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Hong Teik team beats 28 others to cl inch world lion dance victory
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By LOSHANA K SHAGAR
GENTING HIGHLANDS: Like most of their teammates, lion dance performers Goh Jie Wei and Lim Ting Cong had only hoped to do their best in their debut at an international competition.
So when the Hong Teik Dragon and Lion Dance Association was crowned the cham- pion of the 10th Genting World Lion Dance Championship here yesterday, they were estatic beyond words.
"The win was an unexpected surprise.
This is the perfect reward for our seven months of training to prepare for the event,"
said Goh, 18, after the championship.
The team from Alor Setar, Kedah, relegat- ed reigning champions Kun Seng Keng Dragon and Lion Dance Association to sec- ond place. .
Another team from the latter association took the third place.
Lim, 17, said although they had watched the other teams perform, he had not felt intimidated.
"They were all good performers but I was confident that our team could deliver a memorable performance," he said.
The team, which also won the East lion
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King special award, was presented with US$10,000 (RM31,495), a challenge trophy and individual medals by Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Gan Ping Sieu.
Teams from the Kun Seng Keng Association from Muar, Johor, took home US$6,000 (RM18,897) for the first runner-up and US$3,000 (RM9,448) for the third runner- up.
"In a competition, no matter how pre- pared you may be, there can only be one champion," said team member Ng Chin Ann, 22, adding that the winning team was total- ly deserving of the title.
A total of 29 teams from 14 countries including Australia, Indonesia and the United States took part in the biennial event, which is into its 20th anniversary. .
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Scaling new heights: Kua San Tang Dragon and Lion Dance Troupe from Singapore mesmerising the crowd at the championshi as (inset) two members of the HongTei association savour their victory.
156 development projects on hold in Selangor
How raw water is treated
Raw water is collected
> Rain water is collected in reservoirs in Selangor and then flows to rivers.
Source; Syabos
Raw water is processed to become treated water:
The water crisis happens at this stage
> The raw water from the rivers is channeled to 34 treatment plants where it is processed into treated water.
> The 34 treatment plants are now
hatcreat
• When water is released from the dams into the rivers to be channelled to treatment plants, it is possible that some of this water is allegedly diverted and stolen.
• When raw wateris very dirty, more chemicals are used and the cost is also higher. .
• Environmental degradation affects volume and quality of water that is channelled for treatment and this affects the amount of water that can be treated.
operating at full capacity but are no longer able to produce enough treated water to meet demand from consumers which has outstripped supply.
• Discharge of affluent and toxins into rivers makes it difficult forthe raw water to be treated for consumption due to the high levels of pollutants.
• Declining quality of ground water due to contamination from agricultural, urban and industrial activities ..
• Uncertainty of weather such as prolonged draught makes the water in the dams and river basins low.
• High demand from industrial and residential areas which the treatment plants cannot meet.
Stage 3:
Syabas distributes water to consumers
> After the raw water is treated, it is channeled tp balancing reservoirs. From there, the treated water is pumped to service reservoirs and then channeled through distribution pipes to 7.1million consumers in Klang Valley
> Syabas is responsible for channeling treated water to consumers, and mamtaining the distribution pipes as well as service reservoirs.
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By OH ING VEEN
PETALING JAVA: A total of 156 developmE projects in Selangor have to be put on hold Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syab;
claims that it does not have the capacity provide treated water, Kajang Munici) Council (MPKj) councillors said.
MPKj councillor Lee Kee Hiong said Syal had pointed out that the approval for thf projects had to be put on hold as there V\
insufficient treated water for the people Selangor, Federal Territories and Putrajaya.
"Syabas noted that the state has yet approve the Langat 2 water treatment pia project. This is not a valid excuse," she said.
The approval of certain bodies, such Syabas, is needed for issuing planning appn als for development projects.
Lee was handing OVer a letter to Hulu Lan!
Syabas in support of Selangor Mentri Besar T Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's plan to take 0\
the management of Syabas. With her Wf nine other MPKj councillors and three repl sentatives from residents' associations.
"Langat 2 will take at least two years to bu and is to be used to process raw water frt Pahang. Why do we need to process raw wa from Pahang when we have enough Selangor?" asked Lee.
Fellow councillor Eddie Ng said the .po ponement of issuing the approvals was threat to the development of Selangor.
"In Selesa Jaya . and Cheras Jaya, there water disruption about thrice a week. Th,' are factory operators who estimated their It totalling more than RM10,000 per day due the water disruptions.
"We urge Syabas to not politicise the issu
