Day: August 11, 2022

MELAKA, Aug 11 (Bernama) — The Melaka state government managed to resolve a total of 90.19 per cent out of 5,627 complaints and issues faced by the people from Jan 1 to July 31 this year.

Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali said 9.81 per cent or 502 complaints are still being dealt with as the relevant agencies require more time to resolve the issues.

He said the complaints are related to various issues involving land, welfare, assistance and amenities in housing estates, among others.

“Today’s Meet the Clients Day platform allows the public to communicate and interact face-to-face with the Chief Minister’s Department complaint coordinator,” he told reporters in Jasin here today.

Earlier, he officiated the Melaka State Government Meet the Clients Day and the state-level Organ Donation Awareness Week which was also attended by the Melaka State Secretary Datuk Zaidi Johari.

The programme involved 12 state departments and agencies including the Melaka Chief Minister’s Department Corporate Communication Division, Jasin District and Land Office, and Jasin Municipal Council.

Elaborating, Sulaiman said the programme aimed at increasing the capacity, efficiency and effectiveness of complaint management and improving the approach to obtaining and understanding the issues faced by the people, among others.

Meanwhile, Sulaiman said public awareness regarding organ donation is still low, with less than one per cent pledged to be organ donors, adding that he hoped more people will pledge.

He also said that he hoped more people will agree with the wishes of their family members to donate their organs to allow more patients to get a new lease of life.

“In conjunction with the Organ Donation Awareness Week from Aug 11 to 17, the state government and the state Health Department would like to express our appreciation and thanks to relatives of donors who have decided to donate their organs,” he added.

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SEMPORNA, Aug 11 (Bernama) — Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun has called on all quarters to work together to make Semporna a clean city and attract more tourists from all over the world.

He said although Semporna is known for its beautiful islands and unique marine treasures, failure to maintain cleanliness will affect its ability to remain a tourist attraction in the state.

He added that the people of Semporna and Sabah would get to enjoy various benefits, especially in terms of socioeconomic growth if the tourism sector can be developed.

“It is not impossible to make Semporna one of the cleanest cities in the world if all parties work together to maintain cleanliness, whether on land or at sea.

“If we love this district, we have to change our attitude and strive to make Semporna the cleanest city in the world,” he said in his speech when launching the Garbage Collection Service Project in Semporna waters here today.

Masidi said in addition to garbage collection, efforts such as planting flowers on the side of the road and introducing more awareness programmes could inculcate a habit of cleanliness among residents in the district.

In a press conference after the ceremony, he said the garbage collection project would be more effective with the involvement of the people, including the Pala’u community in the area.

Meanwhile, a representative of Amwil Deslen Management and Supplies, Lionor Malik, said the company started the garbage collection service in November last year.

“We use nine boats for this project and every day, more than one metric tonne of garbage can be collected. We also provide garbage traps in tourism focal points including tourism jetties,” she said, adding that the operation started from 8 am to 4 pm.

According to Lionor, the company also purchases recyclable waste from local residents at 20 sen per kilogramme and the public can send the items to the collection centre in Kampung Sri Aman, Simunul here.

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Lumpur and Hulu Langat is expected to be fully restored by 8 pm tomorrow.

Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor), in a statement today, said that as of 3.30 pm, the Langat 2 Water Treatment Plant (LRA) had started operating again to allow the raw water treatment process to begin.

“The supply of treated water will begin to be distributed to consumers in stages when the water supply distribution system has been stabilised. The water supply restoration period will differ based on the location and distance of the consumer’s premises,” the statement added.

Earlier, a total of 172 areas in Kuala Lumpur, Hulu Langat (222 areas) and Petaling (three areas) experienced water supply disruption beginning at 10 am following a temporary work stoppage at LRA Langat 2 at 4.30 am today.

The supply disruption was due to an incident of chemical pollution in Sungai Semantan, Pahang as a result of an accident on the Karak-Bentong Highway yesterday.

Consumers are advised to obtain official information on water supply interruptions through all Air Selangor official communication mediums, namely the Air Selangor application, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and the www.airselangor.com website.

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SERDANG, Aug 11 (Bernama) — Ministries and government agencies which are renting out their premises to hawkers and petty traders have been instructed to reduce the rents by 10 to 20 per cent starting next month.

Chairman of the Special Task Force on Jihad Against Inflation Tan Sri Annuar Musa said the matter was proposed in the task force’s last meeting and was agreed upon by the Cabinet in its meeting yesterday.

Annuar, who is also Minister of Communications and Multimedia said it also followed the Higher Education Ministry’s initiative in giving a six-month rent exemption to food stall operators and service providers on all public university campuses, which enabled them to offer meals for as low as RM3.50.

“It was proven doable.

“So, we will expand the policy to have government agencies like the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), as well as ministries, which are renting out their premises to petty traders to reduce the rents by at least 10 to 20 per cent,” he told a press conference after chairing the task force’s meeting today.

Annuar said the efforts to reduce rents and to organise sale or price reduction programmes for certain items including chicken, eggs and cooking oil, were hoped to boost public confidence in helping the government to curb inflation and price hikes in the country, in line with this year’s National Day theme, “Keluarga Malaysia, Standing Strong Together”.

“As a big Malaysian Family, we have to try to reduce prices so that the country will not get stuck in the cycle of price hikes to the extent of raising the price based on sentiments rather than the costs involved,” he said.

For example, he said when the prices of chicken and cooking oil were reduced and the electricity tariffs were not increased, the production costs for certain items, including cooked food, could actually be retained or even reduced, with cooperation from the traders.

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KANGAR, Aug 11 (Bernama) – The state government has channelled an allocation totalling RM1.5 million to Syarikat Air Perlis Sdn Bhd (SAP) to overcome water woes in the state.

State Public Amenities, Infrastructure, Transport, Youth and Sports and Non-Governmental Organisations Committee chairman Hamizan Hassan said the allocation was mainly to repair leaking water pipes and to purchase static tanks for use during water supply disruptions.

“The state government, through SAP, is always prepared to take immediate action to help residents affected by water supply disruption,” he said in reply to Azam Karap (PKR-Kuala Perlis) at the State Assembly sitting today.

Hamizan said SAP would also mobilise its tanker lorries to send water supply to the affected areas.

Meanwhile, Hamizan also said that the state government had spent RM422,900 since 2018 to give victory incentives to Perlis-born athletes who excelled in national and international sports arenas.

“Each year, Perlis-born athletes will be given the due recognition and reward when they qualified or emerged victorious at main sporting events such as at the Malaysia Games (SUKMA), SEA Games, Commonwealth Games and even at the Olympics or any Para Games,” he said.

Among the recipients of the incentives was Datuk Abdul Latif Romly who won a gold medal in the long jump event at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

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KUANTAN, Aug 11 (Bernama) — Unscheduled water supply disruptions in the district since yesterday affected thousands of users including the operations of education and business premises.

A check by Bernama found that business premises such as self-service launderettes and food outlets, as well as nurseries, kindergartens and student transit centres, could not operate as usual due to water constraints, but it is understood that water supply problems in some locations have started to recover from 11 am today.

An employee of the Seri Permai Kindergarten and Nursery in Pelindung here, Nurhaslinda Abd Razak, 35, told Bernama they had to close operations today due to the water supply disruption, adding that operations will resume once the water supply is restored.

As for a worker at Warung D, Bassa in Beserah, here, Siti Saliza Shabaruddin, 38, said the premises that started operating from 7 am to noon by providing breakfast meals were also forced to close due to the water woes.

“Every day at 5.30 am I am here to cook, but this morning when there was no water, it was difficult to cook and attend to our customers comprising fishermen and local residents, so the owner decided to close,” she said.

Cleaner G. Rajamah, 52, who lives in Jalan Haji Ahmad, here, said for the past two days her family had been using water from the house tank, adding that after the water in the tank ran out they had to take a shower at a friend’s house that has water to go to work and school.

Earlier, Pengurusan Air Pahang Berhad (PAIP) in a notice informed that there was a mechanical problem with the pump at the Kobat pump house here and approximately 80,650 consumer accounts were expected to experience supply disruption from midnight last night until further notice.

Among the areas affected are the entire Beserah area up to the Chendor border including Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park (MCKIP), Maritim, Bandar Damansara, Taman Dato’ Rashid, Batu Hitam, Kampung Darat Sekolah, Jeram, Sungai Karang Maju, Aspa Cottage, Jabor, Sungai Karang, Chengal Lempong, Balok, Seberang Balok, Sungai Ular, Pelabuhan, Cherating, Kubang Ikan and the surrounding areas.

Also affected are Gebeng Industri Phase I, II, III, MCKIP, the entire Port area and surrounding areas as well as Jalan Jabor, Kampung Alor Batu, Jalan Semambu, Semambu Polytechnic, Semambu residential area, Semambu Industrial area, Jalan Beserah, Tanjung Api and Taman Gelora, in addition to the entire area of Taman Fairmount, Bukit Beirut, Jalan Bukit Setongkol, Bukit Setongkol, Cenderawasih and the surrounding areas.

Source: BERNAMA News Agency