09/02/12 Biodiversity Site Progress Report
Bright and sunny days have been a little hard to come by lately but with the inter-monsoon period approaching, perhaps today heralds sunnier days ahead.The sky was a clear blue with nary a cloud in sight. As a light breeze danced around us, we made our way up to the biodiversity site. Even with the sun shining brightly the temperature was a lovely 20 degrees Celcius. The first Nissen Hut was completely covered with zinc roofing and the floor laid with ‘generous dollops’ of cement. The original building was built during the prewar days and some of the metal sheets had corroded through rendering them unusable. The windows were properly placed now as due to a communication failure they had been ‘higher than the roof’ the week before. The 2nd Nissen Hut was half covered and work was in progress. The main structure of the washrooms and toilets were completed with only the piping, fittings and other finishing touches to be done.
We gave packets of home cooked banana leaf rice to the construction workers before we left. With such beautiful weather up in Gunung Brinchang we were actually quite reluctant to leave
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Re-Act Troopers Recycling Camp 9th to 10th November 2011
The camp conducted on the 9&10 November at the Parit Falls Forest Reserve was a success with the participation of 14 primary schools all from Cameron Highlands. Each school sent 4 students and 1 teacher for the 2 day camp, with their high spirits we were able to have a fun filled and lively camp.
Seated L-R : En Shafie ( PPD representative), Dr.Liau Tai Leong (Vice President REACH), Ramakrishnan Ramasamy (President REACH), Mr Ng (CIMB representative)
Standing : RE-ACT Troopers Cameron Highlands (representatives from schools)
Re-Act!! Trash is Cash 2010/2011 CIMB/Reach Project
CIMB/Reach Project Re-Act!! Trash is Cash 2010/2011
This recycling project is an extension of our on-going community recycling project and it involves school communities via introduction of Re-Act initiatives. This project is funded by CIMB.
Time period ; September 2010 to November 2011
The 1st 3 months involved laying the ground work for recycling in schools and collection of recyclables. Permission obtained from the local education office PPD ( Pejabat Pendidikan Daerah) to carry out recycling programme. Collection centres in Ringlet, Bertam Valley, Brinchang, Kuala Terla was opened for local communities and schools.
15th December 2010 -A CIMB/Reach Recycling Programme was conducted in Ringlet together with the local district council and Government Departments.
19/01/12 Biodiversity Centre – Taking shape
Work at the Biodiversity centre is progressing well except for the occasional glitches. Now that the services of the tractor is unavailable, transport of materials from the Gunung Brinchang road to the site requires good timing and help from local folks. Once again a farmer friend came to our rescue with his ‘workhorse’ , a trusty landrover. Looking at him negotiating the uneven road, slippery and steep surface with a load of door frames and wire meshes with relative ease…. well all I could think of was … this is real four-wheel driving! The longer the building materials remain at the roadside and the more expensive they are, the higher the chances that they get pilfered. So we were very appreciative that Mr Jega took 2 hours from his busy work to assist us. With Chinese New Year round the corner, this is the peak season for farmers. Mr Jega had in fact just finished packing and sending off the day’s load of cabbages, pak choy and poh choy to the lowlands. Back at the site, the steel framework of the huts are up and the dome shaped of the huts are now visible. Over the next few days more building materials will be arriving and it is quite thrilling to know soon our long awaited biodiversity centre will be completed.
