Archive for Category: News

One Road Will Change SACF – Sin Chew Jit Poh, Aug 2020

Our Shah Alam Community Forest (SACF) was featured in Malaysia's local Mandarin daily, Sin Chew Jit Poh on 26th August 2020. The article highlighted that our SACF has been threatened by a development of a road which will cut through the forest. Once the developers start construction on the...

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Cuts Like a Knife – The Star Metro, Aug 2020

Our much loved Shah Alam Community Forest was featured in Malaysia's English daily, The Star's Metro section on August 24th, 2020. Group fights to keep green lung Submitting objections to Shah Alam Local Draft Plan 2035 is society's last-ditch effort NUMEROUS objections have been filed by residents against the...

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Hiking SOP at SACF

Our Shah Alam Community Forest trails have be open since June 15th 2020! We urge everyone to comply with the SOP given by our government. Please know that SACF can be closed again by the authorities if they found that hikers are not obeying the SOP. So please do...

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Focus on Sin Chew Jit Poh Metro, Oct 2019

Our Shah Alam Community Forest was featured in Malaysia's local Mandarin daily, Sin Chew Jit Poh - Metro on 12th Oct 2019. The article highlighted numerous cars parked illegally spanning approximately 300 meters along the main road near our forest over the weekend. This poses a hazard to road...

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TV Interview on Astro Awani Community, Jun 2019

Our Shah Alam Community Forest was featured in Malaysia's Astro Awani on 16th June 2019. In their program about the community, they featured our committee members - Alicia Teoh, Adli Maharon and Yeow Mei Jyn who were interviewed about our battle in saving our forest and preserving it as...

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TV Interview on Media Prima 8TV, May 2019

Several hikers at our Shah Alam Community Forest and our committee member, Alicia Teoh was interviewed by Media Prima's 8TV, a Malaysian news channel. The hikers said SACF is a good place to exercise and wishes that it would not be developed as this urban forest plays a role...

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