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Editor’s Note<br />
Publisher<br />
HK Gan<br />
hkgan@theplus.my<br />
Managing Editor<br />
Johnson Fern<strong>and</strong>ez<br />
johnson@theplus.my<br />
Photo-Journalist<br />
Kevin Wong<br />
kevin@theplus.my<br />
Columnists<br />
Lim Gene-Harn<br />
Zaini Abdul Wahab<br />
Kenny Hoo<br />
Kevin Hor<br />
Editorial Coordinator<br />
Sarah Zain<br />
sarah@theplus.my<br />
Creative Director<br />
Ahmad Aliff Azeem<br />
ahmad@theplus.my<br />
Head of Marketing<br />
Wong Tze Cheen<br />
tcwong@theplus.my<br />
Head of <strong>Business</strong> Development<br />
Alex<strong>and</strong>er Lee<br />
alex<strong>and</strong>erlee@theplus.my<br />
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Back to the future<br />
In 1990, Zainal Abidin recorded the song “Hijau”. It climbed to the top of the Malaysian<br />
charts, defying naysayers who said any Malay song without “luka”, “duka” or “cinta” in<br />
it was doomed.<br />
But Zainal’s song “Hijau” (<strong>Green</strong>) was about the environment. Ignore the dialect in the<br />
latter verses, focus on the first six verses. The song is a grim reminder of the rape of the<br />
forests, the pillaging of the environment, the don’t-care-less attitude of both government <strong>and</strong><br />
private sectors whose only motivation is wealth, lots of it.<br />
And why was that allowed to happen? Well, Zainal tells you why in the sixth verse:<br />
Korupsi, oppressi, obsessi diri<br />
Polussi, depressi di bumi kini<br />
Well, of course now there is (seemingly) concerted effort to do something about the environment.<br />
There are several ministries looking into preventing the devastation – Ministry of<br />
Energy, <strong>Green</strong> Technology <strong>and</strong> Water, Ministry<br />
of Natural Resources <strong>and</strong> Environment <strong>and</strong> the<br />
Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing <strong>and</strong> Local<br />
Government.<br />
We have committed<br />
to the<br />
Technology<br />
Provider<br />
As a premier solution provider, President<br />
<strong>and</strong> CE Dato’ Dr Zainal Abidin Mohd Yusof<br />
is the driver behind SIRIM’s quality <strong>and</strong><br />
technology innovations that help<br />
companies to compete better<br />
in this issue<br />
Ü Tea Team produces results<br />
Ü Weaving hope for future<br />
Ü Pomeroy unveils Newpark<br />
Ü China’s l<strong>and</strong> treatment<br />
success<br />
NRE’s 11 goals<br />
towards a better<br />
environment<br />
Implementation of CAAP critical in<br />
reducing greenhouse emissions<br />
<strong>and</strong> combating global warming<br />
Nam Cheong<br />
launches new<br />
‘green’ AHTS vessel<br />
Not just cost-effective<br />
but also fuel efficient <strong>and</strong><br />
environmentally-<strong>friendly</strong><br />
international community<br />
to reduce<br />
carbon emissions<br />
intensity by 40 per<br />
cent by 2020.<br />
That pledge was<br />
made by Prime<br />
Minister Datuk<br />
Seri Najib Razak in<br />
2009, some twenty<br />
years after Zainal<br />
espoused that<br />
something be done<br />
about the environment,<br />
lest the earth<br />
be destroyed <strong>and</strong> we<br />
leave nothing for our children.<br />
But it’s always better late than never, while<br />
there’s still something of the earth to be saved.<br />
Now there’s green technology, green business,<br />
green lifestyle, green architecture <strong>and</strong><br />
even green finance.<br />
We’re definitely moving in the right<br />
direction.<br />
Malaysia’s exchange of green technology<br />
via numerous international collaborations<br />
like Malaysia-China Chamber of Commerce<br />
(MCCC), Belgian <strong>Eco</strong>nomic Mission, Malaysian-<br />
German Chamber of Commerce <strong>and</strong> Industry,<br />
Malaysian-Dutch <strong>Business</strong> Council (MDBC) is<br />
purposed to ensure that sustainability is a way<br />
of life.<br />
Everyone seems to have their shoulders to<br />
wheel, pushing in the same direction so that we<br />
are able to return this l<strong>and</strong> to the future.<br />
JOHNSON FERNANDEZ<br />
HIJAU<br />
Bumi yang tiada rimba<br />
Seumpama hamba<br />
Dia dicemar manusia<br />
Yang jahil ketawa<br />
Bumi yang tiada udara<br />
Bagai tiada nyawa<br />
Pasti hilang suatu hari<br />
Tanpa disedari<br />
Bumi tanpa lautan<br />
Akan kehausan<br />
Pasti lambat laun hilang<br />
Duniaku yang malang<br />
Dewasa ini kita saling merayakan<br />
Kejayaan yang akhirnya membinasakan<br />
Apalah gunanya kematangan fikiran<br />
Bila dijiwa kita masih lagi muda dan<br />
mentah<br />
Ku lihat hijau<br />
Bumiku yang kian pudar<br />
Siapa yang melihat<br />
Di kala kita tersedar<br />
Mungkinkah terlewat<br />
Korupsi, oppressi, obsessi diri<br />
Polussi, depressi di bumi kini<br />
Oo... anok-anok<br />
Tok leh meghaso m<strong>and</strong>i laok<br />
Bersaing main ghama-ghama<br />
Ale lo ni tuo omornyo berjoto<br />
Koto usoho jauh ke daghi malo petako<br />
Ozon lo ni koho nipih nak nak aghi<br />
Keno make asak hok biso, weh<br />
Pase maknusio<br />
Seghemo bendo-bendo di dunio<br />
Tok leh tahe<br />
Sapa bilo-bilo<br />
2<br />
november-december, green+.2014
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