Bernama News In Brief : Sept 17

FIVE AREAS IN HULU LANGAT TO FACE WATER CUTS FROM SEPT 28

KUALA LUMPUR -- Five areas in the Hulu Langat region will experience a scheduled water supply disruption starting Sept 28 from 9 pm due to scheduled valve replacement works at Taman Sri Indah Balakong, Cheras Inlet, and the main divider substation in front of The Mines.

Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) Head of Corporate Communication Elina Baseri said the affected areas were Balakong, Green Park Residence, Bandar Sungai Long (SL 6, 9, 10 and 11), Taman Bukit Palma and Bandar Mahkota Cheras (Jalan Putera, Jalan Puteri, Jalan Bendahara and Jalan Mahkota).

“The scheduled maintenance work will be implemented from 9 pm on Sept 28 to 6 am on Sept 29. Water supply will be distributed in stages and is expected to be fully restored at 6:00 am on 30 Sept,” she said in a statement today.

-- BERNAMA

1,390 FAMILIES RECEIVE FOOD BASKETS THROUGH PLUS' ‘BERSAMA AMBIL PEDULI’ CAMPAIGN

KUALA LUMPUR -- A total of 5,560 individuals from 1,390 families living along the fence line of PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) and East Coast Expressway 2 (LPT2) highways have received food baskets as part of PLUS's ‘Bersama Ambil Peduli’ campaign during the National Month.

In a statement today, PLUS Managing Director Datuk Azman Ismail said PLUS has data of families below the poverty line along its highway fence line, this after its employees established a team of 313 personnel known as the Skuad Ambil Peduli (We Care Squad) to reach out and deliver the food baskets to those families.

He said what made its ‘Bersama Ambil Peduli’ campaign more meaningful was that the financial contributions came mostly from its 3,800 strong Warga PLUS workforce. 

-- BERNAMA

POLL: ALMOST 100 PERCENT HAVE FRIENDS FROM OTHER RACES

KUALA LUMPUR -- A recent UCSI Poll Research Centre result shows that 98.4 percent of the respondents have friends from other races.

The poll also found that they often meet friends from different backgrounds through schools, colleges, universities and workplaces.

The poll, titled Social Harmony 2021, was conducted among 971 Malaysians with the margin of sampling error for this sample size was approximately 3 percent.

The result showed that 19.9 percent of the respondents had over 50 percent of friends from other races whereas 41.5 percent have some (between 11 to 50 percent), 37 percent have a few (between 1 to 10 percent), and 1.6 percent do not have a friend from other races.

UCSI Poll Research Centre chief executive officer, Assoc Prof Dr Pek Chuen Khee, in a statement today, said the education in Malaysia has played an important role in fostering social harmony because it has created a platform for the public to comprehend better and understand each other.

-- BERNAMA