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PERSATUAN Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM) melihat insurans pemilik rumah dan isi rumah sebagai perlindungan kewangan yang semakin kritikal ketika risiko gempa bumi dan banjir menunjukkan peningkatan.
Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif PIAM, Chua Kim Soon berkata, polisi komprehensif itu menawarkan perlindungan terhadap kebakaran serta risiko lain seperti gempa bumi, banjir dan ribut, sekali gus mengukuhkan daya tahan kewangan pemilik kediaman.
Katanya, kejadian gempa bumi turut dirasai di Sabah dan beberapa kawasan di Semenanjung baru-baru ini menjadi peringatan bahawa Malaysia tidak terkecuali daripada risiko bencana alam, termasuk banjir dan ribut kuat.
"Pemilik rumah wajar menilai semula perlindungan insurans mereka, memandangkan kenaikan nilai hartanah dan ketidaktentuan iklim semakin menambah risiko terhadap kediaman.
PETALING JAYA: A communications network for disasters and emergencies was launched in Sabah today, to enhance communications particularly in areas experiencing network disruptions or the lack of connectivity.
The system is the second in the country under the mobile integrated radio and internet communication system known as Prime. The other unit covers Peninsular Malaysia.
Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said the system would be used specifically when disasters strike, and it will assist the teams to carry out operations, Bernama reported.
He gave the example of the landslide tragedy at the camping site in Batang Kali two years ago, when an internet problem made it difficult for security personnel and news teams to carry out their tasks.
“So, if Prime can be deployed to the incident site, then this problem can be resolved,” he said in Tawau. Fahmi said the Prime technology will be expanded to community areas that lack internet access.
For a start, the unit in Sabah will be deployed to the Kalabakan parliamentary constituency, where various programmes will be implemented, such as a safe internet campaign and digital literacy among the communities.
The Prime system involves the use of satellite, cellular networks, mobile radio, Wi-Fi and drone technology.
A man has died after being buried in soil during excavation and pipe installation work at a river sand collection site in Seri Iskandar today.
The Perak fire and rescue department said three other men were rescued.
Firefighters sent to the scene at 5pm rescued the three men trapped in a sand pump while the fourth man was completely buried and confirmed dead at the scene.
“According to witnesses, two workers saw the soil around the excavation area begin to collapse and fall into a 3m-deep drain they were digging,” a statement said.
Three victims, aged between 28 and 38, were rescued at about 6.30pm after being buried up to chest level. They were injured. The body of the fourth victim, a 26-year-old man, was recovered at 8pm.
BAGAN DATUK: Malaysia will deploy the Special Malaysia Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team to Afghanistan to provide aid following the recent devastating earthquake.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed the proposal will be formally presented to National Disaster Management Agency director-general Datuk Abdul Halim Hamzah.
Ahmad Zahid stated he will coordinate with Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin to include the Malaysian Armed Forces Health Corps in the mission alongside SMART.
The government will also engage non-governmental organisations with disaster response experience to support the relief operations in Afghanistan.
Officials plan to contact the Afghan Ambassador in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to finalise deployment details for the assistance mission.
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan around midnight on August 31, followed by several significant aftershocks.
The Ariana News portal reported on Thursday that the earthquake has caused over 2,200 fatalities and injured more than 3,600 people. – Bernama
BAGAN DATUK: Malaysia merancang untuk memobilisasikan Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat Khas Malaysia (SMART) ke Afghanistan bagi menghulurkan bantuan kepada mangsa gempa bumi yang melanda negara itu, baru-baru ini.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, berkata cadangan itu akan dimaklumkan kepada Ketua Pengarah Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA), Datuk Abdul Halim Hamzah.
Pada masa sama, Ahmad Zahid berkata beliau akan berbincang dengan Menteri Pertahanan, Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin supaya Kor Kesihatan Angkatan Tentera Malaysia (Kor Kesihatan Diraja) turut dihantar menyertai SMART dalam misi berkenaan.
"Saya juga akan mengkoordinasikan agar NGO (pertubuhan bukan kerajaan) terutamanya kumpulan sukarelawan yang dapat membantu mangsa di mana mereka ada pengalaman membantu mangsa banjir dan juga malapetaka alam yang lain.
"Insya-Allah kita esok akan menghubungi Duta Afghanistan di Kuala Lumpur untuk membincangkan perincian bagi penghantaran pasukan ini bagi membantu mereka yang terjejas di Afghanistan," katanya pada sidang media selepas merasmikan Program Motivasi Desa (MODE)@KEMAS KKDW dan Program Bakti MADANI@KPT, di sini hari ini.
Gempa bumi berukuran 6.0 magnitud melanda timur Afghanistan sekitar tengah malam 31 Ogos lalu yang disusuli beberapa gegaran.
Pada Khamis, portal Ariana News melaporkan bahawa angka korban akibat gempa bumi di Afghanistan telah melebihi 2,200 orang, dengan lebih 3,600 lagi cedera.