Day: April 25, 2022

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Melaka JPJ intensifying ‘Op Poket’ in town areas

MELAKA, April 25 (Bernama) — The Melaka Road Transport Department (JPJ) will be stepping up its Op Poket in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri to crack down on errant motorists.

Melaka JPJ director Muhammad Firdaus Shariff said enforcement officers would be looking out for common offences like queue jumping and using handphones while driving, especially at congested locations in town areas.

“The Motorcycle Enforcement Unit (UPB) will also be conducting patrols, and this Op Poket is partly aimed at reducing traffic congestion,” he told reporters at the Melaka JPJ headquarters in Bukit Katil here today.

He said a similar strategy would be used for the bigger scale Op Hari Raya Aidilfitri (Op HRA) 2022 from April 29 to May 8, by focusing on common offences like jumping the red light, speeding and driving in the emergency lane.

Other offences include overtaking on double lines, not wearing safety belts, overloading and carrying dangerous cargoes.

“About 50 enforcement officers will go undercover as passengers of express buses to all destinations in the peninsula to ensure express bus drivers abide by the regulations.

“About 250 JPJ personnel will be on duty during Hari Raya Aidilfitri, including those in the office and doing inspections on the ground,” he said.

He said JPJ has identified 12 accident hot spots, with five in Melaka Tengah district, Alor Gajah (four) and Jasin (three), involving Lebuh Alor Gajah-Melaka-Jasin (AMJ), Jalan Umbai-Sungai Udang, Jalan Rembia-Kendong, Jalan Sungai Udang-Lubuk China, Jalan Melaka-Muar and Jalan Tehel-Bemban-Chabau.

He also said Melaka JPJ would hold an in-person auction on May 18 involving 30 vehicles of various makes, with the most expensive being a Honda Civic priced at RM11,900 and the cheapest a Proton Saga valued at RM337.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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Lift upgrade, replacement work at public housing projects conducted since 2020 – DBKL

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 April (Bernama) — Upgrading and replacement work for 306 lifts at People’s Housing Projects (PPR) and Public Housing (PA) projects have been conducted since 2020 and is expected to continue until 2024.

A statement from the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) stated that the work, which is being conducted in phases, involved a cost of RM169.6 million and will take another two years to finish.

“In addition to the replacement of lifts, scheduled maintenance and monitoring of lifts are conducted by existing contractors on site, who are also responsible should the lifts suffer damage,” the statement read.

According to the statement, the first phase involves 12 housing areas, PA Seri Kota, PA Seri Sabah 3A, PA Seri Sabah 3B, PPR Desa Petaling, PPR Salak Selatan, PPR Seri Anggerik, PPR Sg Bonus, PA Hang Tuah, PA Loke Yew, PA Seri Selangor, PPR Bukit Jalil 1 and PPR Bukit Jalil 2.

“A total of 104 lifts are being replaced and work will be completed by the end of this year,” the statement read.

Phase two will involve 109 lifts in 10 areas, PPR Raya Permai, PPR Seri Malaysia, PA Seri Perak, PPR Seri Alam, PA Kerinci 1A, PPR Kerinci, PPR Seri Cempaka, PPR Kg Muhibah, PPR Semarak and PA Seri Tioman.

Phase three will involve 18 lifts at PPR Desa Tun Razak and PA Seri Sarawak, while phase four will involve 48 lifts at PPR Batu Muda, PPR Laksamana, PPR Perkasa and PPR Pekan Kepong.

Phase five meanwhile involves three areas, PPR Bukit Jalil (Blok L,M,G & H), PA Seri Terengganu dan Seri Pangkor (1 & 2) with 27 lifts slated for replacement.

Batu MP P. Prabakaran had earlier claimed that the project announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob in October last year had yet to show any signs of even starting.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

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Excess mortality rate in Malaysia much lower than other countries – Health D-G

KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 (Bernama) — The excess mortality rate In Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic was much lower compared to most other countries, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

He said an analysis on excess mortality was made by comparing the number of deaths before, during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Excess mortality is the number of deaths from all causes (all-cause mortality) that would be expected based on historical trends before COVID-19 pandemic.

He said the study on excess mortality conducted by the Health Ministry’s Public Health Institute was to enable comparison of excess mortality between Malaysia and other countries in terms of effectiveness of controlling COVID-19 and controlling the number of deaths in the country.

“We managed to find a balance between the control measures implemented to reduce the spread of COVID-19 infection, prevent too much disruption to the national health (system) and avoid soaring death rates,” he said in a media briefing session via Zoom today.

Through the study, he said the MOH was able to understand the changes in death patterns that enabled the ministry to measure changes in the health system and society.

He said, this would contribute to the process of improvements by the MOH to prevent deaths such as improving the service system in the hospitals’ intensive care unit.

In addition, Dr Noor Hisham said globally, the excess mortality due to COVID-19 was at 15 million, more than double the official reported deaths of over six million.

National Health Institute Survey Research Centre unit head, Dr G. Shubash Shander, when presenting the analysis on ‘Excess Mortality during COVID-19 in Malaysia’ from March 2020 to Dec 2021, revealed that the country’s excess mortality was low at 2.4 per cent.

“Excess mortality analysis can identify the real impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the number of deaths due to COVID-19… whether due to COVID-19 or other causes, all deaths are taken into account in this analysis.

“… Another importance of this excess mortality (analysis) is that, if there is a case of COVID-19 that is not detected, or we do not know it is a case of COVID-19 and not reported as a case of COVID-19 death, this can be seen in the excess mortality because we take into account all deaths,” he said.

He said the analysis was based on death data obtained from the National Registration Department, and hospital admission data from MOH Health Informatics Centre available from 2015 to 2021.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency