PUBLIC AWARENESS
 

                                                            ACTIVITIES


A. COMMUNITY SERVICES
· Morib Beach Cleaning, 29 Jun 2002
· Love Our River Campaign, 15 Jun 2002
· Mangroves Replanting, 14 Jun 2003

B. CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION
· National Water Festival Exhibition, 13 April 2002
· IEC Conference at INPENS International College, 14 Aug 2002

C. WORKSHOP & TRAINING
· ICM Training at INTEKMA Resort, 1-3 Oct 2001
· Environmental Investment and Public Private Partnership Workshop at UiTM Hotel, 21 May
  2002

D. DECLARATION
· Memorandum of Agreement between Selangor State Government - IMO - Lestari UKM, 19
  July 2001
. Port Klang Declaration, 28 August 2003
. East Asian Seas Congress, 8-12 December 2003, Putrajaya



A. COMMUNITY SERVICES


Morib Beach Cleaning

A ‘Beach Cleaning’ exercise at Pantai Morib held on 29 June 2002.

More than 170 Du Pont Industries employees, together with 50 children and 15 teachers from SJK Tamil Padang Tumbuk, recently did their part for the environment at the beach-cleaning project in Morib.

This project was organised in collaboration with the Selangor Water Management Authority (SWMA), Alam Flora Sdn Bhd, and the local district council to create awareness on the importance of keeping the environment clean.

                        


Love Our River Campaign

‘Love Our River Campaign’ was held in Kapar town, Klang on 15 June 2002.

LUAS had an exhibition booth, which received many visitors, mainly residents of Klang who are ICM project’s stakeholders.
The residents were given the leaflets, briefed on the ICM project, its focus and objectives, and on how the project will benefit them.

                       


Mangroves Replanting

‘Mangroves replanting’ program was held in Kampung Perajurit, Telok Gong, Klang on 14 June 2003.

This program was organized in collaboration with Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS) under the ICM Project together with Selangor Forest Department and Klang Municipal Council.

This event was launched by Dato’ Zakaria Md. Derus, State Assemblyman for Selat Klang.

Objective of this event is to get the fully cooperation from stakeholders in ICM Projects in order to identify and prevent the environmental problems at coastal area.

                      


B. CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION


National Water Festival

National Water Festival was launched on April 13, 2002 at Tanjung Harapan, Port Klang, Selangor. Royal Majesty Tuanku Syed Sirajudin, The King of Malaysia, launched this month-long festival at 8 pm.

The festival was conducted to enhance the image of Malaysia as a tourist country, which boast festivals throughout the year.

Activities conducted include dragon boar race, procession of decorative boats, canoeing, sailing, jet skiing, performance by the marine police and fishing contest.

Klang PMO took the opportunity and participated in this festival as part of its Public Awareness Campaign for the ICM Project and distributed about 4000 copies of information leaflet about ICM Klang and Kuala Langat.

Plus, a slot on air at the temporary studio of Radio Malaysia Selangor (RMS) was also conducted to introduce the ICM Projects to the public.

                        


IEC Conference at INPENS International College

The ‘INPENS Public Awareness Campaign’ was held on 14 August 2002 by LUAS with the speaker being Amin Shahriza, our PMO staff. The outcome of the campaign was the 70 students who attended this program are now aware of the ICM projects.

                                             


C. WORKSHOP AND TRAINING


ICM Training at INTEKMA Resort

ICM Training was held on 1-3 October 2001 at INTEKMA Resort, Shah Alam.

This training focused on public awareness and was conducted by Dr Giselle Tan, Program Technical Officer for monitoring and evaluation.

All the participants were selected from the current ICM Project public awareness team members.

                              


Environmental Investment and Public Private Partnership Workshop

On 21 May 2002, this workshop was held at UiTM Hotel, Shah Alam and was launched by Dato’ Hj. Mokhtar Bin Hj. Ahmad Dahlan

This workshop attended by the public awareness team members as well as other officers from various government agencies, private companies and NGOs.

Solid Waste Management System, Sewerage Management System, Port Reception Facility and Pulau Ketam Ecosystem Restoration and Eco Tourism Development have been identified as the possible area of Environmental Investment and PPP.

                                                


D. DECLARATION


Memorandum of Agreement (MOA)

This memorandum was signed between Dato’ Seri Dr. Mohamad Khir Bin Toyo (represented State Government of Selangor), Dr. Chua Thia-Eng (IMO), Lembaga Urus Air Selangor (LUAS) and LESTARI (UKM).

In this memorandum, task was given to the Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) in order to plan, develop and implement the Integrated Coastal Management (ICM).

Two main districts were selected as a demonstration project area and there are Klang district and Kuala Langat district.

                                                 


Port Klang Declaration

Port Klang Declaration, a local commitment for a balanced environmental management and economic development for Port Klang ICM project was signed on 28 August 2003 at The Pan Pacific Glenmarie Resort, Shah Alam. There was seven signatories to the declaration, which represent various authorities and public and industry representatives.

After the signing ceremony, a half-day coastal zone management seminar was held at the same venue which saw various related issues being touched, from planners to environmental managers.

                                                


East Asian Seas Congress

Port Klang PMO also involved in the East Asian Seas Congress which was organized in Putrajaya from 8 - 12 December 2003. The State Government of Selangor was hosting the State Dinner for the invited participants. Besides that, PMO also organized a one-day field trip. The trip begins with a road journey than on to a boat ride to Crab island to see the island and on the way back, stopping by an aquaculture farms nearby. Then participants were treated for lunch on board the Star Cruise ship at Westport before proceed to the Westport tower office to have a brief on the port's operation and future plans. Lastly, the participants was showed the new Malaysia's Federal Government administrative capital, Putajaya to see the accomplished development in the new "intelligent city".