Sultan Sharafuddin, who is also the Chancellor of UPM, officiated the launch by signing a plaque that was brought in by a robot at Istana Alam Shah here.

Mengambil contoh di Selangor, katanya, kerajaan negeri merekodkan perbelanjaan lebih rendah apabila penganjuran rumah terbuka Aidilfitri buat kali pertamanya diadakan di sembilan daerah di negeri itu pada tahun lalu.

Among the measures taken by the state government were carrying out periodic cleanliness surveys, developing the Sungai Buloh Action Plan and implementing controls for the entry or release of polluting substances with the setting of parameter limits, he said in a statement today.

As a long-term measure, Hee said the state government through LUAS would implement the Zero Discharge Policy whereby premises will recycle their effluent discharge instead of releasing it to the environment and water sources.