Talk:Effect of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake on Malaysia

RTM 1 did broadcast tsunami alert

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 28 (Bernama) -- Deputy Information Minister Datuk Zainuddin Maidin, Tuesday denied that Malaysian television stations did not carry `breaking news' on the earthquake and the subsequent tidal waves or tsunami that occurred on Sunday.

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) was the first electronic media in the country that broadcasted the effects of the earthquake in northern Sumatra, Indonesia at about 9am on Sunday.

The first news on the earthquake was aired through the TV1 `News Crawler' beginning at 9.30 followed with the news confirmation at 10am, he said in a statement.

Further information on the warning from the Meteorological Services Department was carried at 11 am while the official statement on the tremors on the west coast states of Peninsular Malaysia was aired at noon, he said.


 * Thats not a WARNING to the public, thats just BREAKING NEWS. The local tv station DID NOT WARN the public of a possibility that the tsunami will hit malaysian coast but they did report the news on the earthquake happening in Sumatra and report on the tsunami after it hit. I hope this explain it well. Links to confirm what i said --C2Sane 14:18, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * This is the link for the bernama news Please read all the article since whoever posted the above just posted what he felt rellevant. You will see that BERNAMA reported that RTM1 had report the latest development but neglect mentioning if they even broadcast any TSUNAMI WARNING. BERNAMA has always been a pro-government news agency. Its owned by the government fully. So they like to spin things a little (beat around the bush). --C2Sane 14:18, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)


 * Then what further information on the warning from the Meteorological Services Department was carried at 11 am ?


 * BERNAMA states 'Further information on the warning from the Meteorological Services Department was carried at 11 am while the official statement on the tremors on the west coast states of Peninsular Malaysia was aired at noon, he said.' It was reffering to the WARNING of the earthquake not the WARNING of the tsunami. It gave further information to the WARNING that the Meteorological Services Department issued at 9.30am.
 * 9.30am - Earthquake WARNING issued by Meteorological Services Department.
 * 10am - Confirmation of Earthquake
 * 11am - Further information
 * Everything is about the earthquake incident and non about any tsunami WARNING. Hope this explain well. BERNAMA like to spin a little but if you read properly you'll understand.--C2Sane 13:37, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)

Langkawi's death toll
I'm not sure how to put in this info. The official death toll is 68 but there is a report that a local villager died in Langkawi island. The link is here. Should the death toll be 69 then? Thats againts the official report or unless I'm counting wrong.--C2Sane 00:50, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

Update
Parts of news item refer to things that should have come by last week. Can somebody check on these? --Circeus 06:38, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)

Sinkholes appear in Ipoh and Tapah
suggest KIV.

Extract from NST : By Mimi Syed Yusof

IPOH, Mon: SEVEN sinkholes appeared near here and one in Tapah, for five consecutive days after the Dec 26 earthquake in northern Sumatera. Although official findings showed that these occurred due to thinning limestone bedrock as a result of excessive underground water movement, experts are not discounting the fact that earthquakes could have triggered them.

The sinkholes are found mostly near ex-mining areas. The largest, measuring 50x40 metres, is at Kampung Kuboi in Jeram.


 * Extract from the Star


 * At a press conference on Monday, state Mineral and Geoscience Department director Mohamad Noor Ayoob had said that there was a possibility that the entire 30,000 sq m area where the sinkholes appeared would collapse as the ground was unstable.


 * Friday February 4, 2005
 * Second sinkhole stuns residents


 * BY CHRISTINA KOH
 * IPOH: Residents of Sungai Pari Tower flats here are feeling a sense of deja vu after a second sinkhole appeared in their area – just a month after the Public Works Department filled up the first sinkhole.