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Volunteers of the Reef Rehabilitation programme plant new corals, clean up waste at beaches
hijau (greenhouse), also known .astherecycling centre,atKam- pungAirBatangtosegregateand collect the recyclable items, be
fore being transported to the mainland.
ThiswasRBC’sfifthyearreturn
ingtotheislandfortheproject.
Its human resources depart
menthead,S.Manindra,wasde
lighted to see that theirefforts werebearingfruit.
“Aswewalked,-wespottedre
cyclingbinsproperlyplacedand TAFF of Reef Check people were more aware ofthe Malaysia(RCM)andRoy- importance of recycling rather al Bank ofCanada(RBC) than simplythrowingunwanted recently returned here, itemsaway,
located 32km off Rompin, Pa-
+hang,tocontinuewitheffortsto sea to cull the crown-of-thoms protecttheisland’sbeachesand and replanted the corals to re
oceanfloor.
Some 40 volunteers tookpart Straits Times, which alsojoined in the three-day Pulau Tioman intheprogramme.
ReefRehabilitationprogramme,
underthe supervision ofRCM’s commitment shown by RBC in senior programme manager, theprogramme.
AlvinChelliah.
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“Ourdiversalsowentintothehabilitatethem,”hetoldtheNew Meanwhile, Alvin lauded the It is rare for corporate com- They were divided into two paniestocometothesameplace groups—thefirsttookcareofthe for five years. They are here to sea,whilethesecond,theland. ensurethecontinuityofthegood
Thegroup whodived into the workstartedin2015.
sea focused on planting new “We have also constructed coralstoartificialframesandre- rumahhijauatotherplacesupon moved the harmful crown-of- requestby localswho wanted a thorns starfish and snails that similar facility as that in Kam- haddestroyedthecorals.
The non-divers, meanwhile, **Wereckonthisshowshowsuc- carriedoutbeachcleaningactiv- cessfultheprogrammehasbeen itiesatotherpartsoftheisland. andhowwellithasbeenaccepted
Thegroup constructedrumah bylocals.”
pungAirBatang.
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ARoyalBankofCanadavolunteerplantingnewcoralsduringtheReef RehabilitationProjectatPulauTiomanrecently,piccourtesyofroyal BANKOFCANADA