Utusan Malaysia Online, 26 April 2012
On 13 April 2012, Ocean Elements once again successfully organised a Project AWARE Beach Cleanup event in Dungun, Terengganu. This is the second year we organised such an event in Dungun and our fifth year of organising a Project AWARE coral reef conservation program.
This year’s event was wholly sponsored by Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (Bank Islam) as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives.
400 people, mostly from schools and academic institutions in Dungun area and the government agencies turned up to help clean the 10km stretch of beach from Teluk Gadung all the way to Tanah Lot.
Below is the coverage in Utusan Malaysia's online edition on 26 April 2012.
Berita Harian Online, 31 July 2011
Coverage of our Project AWARE Beach Cleanup 2011 in Dungun, Terengganu in Berita Harian, a major daily newspaper (Online edition):
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Utusan Malaysia, 13 June 2011
On 15 April 2011, Ocean Elements organized a beach cleanup at Teluk Lipat, Dungun. This year’s event was wholly sponsored and participated by Scomi Marine Berhad as part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. Working together with the Dungun City Council, we manage to get over 570 local residents to help clean the 8.5km long beach just outside the town area. The participants included more than 150 staffs of Majlis Perbandaran Dungun (Dungun City Council) and Jabatan Pertahanan Awam (Civil Defence Department) and over 300 students from Sekolah Menengah Imtiaz (Imtiaz High School), Politeknik Dungun and Universiti Teknologi MARA.
At the end of the program, an estimated 500kg of thrash comprising mostly of plastic materials and glass bottles were collected from the beach. The major items are detailed in Table 1 below. In addition, about 4 – 5 tons of dead wood which has swept onto the beach after the recent Monsoon season, were also removed with the help of the local participants and equipment and manpower from Dungun City Council contractors.
Here's the printed version of the story in Utusan Malaysia:
