Day: October 4, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The Dewan Negara today approved a motion to appoint five Select Committee members for the Fourth Session of the 14th Parliament.

They are Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Dr Rais Yatim (chairman), deputy president Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Ali Mohamad, Senator Husain Awang, Senator Susan Chemerai Andling and Senator Lim Hui Ying.

The motion was tabled by Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin and was approved by a majority vote.

“Under the Senate’s Standing Order 70 (2), the sitting hereby empowers the Select Committee to call individuals to be present before it and request for the issuance of letters,” she said after the question and answer session today.

The Select Committee is appointed to carry out the duties provided for by the Standing Orders.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) will be enforced in a part of Kampung Pasir Kelang, Mukim Batu Mengkebang, Kuala Krai, Kelantan from Wednesday until Oct 19.

National Security Council (MKN) director-general Datuk Rodzi Md Saad said that the decision was made after studying the Ministry of Health’s risk evaluation and COVID-19 infection trend at the location.

“The standard operating procedure (SOP) is the same as that announced for all EMCO previously,” he said in a statement via Facebook today.

Meanwhile, he said the EMCO at the RMDC Sdn Bhd plantation and oil palm factory in Raub, Pahang has been extended until Oct 19.

Rodzi also said that the EMCO at three Felda schemes in Bera, Pahang, namely Felda Rentam, Felda Tementi and Felda Sebertak, as well as Kampung Dusun Pak Senam in Lipis, Pahang and Kampung Garib in Kudat, Sabah would end tomorrow.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — It is high time for the government to consolidate all housing entities in the country under one roof in an effort to provide affordable housing to the people, said a member of Parliament.

Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (UMNO-Bagan Datuk) said having various entities only made it difficult for applicants especially due to bureaucracy.

“I hope under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), the government will consolidate all housing entities whether under the federal government or state government.

“Malaysia is relatively small (country), there is no reason to compete, not to mention the funds are from the same source. There has to be one scheme because what is important is that the people should own a house,” he said when debating the 12MP in the Dewan Rakyat today.

Elaborating, he said the aspect of comfortable housing for military and police officers should also be given attention under the 12MP, especially for those who serve in rural areas.

Meanwhile, Ahmad Zahid also suggested the use of a single card to access all types of public transport available in the country.

“We have to look into this kind of game changer in the next five years to bring about drastic change but does not burden the people,” he said.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — The government is in the midst of identifying opportunities to boost development in the East Coast and ensuring smooth running of the projects implemented under the East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC).

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob in a post on Facebook said that with a good strategy, the East Coast and Malaysia as a whole would be able to lure more investments for economic development while improving the existing quality of life of the people.

Ismail Sabri who chaired the virtual ECERDC meeting today said the investment would also create job opportunities and improve the capabilities of small- and medium-scale entrepreneurs in the country.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4 — Sabah is expected to receive out of state visitors especially tourists and investors in stages at the end of October.

Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin said this was in line with the state government’s intention to enhance the economic growth of the state.

“We will consider to reduce or eliminate the existing quarantine directive,” he said to Bernama at the Parliament building here today.

The Sabah government allows fully vaccinated individuals to enter Sabah for official business without needing to undergo screening or quarantine. The rule applies to individuals who will be in the state for three days.

Meanwhile, individuals who have not completed their COVID-19 vaccination, who are in Sabah for more than three days on official business must undergo a 10-day home quarantine and take the RTK-antigen on the eighth day.

The Kinabatangan Member of Parliament said the focus of the state government now is to increase the rate of vaccination among the population and at the same time to solve the problem related to the coordination of vaccination data with the National Security Council (MKN).

“For example, the people of Sabah migrating to the peninsular who received their vaccination here but the address is still in Sabah. The same with recipients in Kinabatangan whose address is in Kinabatangan but received their jabs in Lahad Datu, Sandakan and Tawau,” he said.

As of Oct 2, a total of 1,815,016 Sabahans have completed their vaccination of which 65.8 per cent were adults.

The Sabah government has agreed to allow inter-district travel according to zones beginning last Friday, however, districts with less than 60 per cent vaccination rate will not be included in the zoning system.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency