>AWARENESS in reducing household waste through recycling is still low among Malaysians, says Solid Waste Management and Public Cleansing Corporation (SWCorp Malaysia). SWCorp deputy chief executive officer (technical) Dr Mohd Pauze Mohamad Taha said that the recycling rate in Malaysia last year is *only 17.5%* despite introducing the waste segregation programme. “This shows that there […]
Read MoreBryan, Adam, and Ian (starting from left) learning to do DIT clothes hanger Learning how to set up a DIY Cloth hanger is an exciting and adventurous project for our students. The objective of this project is to construct a movable hanger to dry hand towels in a limited space. This double-pole telescopic clothes hanger is made […]
Read MoreStudents learning to sort the recycle items. Making our own DIY recycling bins (tong kitar semula) is an exciting project we started at the beginning of this year. We categorise bins for specific items like Paper (blue), Plastic (red), Cans (yellow), and General Waste (black). We labelled the Pails according to the categories and explained […]
Read MoreOn 12 March, a group of students from BEST Centre arrayed their hand-made upcycled pots of plants on display shelves made from, what else but discarded metal structures, at a Recycling Event in SK Taman Midah 2 in Kuala Lumpur, and managed to sell some of their creative efforts. (The white metal structures holding the […]
Read MoreBreezy Team members were decidedly nervous as we waited for the Directors of Breakthru Enrichment Station to attend our last presentation for the year 2017 as we would be also awaiting possible ideas and directions for next year. We had done a practice the previous week and just before the arrival of the directors, we […]
Read MoreWhat a coincidence ! It’s our 13th pŕoject and today’s date is 13 ! Again, we were shorthanded as Jonathon and Yung Han were not in today. How are we going to get our sales going as Jonathan, our top sales person was not in? Then, Teacher Ang Nei suggested that it was a good […]
Read MorePinèapples and papaya were our fruits for the day. We bought Hong Kong’s papaya even though it was a little expensive as the texture and sweetness were better than local papaya. Well, we did promise to give our best ! Two of our team members, Yung Han and Iris were busy with new their schedules! […]
Read MoreAfter all the busyness òf our talent time on 28/10/17, finally everyone’s schedule was back to normal. Wow! This is our 11th project . Today we offer papaya, ģuava ànd ciku. It’s the 1st time we selĺ ciku, let’s hope for positive responses ! Pŕoduction line sailed smoothly although we have less hands today. Marketing […]
Read MoreThis week we offer pomeloes and fruits jelly. One of our team, Iris had gone over to Ipoh oveŕ the weekend and bought two pomeloes to test the market ! Everyone in B.C. was involved in getting the fruits and jelly ready, from cutting, peeling to packing. Even, Aunty Mandy couldn’t resist helping us pack […]
Read MoreOh gosh! It was rehearsal day for the coming talent time and everyone was involved. And we had 3 types of fruits for the day, pineapples, guava and pears. Thankfully, Ching Kang again came to the rescue, offering his expert services with Jonathan taking cues from him. Although we were short handed, production went on […]
Read MoreFruity day again ! Today we have crunchy guava and melon. Our leader, Ching Kang ĺed our production team smoothly. He and Yung Han took charge of melon while Iris and Jonathan cut the guava. We always priced our fruits reasonably, 1. Melon at RM1.20 per piece , while 2. Guava at RM1.00 per piece. […]
Read MoreYahoo! We are at our third fruit sale. During preparation, we were surprised and happy with additional help from Chin Kang. We also discovered that he is very good at peeling and cutting fruits. He also taught Yung Han the finer art of slicing and cutting fruits. Our preparation for the day moved easily and […]
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