Thursday, April 28, 2011

Daughter remembers Ong the Good Samaritan



Good samaritan Ong Kim Koon, who was rammed by a vehicle in his attempt to rescue a Malay couple trapped in a crashed car, has been an godsend to accident victims many times over, says daughter Kah Wei.

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CM promises no nuclear facility in Penang


The Penang state government will ensure there will not be any nuclear facility or rare earth mines in the state in the interest of public health and safety, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said.

He said Pakatan Rakyat-led states have taken a firm and uncompromising stand against rare-earth refineries and mines.

"PR states like Penang have even gone a step further by writing to the federal government opposing any proposed nuclear energy facility to be located in the state.

Perak says rare earth MoU only for feasibility study

Zambry said he was not informed of the agreement

The Perak State Development Corporation (PSDC) clarified today that the state government had not approved any rare earth project in Bukit Merah.

The PSDC, the state’s investment arm, explained that its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed on April 18 with Hong Kong’s CVM Minerals Limited merely allows the firm to study the viability of mining for rare earth in Bukit Merah.

“Both parties wish to conduct feasibility or exploration studies on the viability of rare earth mining.

“The PSDC and CVM do not wish to develop any project to process rare earth in Perak,” PSDC chief executive officer Datuk Samsudin Hashim said in a statement this evening.

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