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SIBU, Jan 7  (Bernama) — The Juma’ani Tuanku Haji Bujang Welfare Complex in Kemuyang near her, which is managed by the Sarawak Orphan Welfare Association (PERYATIM), is not only for the Muslims, but all orphans regardless of race or religion, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof.

 

He said this to clarify the misperception by some quarters that the facility was only for the benefit of Muslim orphans.

 

“We can send children here (complex) so that they can be taken care of by Peryatim. When it’s school holidays they can be sent back to the village,” he said after visiting the complex today.

 

 

 

During the visit, Fadillah, who was accompanied by his wife, Datin Seri Ruziah Mohd Tahir,  approved a RM100,000 grant for the complex to carry out programmes and activities for orphans there.

 

The couple also took some time to mingle with the orphans and joined in the birthday celebration held for nine January children.

 

Also present were Sarawak Deputy Minister of Education, Innovation and Talent Development, Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee and Sibu Peryatim chairman Datuk Mohamad Yusnar Matalie.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KEPALA BATAS, Jan 7 (Bernama) — The Bertam Souk & Water Park here has received a licence from the Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) to resume operations as usual.

 

The theme park was ordered to close on Dec 28 after the MPSP issued a notice to its management to stop all entertainment activities at the water theme park under the Entertainment and Places of Entertainment Enactment 1998.

 

MBSP said the water park’s application for a licence was approved yesterday.

 

 

 

“The premises licence and entertainment licence for the water theme park was approved on Jan 6 that is the same day it (theme park) received the CCC (Certificate of Completion and Compliance).

 

“MBSP hopes that the reopening of the theme park will benefit visitors and it will become a new tourist attraction in the Seberang Perai area,” MBSP said in a statement today.

 

Previously, MBSP said it had conducted inspections several times from Dec 16 to 27 at the theme park.

 

 

It had found that the theme park was operating without a licence and issued a notice for the management to stop all activities there.

 

However, the management failed to comply with the directive, resulting in the closure action being taken at about 9.40 am on Dec 28.

 

The RM90 million theme park, which began operations on Dec 15 on an over eight-hectare site, is owned by The Maritime Waterfront Suites Sdn Bhd.

 

It was previously reported that the project was delayed for more than three years due to several problems, including the COVID-19 pandemic.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

SIMUNJAN (Sarawak), Jan 7 (Bernama) — The improvement of public health institutions in Sarawak is one of the top priorities of the technical committee on the implementation of Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63).

 

Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni said the effort was to ensure better health development for the state in line with the rights under MA63.

 

Among the things that need to be given immediate attention is the poor state of health facilities in the state, he said.

 

 

 

“We found that there are living quarters for health workers that need attention.

 

“(Apart from that) we will also look into the need for manpower, especially doctors in hospitals and health clinics, especially in rural areas,” he said after visiting Simunjan Hospital here today.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

 

 

KOTA TINGGI, Jan 7 (Bernama) — Construction of he RM300 million Johor Bahru Court Complex in Kota Iskandar, Iskandar Putri, which was abandoned four years ago, will be revived soon.

 

Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reforms) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the project will proceed since the state needed a court complex that is large and centralised.

 

“Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi and I will visit the project site, which was proposed and chosen during the administration of former Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin.

 

 

 

“In about three to four weeks, I will travel to Johor Bahru and invite the Menteri Besar to visit the site and I hope the legal division will proceed (with the construction),” she told reporters after a ‘doa selamat’ at the launch of the Pengerang service centre and the Pengerang parliamentary constituency mobile clinic here today.

 

She said the courts complex will house several High, Sessions and Magistrate’s Courts.

 

All paperwork, including the designs of the courts, has been in place since 2018 but had to be shelved when Barisan Nasional lost the 14th general election, the Pengerang MP said.

 

 

“So we hope the project will be revived. I believe there is no big court located at the Johor State Government Administrative Centre like other states,” she said.

 

On January 18, 2018, the Johor Sultan, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar urged the federal government to expedite the construction of the Johor Bahru Court Complex as the existing courts could no longer meet present needs.

 

Azalilna also said she would be visiting the Pengerang Court Complex in Bandar Penawar here in two weeks’ time.

 

“The Pengerang Court is now under construction,” she said, adding that the court will be relocated from the previous site in Kampung Pengerang.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 7 (Bernama) — Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor held a meeting with Sabah Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Juhar Mahiruddin at Istana Seri Kinabalu here today.

 

A black car ferrying Hajiji, the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) chairman, arrived at the palace gates at 4.22 pm as it was raining.

 

The car was seen leaving Istana Seri Kinabalu at 5.20 pm, with Hajiji waving and smiling to media practitioners at the gates.

 

 

 

Hajiji had announced in a statement yesterday that the state Cabinet was to be reshuffled, with further details to be announced afterwards.

 

Sabah UMNO liaison committee chairman Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin also announced yesterday that Sabah UMNO and BN were withdrawing their support to Hajiji after losing confidence in his position as Chief Minister, and over a breach in an agreement between BN and Perikatan Nasional (PN).

 

Later that evening, three Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (KDM) assemblymen also announced that they believed Hajiji had lost majority support as Chief Minister.

 

 

The Sabah state assembly has 79 assemblymen, 73 elected and six appointed. Twenty-nine of them are from GRS, Parti Warisan (19), BN (18), Pakatan Harapan (seven), Parti Kesejahteraan Demokratik Masyarakat (three), while PAS and Parti Harapan Rakyat Sabah have one, along with a solitary independent.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (Bernama) — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has detained two senior company directors with the title ‘Datuk’ to assist in the investigation into the sale of shares and the take-over of the concession of Syarikat Menara Kuala Lumpur (KL Tower).

 

A source from MACC said the two individuals, aged 49 and 59, were believed to be the middleman who managed the bribery and a managing director of a company said to have taken over the shares of KL Tower, adding that both of them were arrested at the MACC headquarters after giving their statements.

 

“These two individuals will be brought to the Putrajaya Magistrate’s Court tomorrow for a remand application.

 

 

 

“It is suspected that the selection of the company concerned involved a request for bribe money amounting to hundreds of thousands of ringgit and a luxury watch as a gift to the ‘superior’ to facilitate the take-over,” said the source.

 

MACC chief commissioner, Tan Sri Azam Baki confirmed the arrest when contacted, adding that the case was being investigated under Section 16 of the MACC Act 2009.

 

Previously, the MACC was reported to have investigated allegations over the suspicious sale of shares and the take-over of KL Tower maintenance concession from Menara Kuala Lumpur Sdn Bhd, a company wholly owned by Telekom Malaysia (TM).

 

 

Several witnesses, including senior TM officials as well as the companies involved, have had their statements taken to assist in the investigation.

 

 

Source: BERNAMA News Agency