AIR POLLUTION UNIVERSITY TUN HUSSEIN ONN

MALAYSIASUBJECT ; TECHNICAL WRITING

CODE ; UMB 1042LECTURER ; MISS NORYANI NENI BINTI

NAME ; MATRIX NO.

1)MUHAHAMMAD IZWAN BIN OTHAMAN AE0701752)MUHAMMAD AFIQ BIN BAHRUDIN AE0701503)MOHD FARHAN BIN ISMAIL AE0701034)MOHD NORRULAKMAL BIN MOHD NAWI AE070194

Background of study

The source of air pollution refer to the various location, activities or factors which are rensponsible for the realising of pollutants in atmosphere.

Air pollution has effect to organism or living things in this world. From the information, Malaysia is the one of the country has contributed the air pollutionParit Raja is a developing area. This is because many

industrial and housing areas coming up. In Parit Raja have many big factories for example Stancodex Sdn. Bhd, Evergreen Fibreboard Berhad, HPI Resource Berhad and others.

Many of the factories close to UTHM areas. The thing that must be worried is most of the factory in Parit Raja emits smoke. Other than that, the factories also produce a bad smell. The smoke that comes from the factory can cause the quality of air in Parit Raja in low level

Why must there be a factory by the side of a university which will affect the health and well-being of the student? Why there is no action taken by the authority towards the factory? What the effect from the air pollution? What is the opinion of student about the air pollution? This problem should pay in more attention.

objective

To analyze the air pollution problem, our group will carry out a survey on opinion of student in UTHM.

1. To indentify where is the major source for air pollution.

2. To indentify the opinion of student about air pollution.

3. To find the effect from the air pollution.

LIMITATION OF STUDY

For every survey that is being done, it has to have limitation. This is to ensure the scope of study is not too wide. Our scope of study is stated as below.

This survey is covered only UTHM area .

The questionnaires for the research and

statistic will distribute from the end of Febuarary until the erlier of

April.

25 sets of questionnaire

will be distribute to

student in UTHM.

DEFINITION OF STUDY

Resident-Person who lives or has a home in place. In this report, the meaning of

residents are people stay in University of Tun Hussien Onn Malaysia (UTHM).

Opinion-views of student that stay in UTHM.

Air Pollution- the modification of the natural characteristics of the atmosphere in UTHM area by a chemical, particulate

matter, or biological agent.

76%

24%

Gender

Male Female

This pie chart shown the total respondent that we are survey. The male student is the higher respondent. We divided the questionnaire to this ratio because the male student has doing many outdoor activities than female. Male student doing their activities actually in evening like playing football, basketball, and also jogging. They has more probability to infected with the air pollution. In addition we can assume that the air pollution index in the evening is too worst. This respondent is important because they can give their opinion and the effect for this problem . The problem can disturbing the outdoor activities.

56%44%

Age

18-2021-25

The pie chart shown the respondent divided by their age. The age is around 20th because we only spread the survey of questionnaire only for students to respond. The questionnaire only for student because they spend more than half their daily life around the UTHM area. We did not spread this questionnaire to the staff because the the staff live in office not in the open atmosphere

80%

8% 9%3%

RaceMalay Indian Chinese Other

This pie chart shown the respondent divide by race. The pie chart shown the percentage of the respondent. The pie shown the Malay is the highest respondent that answer the questionnaire. This is because the Malay student is a majority in this University. The other student is from kadazanean and also ibanian. We divided to this ratio because the ratio shown the actual ratio in this university.

20%

36%

28%

16%

Residential college

Taman MelewarKK PerwiraKK Tun Syed NasirOther

The pie chart shown the residential college where they live during studying in UTHM. The residential college is important to this survey because the air pollution index is different for each college and the residents studies in different campus, main campus and city campus. The Taman Melewar and Perwira are outside the UTHM amain Campus area. The tun Syed nasir is in UTHM campus area.

Expert General knowledge

A little bit Not really

20%

60%

16%

4%

Knowledge on air pollution

Knowledge on air polution

Figure above showed the respond from UTHM student about their knowledge on air pollution. 60% of student have general knowledge on air pollution. For an expert knowledge on air pollution, there were 20%. For the others, they just have a little bit knowledge on air pollution(16%) and does not have knowledge on air pollution(4%).

FactoryOther

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

Biggest cause of air pollution

Biggest cause of air pollution

Figure shows the biggest cause of air pollution in percentage . 20 respondent s (80%) choose factory were biggest cause of air pollution . 5 respondents (20%) had choose other. Beside factory, vehicle was also contributed to this air pollution problem . This is because in UTHM most of student brings their car went to class..

Very serious

Serious

Average

Not really

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Opinion About Air pollution problem in Uthm

Air pollution problem in Uthm

Figure shows the opinion about air pollution problem in UTHM .12 respondents (50%) said air pollution was very serious. 6 respondents (16%) said serious .4 respondents (14%) said average. 3 respondents (10%) said not really. From the graph , shows that most of student in UTHM caring about the air.

AgreeMaybe

DisagreeDo not know

80%

20%

0%0%

Opinion whether the factory near UTHM is the major contributor to this air pollution

problem

Based on respond from student UTHM in questionnaire, there were an opinion that reached a high percentages(80%). They absolutely agree factory near UTHM was the major contributor to the air pollution. And 20% not sure whether the factory was the factor or not.

We had carried out the survey using few types of instrument of data collection. Below are the types of methods that we had used.

METHODOLOGY

QuestionnairesOur primary source was from the questionnaires prepared by our group members. 25 sets of questionnaires had been distributed to our selected samples and can be converted to percentage.

ObservationsObservations were one of the techniques used in our survey. We have observed the effect from the factory or other source which can contribute the air pollution. We were survey the UTHM illness and some of the illnesses is due to the air pollution.

Library ResearchWe have also used library research to define the terms that are used and to determine the correct format and ways of writing a report.  

Recommendation

Send a letter to big organization.  The students of UTHM can make a group or club as representative to the students and make letter to a big and has a power like Jabatan Alam Sekitar Malaysia, JASM, and Jabatan Kesihatan Malaysia, JKM. Other than that, students can ask this organization to investigate how much the smoke that has been release to the air at UTHM area can cause or effect to the health, life and other effect that related.

Collecting the student’s signatures. The students of UTHM can collect their signature in paper or banner or other material that can be use as a proven that majority of UTHM students want to a comfortable life far from pollutions especially the air pollution. As majority of students decide the factory near UTHM is major causes of this air pollution problem, the student can force the factory to shut down or limiting the smoke releases with the student’s signature that has been collected.

Make a conference with the factory manager or representative. Based on the first recommendation, the club that has been build has to choose two or three students as the student’s representative to has a small conference with the factory manager or their representative regarding this problem. In this conference, the officer of any organization that has a power must join the conference to avoid any problem like being ignored by the factory or bias in conference.

Conclusion

This survey has discussed the students of UTHM’s response to the questionnaire about

the air pollution problem in UTHM. The recommendation would be helpful to

UTHM’s student to get a comfortable life to study and do the outdoor activities without

worrying the effect to their health. The finding of this survey has clearly shown that how the students have taken this problem

so seriously and most of them have a knowledge regarding this problem.