Jabatan Imigresen negeri akan mengetatkan lagi kawalan di semua pintu masuk sempadan di negeri ini bagi menangani isu pemerdagangan manusia serta eksploitasi pekerja asing.
Pengarahnya, Datuk Robert Lian berkata, pihaknya tidak akan berkompromi dengan mana-mana pihak yang cuba menjadikan pintu sempadan negeri ini sebagai laluan penyeludupan manusia.
"Kita tidak mahu perkara itu berlaku di Sarawak. Jabatan Imigresen negeri akan bertindak tegas untuk mengatasinya. Ia adalah cabaran yang besar dan perlu ditangani segera secara teratur dan berkesan," katanya.
Beliau berkata demikian pada Majlis Penyampaian Sumbangan Hari Raya Aidilfitri kepada golongan kurang berkemampuan serta Penyampaian Sumbangan Kuih Raya kepada pengawal Pos Imigresen Sungai Tujuh di sini semalam.
Robert menjelaskan, kakitangan imigresen perlu meningkatkan komitmen, kemahiran dan pengetahuan untuk menangani isu pemerdagangan dan penyeludupan manusia yang merentasi sempadan.
"Difahamkan terdapat kekangan dalam langkah menangani buruh paksa, pelacuran, mangsa keganasan seks dan eksploitasi pekerja asing serta kesukaran mendakwa mereka di bawah Akta Anti-Pemerdagangan Orang 2007," katanya.
Jelas beliau, agensi yang berkaitan dengan isu itu harus menggembleng tenaga untuk memastikan akta berkenaan dapat dilaksanakan dan dikuatkuasakan secara berkesan.
"Peluang pekerjaan serta ekonomi yang kukuh di negeri ini telah menarik kehadiran warga asing untuk datang ke negeri ini.
"Maka, ada pihak tertentu mengambil kesempatan mencari keuntungan dengan cuba menjual manusia ke negeri ini," tambahnya.
Robert juga turut meminta kerjasama dengan Jabatan Imigresen negara jiran seperti Brunei bagi menjalinkan kerjasama erat bagi memerangi dalang kegiatan menjual manusia.
"Menerusi kerjasama ini mangsa akan dapat diselamatkan dan dalangnya akan dihadapkan ke mahkamah untuk mendapat hukuman yang setimpal," tegas beliau.
Mengenai majlis itu, Robert melahirkan penghargaan terhadap usaha Kelab Rekreasi Imigresen Sarawak (Keris) kerana menyumbang serta mengagihkan kuih raya kepada semua pengawal yang bertugas di pintu-pintu masuk Imigresen pada musim perayaan ini.
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Monday, September 14, 2009
Traffic noise linked to blood pressure: Study
People whose homes are within earshot of engines rumbling, horns honking and brakes screeching have an increased risk of high blood pressure.
China's Xinhua news agency said that according to a study appearing in the September issue of Environmental Health published in the United States, living next to busy roads may be hazardous to health, especially those who are young and middle-aged.
To determine how much traffic noise they were exposed to on a regular basis, researchers at Lund University Hospital in Sweden analysed data from nearly 28,000 questionnaires about people's living arrangements in Scania, a province in southern Sweden.
They found that young and middle-aged people who lived in homes where they were exposed to traffic noise above 60 decibels were more likely to have high blood pressure, which over time can lead to cardiovascular disease and stroke, Xinhua cited the study as saying.
The association with hypertension got stronger as the decibel level went up.
Among older people aged 60 to 80, higher decibel levels weren't linked to more hypertension. One reason for the finding could be that younger people are less likely to have high blood pressure, making the impact from traffic noise more evident.
"The effect of noise may become less important, or harder to detect, relative to other risk factors with increasing age," said study author Theo Bodin.
"Alternatively, it could be that noise annoyance varies with age."
About 30 percent of Europeans live in areas where traffic noises average 55 decibels or higher, the researchers noted."
Road traffic is the most important source of community noise," Bodin said.
-Bernama
China's Xinhua news agency said that according to a study appearing in the September issue of Environmental Health published in the United States, living next to busy roads may be hazardous to health, especially those who are young and middle-aged.
To determine how much traffic noise they were exposed to on a regular basis, researchers at Lund University Hospital in Sweden analysed data from nearly 28,000 questionnaires about people's living arrangements in Scania, a province in southern Sweden.
They found that young and middle-aged people who lived in homes where they were exposed to traffic noise above 60 decibels were more likely to have high blood pressure, which over time can lead to cardiovascular disease and stroke, Xinhua cited the study as saying.
The association with hypertension got stronger as the decibel level went up.
Among older people aged 60 to 80, higher decibel levels weren't linked to more hypertension. One reason for the finding could be that younger people are less likely to have high blood pressure, making the impact from traffic noise more evident.
"The effect of noise may become less important, or harder to detect, relative to other risk factors with increasing age," said study author Theo Bodin.
"Alternatively, it could be that noise annoyance varies with age."
About 30 percent of Europeans live in areas where traffic noises average 55 decibels or higher, the researchers noted."
Road traffic is the most important source of community noise," Bodin said.
-Bernama
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