THE Selangor state government plans to cut down and develop the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve to make way for “mixed development”.
The 931ha peatland forest was gazetted as a forest reserve in 1927. It is home to endangered species such as the Malayan Sun Bear, Selangor Pygmy Flying Squirrel and, Langat Red Fighting Fish.

The orang asli who live in the fringes of the forest also rely on it as a source of income and food. The state governments plan to degazette will put the animals and the orang asli at risk. – October 31, 2020.

Source:The Malaysian Insight

PETALING JAYA: DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has urged Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to uphold the royal decree that rejected his request to declare a partial state of emergency last week.

“Instead of loyally upholding the royal decree as required of his capacity as prime minister, Muhyiddin has tried to justify the need for an emergency and appears to have not given up on making a similar request in future,” Lim said in a statement today.

In a special address yesterday, Muhyddin had said declaring an emergency in Batu Sapi, Sabah, and also Sarawak was the only way to stop the coming by-election and state elections there.

Muhyiddin said holding any elections now may cause a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 cases.


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How do we find fulfillment in a world that's constantly changing? Raymond Tang struggled with this question until he came across the ancient Chinese philosophy of the Tao Te Ching. In it, he found a passage comparing goodness to water, an idea he's now applying to his everyday life. In this charming talk, he shares three lessons he's learned so far from the "philosophy of water." "What would water do?" Tang asks. "This simple and powerful question ... has changed my life for the better."

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — The University of Malaya (UM) will take immediate action to conduct investigations into an article entitled ‘Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Should Not Intervene in National Affairs’ which was poste on the University of Malaya Association of New Youth (UMANY) Facebook page.

Its Corporate Communications Office in a statement today said the university viewed the status posted by the registered student body as serious, stressing that UM respects and upholds the royal institution.

“The University’s Top Management condemns any statement that violates or is contradictory to the principle,” it said adding that the university would provide further information as more information is available. — Bernama

KOTA BHARU: Despite the gloom brought by the closure of the country’s borders since the movement control order was enforced in March, the sleepy village of Kampung Pulau Tengah, Kubang Kerian, near here, is seeing a boom in tourists.

The visitors are thrilled by this natural haven. The traditional village has become an agro ecotourism destination.

A village committee member, Mohd Hishammudin Ghazali, 38, said the natural beauty of the village has spread by word of mouth, attracting at least 500 people during the weekends.

He said this has helped improve the villagers’ income and made them want to improve their services to tourists.


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Researchers looked at 18 Trump rallies held between June 20 and Sept. 22 and analyzed Covid-19 data the weeks following each event.

The researchers found that the rallies ultimately resulted in more than 30,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19.

They also concluded that the rallies likely led to more than 700 deaths, though not necessarily among attendees.

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(CNN)The spread of Covid-19 among members in a household after one person is infected is "common" and occurs quickly after illness onset, according to a new study from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The person exposed or suspected of having Covid-19 should be isolated before getting tested and before test results come back to protect others in the home, said the study, published Friday in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

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