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Category: Featured Article English

SK St Xavier in Penang Practises Energy-Saving

More and more students are actively doing their part to protect the environment by saving on electricity use. Lee Jian Shuo, a Standard 6 class energy monitor in SK St Xavier in Penang, shares his experience. “Thanks to the energy-saving initiative started in our school, I am now more concerned about switching off the fan and lights when not using them. We don’t need to use air-conditioners...
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HOW PARIS REVITALISED ITS URBAN SPACE

Take a look at the following before and after pictures of Rue du Trésor in Marais, Paris. Improving urban mobility is a constant challenge. Paris demonstrates how to revitalise our cities by prioritising proximity, pedestrianisation and urban comfort. Top pix (1987): Rue du Trésor in the 4th arrondissement of Marais, Paris was dominated by vehicular traffic, with less space for pedestrians,...
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7 Hidden Benefits of Silence

We live in a noise-filled world. Our lives are busy, and many of us don’t embrace silence that often.  Dialling down the noise may offer significant psychological and mental health advantages. Finding moments of silence give you a greater sense of peace. Embracing silence can help stimulate your brain and help you process information. It can also help you become more self-aware and relieve...
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Data centres are big energy and water guzzlers

Sahabat Alam Malaysia expresses its concerns on the rapid boom of data centres in the country particularly in Johor which has the largest data centre market in the country. The exponential growth and the increasing reliance the world has put on technology, particularly the internet and the services it provides such as social media applications, cloud computing, ecommerce and the recent...
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Island Glades Residents Strive for Clean Air and Safety

On 5 August 2024 a community meeting was held at Taman Kejiranan Karpal Singh, Island Glades, at 7.00 pm to address the pressing issues stemming from the ongoing highway development project near the Island Glades residential area. The highway construction work is for the by-pass from Ayer Itam to Lebuhraya Tun Dr Lim Chong Eu (package 2). One of the major concerns raised by the residents here...
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