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Daily Express
22-05-2025
- General
- Daily Express
Kota Kinabalu operators fined for food violations
Published on: Thursday, May 22, 2025 Published on: Thu, May 22, 2025 By: Sidney Skinner Text Size: City Hall personnel and their SSD peers worked together to carry out the operation on Monday. City Hall compounded eight food operators for contravening its Food and Eating Premises By-Laws 1966, during a check of eateries in the State Capital earlier this week. A spokeswoman for the agency's Environmental Health Department (EHD) said a penalty of up to RM500 could be imposed in such circumstances. 'Three shop-owners had not installed grease-traps according to our specifications, particularly when it came to the T-joint which is supposed to be part of the set-up,' she said. 'Two had failed to maintain this equipment, while another two were found to be releasing the soiled water from their kitchens into the common drain outside.' The last was taken to task for running his/ her business without a valid licence, according to her. These violations came to light during a Unified Grease-Trap Operation between City Hall and the Sewage Services Department (SSD) on Monday. Advertisement Five SSD personnel were involved in the two and a half hour exercise which was organised by the former agency to deal with the sewage woes caused by the indiscriminate disposal of fats, oils and grease (FOG) at commercial outlets in one part of Kota Kinabalu. They were joined by 13 City Hall staff who were drawn from its Environmental Health and Engineering Departments. The joint SSD-City Hall team inspected nine outlets on Jalan Gaya and Jalan Haji Saman. The EHD spokeswoman stressed that the oily discharge entering grease-traps should be removed daily. 'Don't hold off cleaning the traps only till it becomes necessary to do so.' She said it was imperative that the unwanted cooking oil from commercial kitchens was dealt with responsibly. 'Proprietors should also avoid modifying the traps and adhere to our approved specifications. A 'T-joint' should also be put in place before the outlet from these devices and they should not be connected to the drainage servicing the shops.' A SSD spokeswoman said it hoped to make business-owners in the City aware of the proper method to get rid of the FOG from their activities. She admitted that the agency had been facing an uphill task mitigating the nuisance created by a manhole in a back-lane on Jalan Gaya which had been overflowing, on and off, since November. A preliminary inspection was made of Lorong Bank shortly after this problem came to light, with a follow-up check carried out in March, according to her. 'Our staff opened the inspection chamber (IC) for the problematic manhole and others along the road. They found the effluent past the brim,' she said. 'They set about 'sewer-rodding' the length of the pipes underneath the trouble-spots. Bits of congealed FOG were among the foreign objects strained from the sewage. 'We suspect that some parties may be flushing used cooking oil into the sewer-line.' She said one of the Department's tankers was subsequently deployed to the back-lane to pump out the effluent from the IC in a bid to offer the public in this part of the State Capital some temporary relief. 'A hairline crack was found in one of pipes during this de-sludging effort. This damage likely allowed the run off from the drains in the vicinity to enter the sewers. 'This may be a factor in why the manhole has been overflowing for as long as it has.' The spokeswoman said the SSD planned to the replace the sewer-pipes and install new ICs on the affected section of Lorong Bank. 'We are trying to obtain a wayleave from City Hall as this section of the road, including the pavement nearby, will have to be excavated in order to carry out this improvement,' she said. 'Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it should take at most three months to finish this upgrading effort.' * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
DNR proposes deer hunting regulations for western Iowa
HINTON, Iowa (KCAU) — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources presented new deer hunting regulations for western Iowa through a series of presentations. The goal is to provide hunters the opportunity to give feedback on the proposed regulations. The Iowa DNR said the vast majority of hunters are supporting the proposed regulations as they see less deer when hunting. The DNR added there are multiple reasons for the loss of deer population in western Iowa. 'We've certainly lost a lot of habitat in the last 20 years, mostly in the form of grasslands and timber being lost,' said Jace Elliott, the state deer biologist for the Iowa DNR. 'We've also had some sustained disease outbreaks like EHD and bluetongue have certainly had their bad years here, and the deer population is seeing its effects, and we've also had historically a lot of doe harvest in the past that may have not been sustainable.' Story continues below Top Story: 35th Saturday in the Park Main Stage, Abe Stage headliners announced Lights & Sirens: Family suing Sioux City over death of son Sports: Sydney Affolter rejoins Hawkeyes as Graduate Assistant Weather: Get the latest weather forecast here The DNR said, because of the reduced population, they need to reduce doe harvest in some way, and the regulations are the most efficient way. 'We're looking at proposing changes to the general any sex tag, as such, and maybe moving more towards a buck only category of tag which is so far been very popular with folks,' said Elliott. The next meeting will take place tomorrow in Sioux Center at the Sandy Hollow Lodge at 6:30 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Game and Fish announces reduction in North Dakota deer gun licenses
Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience. Generate Key Takeaways May 7—BISMARCK — The North Dakota Game and Fish Department is offering 42,300 licenses for the 2025 deer gun season, down 7,800 from last year. In addition, muzzleloader licenses decreased by 150 and restricted youth antlered mule deer licenses remained the same. Game and Fish announced the license reduction — which wasn't unexpected — Wednesday, May 7, in a news release. According to Casey Anderson, wildlife division chief for Game and Fish in Bismarck, population, harvest and survey data indicate the state's deer population is stable to decreasing throughout the state. "The state's deer population continues to recover from the 2021 EHD (epizootic hemorrhagic disease) outbreak and the severe winter of 2022-23, which limited population growth despite reduced gun licenses during 2023 and 2024 hunting seasons," Anderson said. "Modest license allocations are intended to maintain hunting opportunities while encouraging population growth in the state." High-quality deer habitat is not abundant, which has limited the potential for population recovery. If contracts for land enrolled in the federal Conservation Reserve Program continue to expire, Anderson said 85% of the once-3.4 million acres present in 2007 will be lost by 2026. The spring mule deer survey showed western North Dakota's mulie population is 14% lower than last year, despite a reduced harvest and consecutive mild winters. North Dakota's 2025 deer gun season opens at noon Nov. 7 and continues through Nov. 23. Applicants for regular deer gun, gratis, youth and muzzleloader can apply online through the Game and Fish Department's website at . The deadline for applying is midnight June 4. Those who didn't apply last year will lose accrued points by not applying or purchasing a point this year, the department said. State law allows residents ages 11, 12 and 13 to obtain any antlerless licenses, except in units 3B1, 3B2 and 4A through 4F, where mule deer doe licenses are restricted. Total deer licenses are determined by harvest rates, aerial surveys, depredation reports, hunter observations, input at advisory board meetings and comments from the public, landowners and department field staff. Game and Fish reported in March that hunters shot approximately 23,300 deer during the 2024 gun season. Hunter success for antlered white-tailed deer was 49% and 44% for antlerless whitetails. Mule deer success was 80% for bucks and 78% for antlerless mule deer. Game and Fish offered 50,100 licenses for the 2024 deer gun season.
