IN A FLASH 25 MAY 2009

IN A FLASH 25 MAY 2009
GOOD AFTERNOON AND SALAM MUHIBAH.
IT IS TIME FOR IN A FLASH.

MADA will be focusing on the paddy management system by estate as a step to increase production.

MADA Chairman, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid said, the focus will be on increasing production with each area containing one exemplary plot.

Before this the only paddy estate in the state was in Jelai, Pendang.

He said, the four districts identified are area 1, Kampung Bohor Rotan Pahit in Perlis sixty-three hectares; area 2 2, in Kubang Pasu Kampung Masjid Kuala Sungai seventy-nine hectares; area 3, in Jelai Pendang seventy-nine hectares and area 4, in Batu 14 Yan eighty-five hectares.

He added, the farmers should switch to modern methods and that the estate solution will guarantee the increase of production.

Farmers in Jelai, Pendang recorded an increase from 6.12 tonnes per hectare to 8.2 tonnes using the method.

He was speaking to reporters after chairing the MADA meeting in Ampang Jajar in Alor Setar.

He also said two hundred fifty farmers will be involved in the project and will begin using the method this coming season.

He also said the response from farmers is very positive.

/ENDS-RTM


The Health Ministry announced today that the Leptospirosis outbreak in the Juru Detention Camp, Bukit Mertajam, Penang is now stable and under control.

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Mohd Ismail Merican said no new cases have been reported.

He said until 8am yesterday, the number of Leptospirosis cases being treated at the hospital remains at seven.

All six cases treated at the Bukit Mertajam Hospital isolation ward and a case treated at the Seberang Jaya Hospital's intensive care unit (ICU) have been shifted to normal wards.

He said this in a statement in Kuala Lumpur.

Meanwhile in Pahang, a respiratory tract infection occurred at the Maktab Rendah Sains Mara, Kuantan, involving one hundred ninety nine people who experienced symptoms such as fever, cough, headache and flu.

He said the students involved have been placed in isolation rooms at the school to control the situation, and they are reported to be stable.

No cases have been warded so far.

He added a medical team visits the school twice daily to treat and monitor the illness.

It is expected they will come out from isolation today.

In Kedah, nine out of thirty five students at the Pendang Special Model School who experienced respiratory tract disease Influenza A, have been discharged from the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital yesterday.

He said eight students were sent home Saturday evening.

Dr Mohd Ismail said lab tests showed that the students experienced a seasonal Influenza A infection which is not related to the Influenza A (HINI) disease.

/ENDS-BERNAMA.




THAT’S THE END OF IN A FLASH FOR TODAY.
SALAM MUHIBAH.