1) Kuantan to get night zoo
i) A mini zoo at a popular recreational park here will open during the night making it the first night zoo
in the East Coast.
weeks and have animal shows featuring crocodiles and snakes.
iii) “The night zoo is actually the current mini zoo located in Teruntum Park, a popular recreational park
among locals.
iv) “We are going to open the park at night for the public to view nocturnal animals,” he said.
v) Promotional events held at a water park in Gambang here had proved to be a hit among the
visitors.
vi) Bringing new animals into the zoo from time to time.
vii) The night zoo is open during weekends from 7.30pm until 11pm.
viii) Zulkifli said that depending on the public response, the hours on weekdays might be extended.
ix) There was no entrance fee and fee for animal shows would be less than RM5.
x) “We have yet to determine the fee but it will not be more than RM5 for adults and half of that for
children.
xi) “It is more of a token charge to maintain the place.”
xii) The venue for the shows can accommodate between 40 and 50 people.
2) Residents in Kajang caught unawares by downpour, KL also not spared.
i) A three-hour-long downpour flooded the Klang Valley town of Kajang while bringing the national
capital to a traffic standstill.
ii) Floodwaters gushed into the homes and shops in the township, stranding many people at shoppers'
favourites such as Plaza Metro.
iii) Some were caught off guard in their vehicles as strong currents swirled around them. Cars in the
basement of the shopping complex were submerged.
iv) The badly affected areas in the township were Jalan Bukit, Jalan Sulaiman, Jalan Raja Haroun, Jalan
v) In some places, the water level was as high as 1.5m.
vi) The rain started at about 3pm.
vii) Two hours later, it became a drizzle, and the floodwaters receded to leave a trail of damaged
vehicles, homes and shophouses.
viii) Nine people, including three senior citizens, were plucked to safety late in the evening.
ix) In Kuala Lumpur, motorists were stuck in a massive gridlock along the New Klang Valley
Expressway, Elite, Kesas and Kajang highways.
x) In a dramatic scene caught on video and uploaded onto YouTube, several people rescued a
woman trapped on top of a van amid the havoc in Kajang.
xi) They lowered a ladder onto the roof of the vehicle and hauled her up.
xii) Another video showed staff of a shopping centre desperately moving merchandise to higher floors.xiii) Selangor Fire and Rescue Department operations assistant director Mohamad Sani Harul said
several people trapped at home were brought to safety.
xiv) “They were from Kampung Sungai Kantan and Jalan Kelapa,” he said.
xv) Sani said the department received a distress call at about 3.50pm and arrived at the scene 10
minutes later with a team of 14 firemen from stations in Kajang and Cheras.
xvi) Kajang Fire and Rescue Department station chief Ariff Mohd Kassim said heavy rain caused
Sungai Jelok and Sungai Kantan to overflow and submerge areas around the Kajang market.
xvii) The flash floods also halted KTM train services into the town.
xviii) Kajang assemblyman Lee Kim Sin was quoted as saying that the natural disaster was the worst
since the big flood in 1971.
xix) Kajang Municipal Council workers were busy clearing the streets of river sediment late into the night
using heavy machinery.
xx) Damage to vehicles and businesses was estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands of ringgit.
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