Get Ready For The Dry Season

Datuk Ir Abdul Kadir Mohd Din, Immediate Past President, Malaysian Water Association

16-May-23 07:45

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Another round of water cuts was announced on Sunday affecting 650,000 users in Penang and Kedah. Why does a country blessed with ample rainfall still suffer from water cuts and poor distribution of clean piped water? Datuk Ir Abdul Kadir Mohd Din, the immediate Past President of Malaysian Water Association give us his views on how stakeholders should manage and protect our water management assets.

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Produced by: Mark Tan

Presented by: Mark Tan, Shazana Mokhtar, Keith Kam

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Categories: environment, government

Tags: water crisis, malaysia, water infrastructure,

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