Compiled by C. ARUNO and TRACY GUNAPALAN
FALLEN trees are “polluting” Pantai Cherating Lama in Kuantan, raising concerns among residents about its impact on local tourism, reported Utusan Malaysia.
A resident, who wanted to be known only as Sukiam, said the issue has been ongoing since last December and is caused by erosion.
“Many coconut trees have fallen on this beach. We’ve cleaned up and handled the smaller ones, but the larger ones are harder to manage,” he said.
Sukiam is worried that the remaining fallen trees are driving tourists away.
“Recently, foreign tourists who came here complained to the chalet management about the fallen trees on the beach. They were worried about being hit by one or getting injured by the sharp tree roots while sunbathing there.
“There are already so few tourists and if conditions at the beach stay like this, no one will want to visit anymore,” he added.
> A vendor at the Ramadan bazaar in Bandar Jerantut, Pahang, is looking for a customer who bought 50 pieces of murtabak from his stall on Sunday but left without a record of payment, reported Kosmo!
In a post on the Facebook group Jerantut Viral, Dik Yana, the owner of the Murtabak Manja stall, asked for the customer to contact him directly or return to settle payment.
“I’m looking for the woman who bought 50 pieces of murtabak on the first day of Ramadan.
“The payment transfer is not showing up in the system. Please, sister, contact me or come back to Murtabak Manja,” he wrote.
In the comments section, many vendors shared similar stories and experiences of being tricked by customers.
“When you’re working at Ramadan bazaars or night markets and there are many customers waiting, there isn’t enough time to check every transaction. But sometimes, after the fact, you realise that certain people haven’t paid,” said a commenter named Aisyah.
The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.
