{"id":5735,"date":"2014-02-07T04:19:31","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T04:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=5735"},"modified":"2015-05-05T04:21:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T04:21:23","slug":"restoring-tasik-chini-to-its-pristine-condition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/tahun-2014\/february-2014\/restoring-tasik-chini-to-its-pristine-condition\/","title":{"rendered":"Restoring Tasik Chini To Its Pristine Condition"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Ftahun-2014%2Ffebruary-2014%2Frestoring-tasik-chini-to-its-pristine-condition%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=5735&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"midblock\">\n<div class=\"insidem\">\n<div class=\"news_item_a\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_tools\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"createdate\">FRIDAY, 07 FEBRUARY 2014 07:59<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/serahbangunan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Shahfizal Musa<br \/>\nPix Izwan Azman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TASIK CHINI, 6 Feb 2014 \u2013 The National University of Malaysia (UKM) Tasik Chini Research Centre (PPTC) has started work to restore water in the lake to its previous pristine clear condition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This follows the operation of its Fresh Water Laboratory Complex funded by the East Coast Economic Development Region Council (ECEDR).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Key to the complex was handed over by ECEDR CEO, Dato\u2019 Jebasingam Issace John to the Head of PPTC, Prof Dato\u2019 Dr Musrifah Idris last Friday. The ceremony was witnessed by UKM Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation Affairs), Prof Dr Mazlin Mokhtar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof Mazlin said with the new facility, work can start in finding ways to restore the water in the lake to its original condition so as to improve the socio-economic status of those living in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cUltimately we like to see the lotus flowers that once was the trademark of Tasik Chini flourish again,\u201d Prof Mazlin said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He said improving the water quality in the lake will also improve wildlife in and around it. It can then be made into a tourist hot spot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Plans are already underway to include the locals as the main players of the tourism industry there. It will open up employment and business opportunities for them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prof Musrifah told UKM News Portal that it was her intention to ensure that research being carried out there will benefit the local community. \u201cThat is the primary aim, the community must benefit socially and economically\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With improvements to the water quality, life in the area will also improve. She has already set up a social and economic research group tasked with making recommendations on how to improve the living standards of the locals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The second phase of the project is aimed at turning the area into an eco-tourism attraction. Once completed, it will open up opportunities for the locals to improve their economic status by capitalising on the uniqueness of the lake and the areas\u2019 cultural heritage, Prof Musrifah said.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/serahbangunan2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/serahbangunan3.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2014\/serahbangunan4.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"leftblock\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRIDAY, 07 FEBRUARY 2014 07:59 By Shahfizal Musa Pix Izwan Azman TASIK CHINI, 6 Feb 2014 \u2013 The National University<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/tahun-2014\/february-2014\/restoring-tasik-chini-to-its-pristine-condition\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5741,"parent":1097,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5735","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5744,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5735\/revisions\/5744"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1097"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}