KUANTAN: A special area plan for Tasik Chini is in the works to further improve area guidelines for the lake, which notably includes a proposal to increase the size of its surrounding biosphere reserve by over 30%.
GERIK: Forty-four students and a bus driver escaped unhurt when the tour bus they were travelling in caught fire at KM39.5 of Jalan Gerik near Tasik Banding here.
PEKAN: The report on improvements made at the Tasik Chini Biosphere Reserve here has been completed and is expected to be sent to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in Paris soon.