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Malay Mail
6 days ago
- Science
- Malay Mail
Malaysia to add four gamma water radiation monitors in key islands, Bintulu by year-end
JOHOR BAHRU, Aug 11 — The government plans to add four additional Gamma Spectrum Water Monitoring Stations (GSWMS) in Langkawi, Pulau Tioman, Pulau Perhentian and Bintulu by this year. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Chang Lih Kang said the first installation of a GSWMS system has already been installed at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS), Sepanggar, Sabah. 'The system functions to detect and monitor gamma radiation in water sources for safety and research purposes,' he told reporters at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Asean Network of Regulatory Bodies on Atomic Energy (Aseantom) at the Renaissance Hotel here today. 'It can detect or monitor radiation levels in water and it is not only installed in Malaysia, but throughout Asean as well. 'As our systems are connected, there is early detection if any part of the region has abnormal readings,' he added. Chang said it was important to strengthen cooperation with regional partners, especially Asean member states, in the aspects of safety, security and protection of atomic energy. 'Although we have not implemented nuclear power generation, current developments in the region show that most countries are exploring the potential of this energy. 'Nuclear power generation is not only for electricity generation, but also other sectors that use radioactive materials that need to be regulated,' he said, adding that there is a need to strengthen cooperation in the framework of atomic energy regulation. He said the cost for each GSWMS is about RM600,000. UMS was chosen as the first site due to its strategic location near China, Japan and South Korea. In the region, Malaysia is the third Asean country to install the GSWMS after both Vietnam and Singapore had already implemented theirs.
Malay Mail
29-06-2025
- Malay Mail
Missing UTHM lecturer found safe after Pulau Tioman diving scare, swam 1.4km to Pulau Tulai
KUANTAN, June 29 — A Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) lecturer who was reported missing while diving in the waters of Pulau Chebeh, Pulau Tioman, yesterday, was found safe today. Rompin police chief Superintendent Sharif Shaif Mondoi said the lecturer, identified as Eliza M. Yusup, 44, was found by a member of the public who was snorkelling in Pulau Tulai at about 8.45 am today. 'The victim is safe and is reported to be healthy. She was swept by the current about 1.4 kilometres away from her original location before swimming to safety and arriving at Pulau Tulai at about 11.30 pm yesterday,' he said in a statement today. He said she had been taken to the Kampung Tekek Health Clinic for further examination. According to Sharif Shai, the lecturer had participated in a diving activity with nine other divers and an instructor in the waters of Pulau Chebeh at about 11 am yesterday and was believed to have disappeared after doing the activity alone. 'The instructor searched for her when she failed to appear about 45 minutes later and then sought the assistance of the residents of Kampung Salang and the police after failing to find her,' he said. Sharif Shai said a search and rescue operation was then mounted, but halted at about 6.30 pm due to heavy rain and storms, before it was resumed today with the assistance of the Tanjung Gemok Marine Police Force. — Bernama
