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Showing posts with label Kota Kinabalu. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kota Kinabalu. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Kota Kinabalu to have Malaysia's first green taxi stand
Great initiative by great people for the people! More corporations and private firms need to come forward and contribute to life-enhancing ideas such as this one.
You can read further in the following article but to summarise it, the first ever green taxi stand in Malaysia - expected to be completed in KK in three months' time, probably in June 2013 - will feature among others:-
Let's hope that more such stands (taxi and bus stands) would be built in and around the city centre, courtesy of generous firms, individuals and corporations.
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Kota Kinabalu's first green taxi stand in the making
D.Express, Feb 23
A proposal to upgrade and renovate the existing taxi stand at Jalan Pantai in Kampung Air, here, would see the first "green" taxi stand in the country.
The project, designed by local architect Sim Sie Hong of Innotech Design Architects Sdn Bhd, would convert the existing taxi stand into a new taxi stand using renewable and green building materials.
This was disclosed to Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir by Teo Chew Association President, Chua Soon Ping, during a courtesy call in City Hall. Chua said the project is initiated and partly sponsored by the Association together with several other companies.
Explaining the project as part of their corporate social responsibility for the city, Chua said the new taxi stand will be 100% powered by solar power, using the latest thin film technology to power up the basic essentials lighting and ceiling fans, with some power socket for phone charging to be used by the taxi operators.
On the design, he said the new seating area will also be specially design to prevent people to sleep on it, and will have an extended roof cover to prevent taxi passengers getting wet during rainy days.
Other features will also include new LED lighting to lit the area at night and ceiling fans to keep the taxi stand cool and ventilated during hot sunny days.
According to Chua, the project would take three months to complete and once in place it would serve as a prototype of a small green building in the city, which is energy saving.
Abidin thanked the Association and the sponsors for their contribution and regarded their effort as very good example of 'smart partnership' between the Association and the corporate sector, to assist Kota Kinabalu City Hall to make the City a more liveable place.
The Mayor said the City Hall would also conduct study to look into possibility of using the same technology for all the bus stands in the city in the future.
TheGreenMechanics: How about having a fleet of "green taxi" in the city? A far-fetched ambition, or dream?
You can read further in the following article but to summarise it, the first ever green taxi stand in Malaysia - expected to be completed in KK in three months' time, probably in June 2013 - will feature among others:-
- use of green building materials,
- powered 100% by solar,
- energy saving LED lightings,
- energy saving ceiling fans,
- free power socket for phone charging
An artist's impression of the green taxi stand at Kg. Air. D.Express photo
Let's hope that more such stands (taxi and bus stands) would be built in and around the city centre, courtesy of generous firms, individuals and corporations.
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Kota Kinabalu's first green taxi stand in the making
D.Express, Feb 23
A proposal to upgrade and renovate the existing taxi stand at Jalan Pantai in Kampung Air, here, would see the first "green" taxi stand in the country.
The project, designed by local architect Sim Sie Hong of Innotech Design Architects Sdn Bhd, would convert the existing taxi stand into a new taxi stand using renewable and green building materials.
This was disclosed to Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir by Teo Chew Association President, Chua Soon Ping, during a courtesy call in City Hall. Chua said the project is initiated and partly sponsored by the Association together with several other companies.
Explaining the project as part of their corporate social responsibility for the city, Chua said the new taxi stand will be 100% powered by solar power, using the latest thin film technology to power up the basic essentials lighting and ceiling fans, with some power socket for phone charging to be used by the taxi operators.
On the design, he said the new seating area will also be specially design to prevent people to sleep on it, and will have an extended roof cover to prevent taxi passengers getting wet during rainy days.
Other features will also include new LED lighting to lit the area at night and ceiling fans to keep the taxi stand cool and ventilated during hot sunny days.
According to Chua, the project would take three months to complete and once in place it would serve as a prototype of a small green building in the city, which is energy saving.
Abidin thanked the Association and the sponsors for their contribution and regarded their effort as very good example of 'smart partnership' between the Association and the corporate sector, to assist Kota Kinabalu City Hall to make the City a more liveable place.
The Mayor said the City Hall would also conduct study to look into possibility of using the same technology for all the bus stands in the city in the future.
TheGreenMechanics: How about having a fleet of "green taxi" in the city? A far-fetched ambition, or dream?
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Smoke-free ride is everyone's right
Last Wednesday the relevant authorities did the necessary to stop people from smoking in Public Transport. Occasional operations, however, are just not sufficient. We have to do it continually and consistently. Encouragingly, participation of NGOs and private entities on anti-smoking campaigns seem to have ramped up so the education part is fairly taken cared of.
It is now time to put the stick to work. More agencies (government or otherwise) need to take cue of what the two did. Kudos!
Better late than never
This is a small piece of good news to non-smokers. Commuters on public transportation in the State Capital can soon enjoy a smoke-free ride, thanks to a joint operation conducted by the Road Transport Department and the Kota Kinabalu Health Office in Kota Kinabalu, recently.
The two-and-a-half-hour operations, which started at 9.00am and called "Ops Anti-smoking in Public Transport (Bus/Taxi)", was conducted by a total of 6 teams comprising 20 officers at Taman Awam in Likas Bay.
Operations aside, Taman Awam in Likas Bay is a great place for recreation and picnic.
Photo: de engineur
The objectives of the joint operation were to enforce control of the Regulation 2004 (CTR 2004) which states that:-
Pamphlets and stickers were also distributed to public transport vehicles to create awareness regarding CTR 2004. A total of 48 public transport vehicles we checked and a total of 6 notices were issued to public transport operators for failures to display signages.
It is now time to put the stick to work. More agencies (government or otherwise) need to take cue of what the two did. Kudos!
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| RTD personnel inspecting a public bus. Photo: J.Goh/Daily Express |
Better late than never
This is a small piece of good news to non-smokers. Commuters on public transportation in the State Capital can soon enjoy a smoke-free ride, thanks to a joint operation conducted by the Road Transport Department and the Kota Kinabalu Health Office in Kota Kinabalu, recently.
The two-and-a-half-hour operations, which started at 9.00am and called "Ops Anti-smoking in Public Transport (Bus/Taxi)", was conducted by a total of 6 teams comprising 20 officers at Taman Awam in Likas Bay.
Operations aside, Taman Awam in Likas Bay is a great place for recreation and picnic.
Photo: de engineur
The objectives of the joint operation were to enforce control of the Regulation 2004 (CTR 2004) which states that:-
- Regulation 12.1(a) - Signage should be displayed in Public Transport.
- Regulation 12.1(a) - Signage should be displayed in Public Transport
Pamphlets and stickers were also distributed to public transport vehicles to create awareness regarding CTR 2004. A total of 48 public transport vehicles we checked and a total of 6 notices were issued to public transport operators for failures to display signages.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Macam di KK
We stay near Kota Kinabalu city and I feel once in a while there's a need to promote KK (as the city is called locally) - like it should be yesterday. Couldn't get the embedded youtube codes for Macam di KK yesterday so it ended up appearing only on today/Thursday.
Artist, Janrywine J. Lusin singing Maafkanlah Aku during CLAS Season 3 in 2010 @1Borneo
Like all of us, Janrywine is also an avid photographer. I think.
Last month, the singer was appointed by the City Hall as Ambassador of Kota Kinabalu City and his song 'Macam Di KK' as the official theme song of the City. Mayor Datuk Abidin Madingkir, when announcing this said that as ambassador, Janrywine will assist in spreading the City Hall’s 5K message as well as to attend City Hall’s official functions.
City Hall's 5K campaign covers cleanliness, beauty, security, orderliness and welfare (Kebersihan, Keindahan, Keselamatan, Keteraturan dan Kesejahteraan).
So, he is an Ambassador. Way to go, man!
Sit back and relax, enjoy the song. It's a light-weighted lyrics meant for santai and hiburan.
Welcome to Kota Kinabalu!
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