KUANTAN: The government will enact a new law on protecting nature to better tackle current environmental issues in Malaysia. Kamarulnajuib said the present Environmental Quality Act 1974 was insufficient to deal with the new and complex environmental issues. "It (new Act) will tackle various environmental problems such as those related to bauxite (mining in Pahang)," he said. Department of Environment (DoE) director-general Datuk Dr Ahmad Kamarulnajuib Che Ibrahim attends the national-level oil spill control training in Gambang. He said such cooperation was needed as there were 149 cases of oil spill in Malaysian waters between 2009 and October this year.

Source: New Strait Times November 09, 2017 04:07 UTC