GEORGE TOWN: The Penang South Islands (PSI) project is expected to get the green light soon, paving the way for work to begin by the third quarter of the year.
Two men who suffered leg injuries due to an explosion while atop a 30-metre-tall water tank were rescued by firefighters at the Kg Lawa Gadong water treatment facility, here, last Thursday.
District Fire and Rescue Station Chief Mohammad Hasbulla Nenggok on Sunday said the pair were taken down from the tank using a lowering line at about 10.04am.
He said the men’s fractured legs prevented them from using the tank’s existing ladder to descend, and that firemen were brought in to assist in helping them down.
“As firefighters, our only responsibility is to rescue the victims, we do not know how the explosion happened,” he said.
In a separate case, firefighters were called in on Wednesday to help capture a python that had slithered into a resident’s home in Kg Klias Kecil at around 8.51am.
In another case, the man who went missing on Monday while repairing pipes is believed to have drowned. The decomposing body was found in S
BUTTERWORTH: The state government has given out new boats, engines and equipment to 20 fishermen under the Penang South Islands' (PSI) Social Impact Management Plan (SIMP).
KOTA KINABALU: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad scoffed at the latest attack by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim over the former prime minister being the one to blame for Pakatan Harapan government’s failure during its 22 months in power.