Please be informed that ENSEARCH is organising a training on EIA for Petrochemical Industries on 21 st May 2008 , Wednesday at the ENSEARCH Training Centre. Further details are:

EIA for Petrochemical Industries

Date     : 21 May 2008, Wednesday
Time    : 9am - 5pm (Registration starts at 8.45am )
Venue  : ENSEARCH Training Centre, Dataran Sunway, Kota Damansara
Trainer: Ms. Vijayalakshmi B. Samuel

This EIA course presented for the  Petrochemical Industries  is intended to outline the approach and methodology that can be adopted to address environmental issues that are likely to be associated with the industry. The course will identify the various activities involved in the implementation of onshore and offshore upstream natural gas extraction activities and their impacts to the land and marine environment .

Registration closes 15 th May 2008 .

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Please be informed that the BERITA ENSEARCH's newsletter for the 1 st quarter of the year 2008 is ready. A few highlights are:

- Notice of ENSEARCH 24th AGM
- K. Kumarasivam Young Environmentalist Award 2008 Announcement
- Upcoming training courses

and an article on 'The Cost of Implementing Cleaner Prodution - the myths and the facts'.

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Please be informed that ENSEARCH will be having its 24th Annual General Meeting at Matahari I, Level 5, Cititel Midvalley, Kuala Lumpur on 10th May 2008, Saturday at 11am . The programme of the AGM is as follows:

9.00am - 9.30am Registration & Welcome Coffee
9.30am - 10.00am Talk by 4th K. Kumarasivam Young Environmentalist Internship Award winner
10.00am - 10.30am Talk by invited speaker
10.30am - 10.45am Coffee break
11.00am - 12.30pm ENSEARCH 24th Annual General Meeting
12.30pm Buffet Lunch at Citi Café, Ground Floor, Cititel Midvalley

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ENSEARCH would like to invite young Malaysians with a passion for environmental management excellence to apply for the K. Kumarasivam Young Environmentalist Internship Award 2008. A selected individual will be placed as an intern in a reputable center of environmental management excellence abroad for a period of at least two weeks. In previous awards, successful applicants have been placed in Korea , Germany , Australia and Thailand .

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WM 2008, a 2day Conference & Exhibition on Waste Management, is again organised by ENSEARCH. This Conference is endorsed and supported by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government. The Department of National Solid Waste Management and Department of Environment, Malaysia is expected to play a key role in this event in accordance with the Theme.

This 2-day Conference is scheduled for 11 th and 12 th of November 2008 , at Sime Darby Convention Centre, Bukit Kiara, Kuala Lumpur is expected to primarily cover issues concerning Scheduled Waste Management and Solid Waste Management for Industries, Oil and Gas and Plantation sectors . To showcase the Private sectors services and products, an Exhibition has been slotted to add value to the Conference.

The theme of the Conference is “WM2008: Profiting from Green Practices”. The Conference generally aims at presenting an opportunity for both the Regulators and key Industry players an avenue to deliberate and exchange current waste management issues, updates and implications of the new Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Bill 2007 as well as to look at the updates and challenges faced by the Industry in relation to the Scheduled Waste Regulations 2005.

According this major Event the right stature, the Minister of Housing and Local Government, Malaysia and the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment are to be invited to officiate the Conference on each of the days. The Director Generals of the Department of Environment and the Department of National Solid Waste Management have agreed in principal to deliver Keynote Addresses for both days respectively. Speakers and Participants are expected from a cross-section of the region and nation.

We are confident that WM2008 will attract 300 or so participants and will be a positive platform to profile oneself.

For details on sponsorship and exhibition booths, please contact Ms. Anjelinah at ENSEARCH Secretariat at 03-6156 9807/8.

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The ENSEARCH Training Calendar for February till June 2008 is ready. For more enquiries, please contact Ms. Renee at 03-61569807/8 or renee@ensearch.org .

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Latest! For more information, click on the links below:

1) Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Bill 2007

    (Rang Undang-undang Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal dan Pembersihan Awam 2007 )

2) Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation Bill 2007

    (Rang Undang-undang Perbadanan Pengurusan Sisa Pepejal dan Pembersihan Awam 2007 )

Members can also view the hardcopy of both the bills at the ENSEARCH Secretariat Office in Kota Damansara. Please call 03-61569807/8 to make an appointment.

The United Nations Human Rights Council, on 28th March 2008 adopted by consensus a resolution tabled by the Maldives Government on the subject of human rights and climate change. The resolution is seen as a vital stepping stone towards increased global awareness about the immediate and compelling human face of climate change. The Maldives hopes that this in-turn will enhance the moral and ethical imperative for the world's climate change negotiators to act decisively to halt and reverse global warming.

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The Prime Minister’s Hibiscus Award (PMHA) was first launched in 1996 as Malaysia’a premier private sector environmental award for business and industry. The Award is jointly organized by four of Malaysia’s leading private sector non-profit organizations concerned with corporate environmetal issues, namely, the Business Council for Sustainable Development in Malaysia (BCSDM), Federation of Malaysia Manufacturers (FMM), Environmental Management and Research Association of Malaysia (ENSEARCH) and the Malaysian International Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MICCI).