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World Water Day 2016

Malaysia-Korea Seminar On Healthy National World Water Day 2016 was held
River Basin 2016 at the Water Sports Complex , Precinct
6 , Putrajaya. The celebration was
Malaysia-Korea Seminar on Healthy held on 24 March 2016 and organized
River Basin was successfully organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources
at Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on and Environment together with the
17 -18 February 2016 and was officiated Ministry of Energy , Green Technology
by Datuk Seri Dr. Haji Wan Junaidi Bin and Water (KeTTHA) , Drainage and
Tuanku Jaafar, the Minister of Natural Irrigation Department (JPS) Malaysia
Resources and Environment. The and Putrajaya Corporation ( PPJ ) . orld
seminar was organised by Concrete Water Day is celebrated on March 22
Society of Malaysia in collaboration every year. It is to mark the importance
with National Hydraulic Research of water to human civilisation and
Institute of Malaysia and the University nature. It is part of Decade for Water
of Seoul, Republic of Korea. (2005-2015) activity by the United
Nations. 2016 World Water Day’s
theme was ‘Water and Jobs’ to show
all economic activities are dependent
on water in one way or another.

During the seminar Datuk Seri Dr. Haji
Wan Junaidi bin Tuanku Jaafar, the
Minister of Natural Resources and
Environment was awarded ‘Research
Professorship’ in environment by the
University of Seoul for his efforts and
contributions in dealing with the haze
issue which happened in October 2015
that involved Malaysia, Indonesia and
Singapore.

Celebration of World Wetlands Day 2016

The National Level World Wetlands Day
2016 was held on 27 February 2016 at
Kota Kinabalu Wetlands, Sabah. World
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