Putrajaya will look into the demands of fishermen in Johor affected by the recent oil spill that spread from Singapore waters, says Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
The Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister's comment on Saturday (June 23) followed the recent oil spill after a ship collision in Pasir Panjang Terminal, Singapore that also affected several beaches in the southern part of Johor.
The minister said Phase 1 of clean-up works at oil-tainted beaches near Sungai Rengit beach has reached 95% completion, adding that the work is expected to be completed within a week, given favourable weather conditions.
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The Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister's comment on Saturday (June 23) followed the recent oil spill after a ship collision in Pasir Panjang Terminal, Singapore that also affected several beaches in the southern part of Johor.
The minister said Phase 1 of clean-up works at oil-tainted beaches near Sungai Rengit beach has reached 95% completion, adding that the work is expected to be completed within a week, given favourable weather conditions.
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00:00To our efforts to preserve and maintain the quality of the environment.
00:05I want to ask you one more question.
00:07It's about the update on the Sungai Renggit, the clean-up work.
00:10Is there any progress on the update for you?
00:12So far, the clean-up work on the beach has been carried out by the contracted contractors.
00:19Yesterday, there were 51 people involved.
00:24It involves the beach of Sungai Renggit, behind SK Sungai Renggit and also the jetty of Sungai Renggit.
00:30And this involves the cleaning of limestone, or pebble stone,
00:35the erosion of the stone area, the accumulation of oil,
00:38using absorbent boom and pad, and also the accumulation of tarball on the surface of the beach,
00:45the accumulation of oil water by using absorbent boom to prevent it from flowing towards the sea,
00:52and the cleaning of the oil waste.
00:56And the status of the clean-up work on the beach has been confirmed.
00:59Phase 1, the accumulation of oil waste is 95% ready.
01:04Phase 2, the erosion of the stone area, the rocky area, and the cleaning of limestone is 20% ready.
01:14And as far as we can observe, the beach of Sungai Renggit is clean so far.
01:21The jetty of Sungai Renggit is clean, the village of Sungai Renggit is clean,
01:26the back of the police station of Sungai Renggit is clean, but we all monitor closely and continuously.
01:32In the area of limestone and stone behind SK Sungai Renggit, 30% is ready.
01:38The area of limestone behind the police station of Sungai Renggit has not yet been cleaned.
01:43And the beach of Teluk Ramunia near the mosque is clean, but under surveillance.
01:49And we expect it to be fully ready in 7 days, if the weather allows it.
01:56We also received oil on the island of Cik Kamat today.
02:01And it has been submitted to the contractor for cleaning work to be done there.
02:06But we will start first with the evaluation.
02:10And the APMM has moved the asset to monitor the flowing of limestone to Abu Bakar Maritime Base.
02:18And so far, no oil has been detected.
02:21So we will continue to work with related agencies to closely monitor the situation in the south of Johor.
02:30What about the NGK's request to the government to compensate for the incident in Johor?
02:42We will go through all the requests they have made and what is in the existing legislation.
02:52And we will go through one by one seriously to see what is the best way for us to move forward from this incident.
03:01What is the budget for this project?
03:03We don't have it yet.
03:12Thank you.