Newswriting assignment 1: Directions:

Newswriting assignment 1

Directions:

Putrajaya- Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak gives a speech on Malaysia Green Forum 2010 at Sri Siantan Conference Hall, at April 26, 2010.

First of all, Malaysia is currently protected as the national parks, as that over 73 percent is the total forest area in Malaysia.  Likewise the Malaysia is the one of the countries with the richest biodiversity in the world, 16 million prizes for hectares of tropical forest area, which covers 60 percent of the countries land area.

The formation on Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water that government will continues to take cognizance of the growing need and urgency of green technology towards sustainable development. Hence the National Green Technology Policy was launched last year and just 106 days after the setting up of the said ministry. The National Green Technology Center also came to being through a restructuring exercise of the then Malaysia Energy Center called form technical arm.

Najib was appreciated and gives a special note to Yang Amat Berbahagian Tun Jeanne Abdullah, the Chairman of Landscape Malaysia, and also to the Landscape Malaysia, University Putra Malaysia and Perbadanan Putrajaya, for recognition for advancing environmental and landscape issues in the country.

Furthermore, the Environmental Quality Act is enacting in 1974. Recognizes of from Najib had demonstrated that the critical contribution by Yang Amat Berbahagian Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for bringing together 14 agencies from 4 different ministries, when established the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in 2004.

Newswriting assignment 1: Earthquake Story:

Earthquake Story:

Strong Earthquake were hit Aleutian Islands Sunday night, likewise according to the Richter scale measures ground motion and is recorder on seismograph; each increase of one number means a tenfold increase in magnitude. For an example, 7.5 are 10 times greater than 6.5. The official categories that can cause slight damage; moderate damage; 5 are considerable damage; 6 is severe damage; 7 major earthquakes can cause widespread heavy damage and the great quake wills definitely 8.  Said by the officials that 20 aftershocks, one measured 5.0 on the scale and none was powerful enough to cause a tsunami. Turns back to the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, its reported that Richter scale has measured during the Aleutian Island Earthquake, which the earthquake of 6.6 magnitude can actually cause severe damage if it hits populated area s, yet fortunately the Aleutian are sparsely settled that quake hit a 7.01pm. PST, also there were no report of injuries or major damage during after the earthquake.

Furthermore, this earthquake was shook three Aleutian Island fishing villages, Nikolski, Dutch Harbor and Unalaska for three minutes. Sources provided from George Carts have demonstrated that there was some very minor damage at Nikolski with the items knocked off shelves and small items damaged. In addition, Carts also mentions that quake was felt strongly in the towns of Unalaska, Dutch Harbor and Nikolski. These three fishing villages are located on western islands in the Aleutian Chain. Moreover, the epicenter is in the North Pacific about 40 miles east of the village of Nikolski and 850 miles southwest of Anchorage.