The Star, 6th October 2008
In line with the Selangor government’s efforts in greening the environment, Bandar Puteri Klang organised “A Tree in My Garden’’ event for its residents on Aug 24.
Te event was graced by Muhammad Hijaz Sanusi, the director of the Landscape division of Klang Municipal Council and DSP Zailan Tazir from the Klang Police headquarters.
The main objective of the event was to promote activities to enhance the town’s environment and to foster closer community ties among Bandar Puteri Klang residents.
About 1,000 Bandar Puteri Klang residents took part along with their family members to green the Town Park the shared common garden of Bandar Puteri Klang, with trees and shrubs.
At the end of the event, to motivate the residents to green their homes and neighbourhood, each participant was given a free plant.
MPAJ embarks on tree-planting programme
The Star, 14th June 2008
In conjunction with the World Environment Day, the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ) held a tree-planting programme within its municipality.
The council conducted its first exercise on Thursday by planting some 100 kelat paya trees. A total of 300 trees will be planted by the council.
Sponsored by Nilam Simfoni Sdn Bhd, the plants were planted by council officers from various departments along the MRR2 opposite the Tesco hypermarket.
MPAJ community and youths department director Sarodin Shahri said the council always had such tree-planting activities from time to time but this was the first time it was done in conjunction with environment day.
In support of the state government's project of planting one million trees in Selangor this year, Sarodin said the council was in charge of planting 100,000 trees. Currently, the council has managed to plant 33,000 trees in various locations in the municipality.
“Last year, we planted about 42,000 trees and we hope to exceed our quota of 100,000 this year,” he said during the exercise.
Sarodin explained the Kelat Paya was a suitable plant as it can beautify a place and provide shade.
“When it is trimmed, it is good for landscaping purposes and when it is grown, the tree provides a good shade,” Sarodin said.
MPAJ will plant 150 of the plant at Taman Angsana Hilir Jalan 1 and 7 and 50 more around Kampung Pandan futsal court.
Bandar Puteri residents spend a fruitful day planting trees
The Star, 11th April 2008
In response to the Subang Jaya Municipal Council's (MPSJ) campaign to plant more trees, a group of Bandar Puteri Puchong residents rolled up their sleeves to plant fruit trees in their neighbourhood last Sunday.
In collaboration with the MPSJ landscape department, the residents planted about 450 trees around the green areas and in the parks at the neighbourhood.
MPSJ president Datuk Adnan Md Ikhsan officiated the campaign.
The Bandar Puteri resident association advisor Samson David Maman said that they have requested for another 500 trees from the council.
“The response has been so overwhelming and Adnan has agreed to our request,” he said during the launch at the Puteri 8/10 field.
“Once the trees bear fruits, all of us would be able to share it and this promotes a sense of neighbourliness,” said Maman.
Some of the trees planted were mango, guava, rambutan, and sour sop.
Adults, with children in tow, excitedly dug up holes and even the elderly joined the activity.
“I think the residents should be commended for being the first resident association to organise its own tree planting activity on such a big-scale,” said Adnan.
He added that the state government has targeted for one million trees to be planted in Selangor this year with MPSJ to plant at least 100,000 trees.
“So far, the council has planted over 43,000 trees of various types under our jurisdiction.
“However, the council does not encourage residents to plant trees like bananas, sugarcanes, or vegetables as its leaves would fall and create a mess on the ground."
“Fruit trees or trees that provide shade are much better,” said Adnan.
Adnan also urged for developers to be more socially responsible towards the community's welfare.
“There are so many types of developers - some passive and others more proactive.
“Developers must always remember their responsibility to the buyers and it doesn’t just end with the selling of a property,” he said.
After the activity, the residents raised few pertinent issues with Adnan with regards to the township such as repair work and maintenance and he assured them that he would get the developer to look into soon.
