Azmin: Selangor batal perjanjian air

Azmin Ali

SHAH ALAM - Kerajaan Selangor membatalkan perjanjian penstrukturan air Selangor dengan Kerajaan Persekutuan selepas Kementerian Tenaga, Teknologi Hijau dan Air (KeTTHA) meminta penangguhan buat kali ketiga.

Menteri Besar, Mohamed Azmin Ali berkata, keputusan itu dibuat kerana Kerajaan Persekutuan melanggar terma perjanjian pada September tahun lalu.

“Kerajaan Pusat melanggar terma perjanjian ditandatangani September 2014 menyebabkan kerajaan negeri tidak mempunyai pilihan.

“Ketika saya menjadi menteri besar pada September tahun lalu, saya bersedia untuk meneruskan perjanjian ini, namun Kerajaan Persekutuan gagal memenuhinya bahkan meminta lanjutan tempoh,” katanya di lobi Parlimen, hari ini.

Beliau berkata, Selangor tidak mempunyai sebarang pilihan lain selain membatalkannya.

“Apa pilihan yang kita ada? Saya mahu melihat syarat baru yang mereka ingin bincangkan dengan kerajaan negeri,” katanya.

Keputusan drastik itu dilihat bakal menjejaskan hasrat Kerajaan Persekutuan untuk membina Loji Rawatan Air Langat 2.

Mengulas lanjut katanya, Kerajaan Persekutuan telah diberi dua kali tempoh lanjutan untuk menghormati perjanjian berkenaan iaitu pada 9 Januari dan 9 Februari tahun ini.

“Kerajaan Persekutuan mahu melanjutkan lagi hari ini pada 9 Mac, tetapi saya telah berkata tidak,” katanya.

Difahamkan, Timbalan Presiden PKR itu akan mengulas lanjut berhubung perkara berkenaan dalam sidang media di Parlimen, esok.

- Sumber: Sinar Harian 

'Colour Therapy': Sdult coloring book focuses on anti-stress benefits

A growing trend among adults, coloring books are said to help de-stress and unwind and are slowly taking off outside Europe, where the trend originated

KUALA LUMPUR: A growing trend among adults, coloring books are said to help de-stress and unwind and are slowly taking off outside Europe, where the trend originated.

The latest example, "Colour Therapy: An Anti-Stress Colouring Book," is out this week in Britain before heading to the other side of the Atlantic in June.

A way of passing the time and clearing one's thoughts -- during breaks from "Candy Crush," at least -- coloring books began taking off in France a few years ago and have grown increasingly popular there; among them, books by Lisa Magano have been nearly instant hits and "Secret Garden" (sold in France as "Jardin secret") by Johanna Basford was a success in 2013.

Basford's book also became a popular title in the UK, where the trend is picking up speed.


Excerpt from "Colour Therapy: An Anti-Stress Coloring Book" ©The Colour Therapy Colouring Book (Michael O’Mara Books)
UK publishing house Michael O'Mara has put out several coloring books over the last year, selling more than 300,000 copies, and this latest, "Colour Therapy" -- which follows on from previous titles "Art Therapy" and "Creative Therapy" -- emphasizes the pastime's intended therapeutic benefits.

Coloring, claim the publishers, can lower anxiety, stabilize mood, increase attention span and serve as a sleep aid.

"Colour Therapy: An Anti-Stress Coloring Book" released March 5 in the UK, with a US release to follow on June 2.

A few other coloring books to try:

"Secret Garden: An Inky Teasure Hunt and Coloring Book" by Johanna Basford

"Outside the Lines" by Souris Hong-Porretta - with illustrations from Keith Haring, Shepard Fairey, Ryan McGuinness and others

"Colour Me Good" by Mel Elliott - spend hours coloring in the faces of Taylor Swift, Ryan Gosling, Benedict Cumberbatch and more.


Excerpt from "Colour Therapy: An Anti-Stress Coloring Book" ©The Colour Therapy Colouring Book (Michael O’Mara Books)

- Source: AFP RELAXNEWS