invite everyone, come use tomorrow’s gathering as a platform to express your views or offer your criticisms… as long as it’s

GEORGE TOWN, The Penang government has awarded a total of RM553,200 in incentives to athletes who contributed to the medal tally, along with coaches, managers and sports associations involved in the recent 24th Malaysia Games (SUKMA) held in Sarawak last month. Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said that the incentives, provided through the Sports Excellence Incentive Scheme (SKIMAS), are a recognition and appreciation of the outstanding achievements of the Penang contingent, which exceeded its target by securing 41 gold, 45 silver and 53 bronze medals. He noted that the reward for gold medal winners had been increased from RM4,000 to

PUTRAJAYA, The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, in collaboration with Agrobank, will empower the young agropreneur community through the Graduate Agricultural Youth Development Incubator Programme (PROBEST 2.0 2024). With an allocation of RM1.69 million, the programme is a youth development initiative aimed at providing opportunities to youth, especially the asnaf and B40 groups, in institutions of higher learning to gain entrepreneurship knowledge, besides helping them generate income. Agrobank president and chief executive officer Tengku Ahmad Badli Shah Raja Hussin said PROBEST 2.0 2024 would expose the youth to training and technical guidance which focus on agriculture-based industries like crops