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| President's Cuppers still looking for right formula – BorneoPost <b>...</b> Posted: 03 Jan 2014 08:50 AM PST KUCHING: Sarawak's President's Cup head coach Johnny Dominicus will be making more experimental line-ups of the junior Crocs before deciding his final squad. According to the coach who hails from Sabah, the players need to undergo more training sessions and play more friendlies to build up their confidence and understanding especially among the new faces. "I'm still assessing the capabilities of the boys especially the new players before naming the final 11," he said yesterday. He is quite happy with the players as many of them who have played in the President's Cup had shown impressive improvement in the game. This is a right tonic for the squad and Johnny hoped that it would help Sarawak realise its dream in their chase for glory this season. On the recent friendly with the senior Crocs, Johnny said his boys had shown high commitment and determination against their seniors. He added that several new players had also displayed confident performances during the match. "I am not assessing the squad's capability based on the result of this game as it is very tough for them to play against their more experienced and skilled seniors," he said. "To me, it is better for them to lose the match so that we can identify and overcome our weaknesses." Johnny said he will intensify the training of the players in preparation for the squad's challenge in the new season. "I hope that the Football Association of Sarawak will give me the green light to bring the players to Sabah to play some friendly matches with the teams there," he said. Sarawak will open their campaign against Kedah in an away match on Jan 27. Last year, the state squad collected 29 points from six wins, 11 draws and 17 defeats to finish in 15th spot out of 18 teams.  To enable your comment to be published, please refrain from vulgar language, insidious, seditious or slanderous remarks. This includes vulgar user names.  |
| 'Ban non-biodegradable containers in <b>Sarawak</b>' – BorneoPost <b>...</b> Posted: 04 Jan 2014 09:42 AM PST by Lim How Pim reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on January 5, 2014, Sunday KUCHING: The government should ban all non-biodegradable containers, plates and cups for the sake of the environment and health of the people. Federation of Sarawak Hawkers Association president Kapitan Lim Sin Khee said it was high time for the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to direct all local councils to emulate the initiative of Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) in banning Styrofoam containers effective January 1 this year. There are 24 local councils, including two city councils – Kuching South City Council and Miri City Council, under the ministry. SMC is the first local council in the state to launch the campaign. In the meantime, Lim urged all his members, which number about 20,000 in the state, to stop using styrofoam containers or plastic bags. "I am all for the ban of styrofoam containers. In fact, businessmen and consumers like you and me should be aware that anything non-biodegradable is harmful to our health and environment, and we should stop using it. "SMC has done an excellent job on banning styrofoam. This is such an important move that I think other local councils should not wait to do the same," he said in a telephone interview yesterday. Lim, who has helmed the federation for 14 years now, said this when asked whether the ministry should come up with a directive for all local councils to emulate SMC's initiative. Minister of Local Government and Community Development Dato Sri Wong Soon Koh has publicly whispered about extending the ban of styrofoam containers to other local councils, but he did not give specific details. thesundaypost attempted to get details from Wong, but to no avail. Styrofoam products are made from polystrene, which is a petroleum-based plastic, and it is non-biodegradable – meaning it could last forever. It is harmful for the environment as it is made with petroleum, which is a non-sustainable resource. In addition, petroleum production creates heavy pollution. When styrofoam containers, which are widely used probably due to its light weight, are used for food, chemicals can leach into the food, affecting human health and the reproductive systems. This is accentuated if people reheat the food while still in the container. Lim opined that everyone must play their role by not just stopping to use styrofoam containers, but also cultivate the habit of bringing along a recycle bag to shop. The people should start now, he stressed, or the environment would continue to deteriorate. "Not only are we doing it for us, we have to think about our many generations to come. Too many people are using styrofoam containers, and we shall start getting quality containers to buy food." He opined a change of mindset would not hurt and traders could alter their usual business style to do their bit for the environment. "Some 40 years ago, I used tree leaves to wrap fish and prawns. Tree leaves are biodegradable and is a natural fertiliser too," recalled Lim, who was a fishmonger. To enable your comment to be published, please refrain from vulgar language, insidious, seditious or slanderous remarks. This includes vulgar user names. |
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