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JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
SIBU (Feb 28): Several areas in Sibu will experience a temporary water supply disruption starting at 10pm tonight due to urgent repair works.
In a statement, the Sibu Water Board (SWB) said that repairs would be carried out on a 750mm diameter mild steel main pipe that has developed a leak due to soil settlement in front of the Foochow Association Building on Jalan Salim.
“The repair works are scheduled to begin tonight at 10pm and are expected to take approximately nine hours to complete,” it said.
The board warned that failure to address the issue could lead to catastrophic pipe failure, resulting in prolonged water disruptions affecting thousands of residents and businesses.
Additionally, if left unattended, the leak could worsen, potentially causing infrastructure damage, road collapse, and contamination of the water supply.
“Therefore, immediate action is necessary to prevent further deterioration and ensure the continued reliability of water distribution in Sibu.”
During this period, water supply will be disrupted in Jalan Stabau/Jalan Kong Yit Khim to Jalan Nibong Tada and Durin, Jalan Salim to Jalan Pedada/Jalan Dr Wong Soon Kai, Jalan Ling Kai Cheng to the Ling Kai Cheng/Ulu Sungai Merah traffic light intersection.
Other areas included Jalan Lada to Sibu town and all village areas, Jalan Brooke Drive to Jalan Teng Chin Hua, Jalan Quarry to Jalan Pasai Siong, Jalan Wawasan to Bawang Assan and Jalan Teku Lama to Jalan Ding Lik Kong.
SWB has urged affected consumers to store sufficient water in advance to minimize the impact of the scheduled disruption.
“We deeply regret any inconvenience caused and assure the public that our team is committed to completing the repair work as swiftly as possible to restore normal water supply.”
For further inquiries, residents may contact SWB Hotline at 013-8106311.
PETALING JAYA – Hujan lebat dan angin kencang dijangka melanda 12 negeri pada petang ini.
Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia (MetMalaysia) dalam satu hantaran di Facebook memaklumkan, amaran ribut petir dikeluarkan di kawasan yang terlibat hingga 8 malam nanti.
Katanya, cuaca buruk itu dijangka berlaku di seluruh negeri Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Selangor, Wilayah Persekutuan (WP) Kuala Lumpur, WP Putrajaya dan Melaka.
“Amaran sama juga dikenakan di beberapa daerah di Pulau Pinang iaitu di Seberang Perai Utara, Seberang Perai Tengah dan Seberang Perai Selatan.
“Hujan lebat berserta ribut petir turut diramalkan melanda Jeli dan Gua Musang di Perak manakala di Pahang, kawasan terlibat ialah di Tanah Tinggi Cameron, Lipis, Raub, Bentong dan Temerloh) • Selangor,” katanya.
Sementara itu, amaran sama juga dikeluarkan bagi daerah Jelebu, Jempol dan Tampin di Negeri Sembilan.
“Amaran ribut petir itu turut melibatkan daerah di Johor seperti Tangkak, Muar, Batu Pahat, Kluang, Pontian, Kulai dan Johor Bahru.
“Bagi negeri Sarawak pula, kawasan yang dikenakan amaran sama ialah Sri Aman, Sarikei (Julau), Sibu, Mukah (Mukah), Kapit (Kapit), Bintulu (Tatau dan Sebauh), Miri (Beluru dan Marudi) dan Limbang. -KOSMO! ONLINE
Imbau tragedi ngeri, berdoa kejadian tidak berulang setiap kali terlihat Highland Towers
- Admin UKK
- Berita
SHAH ALAM, 28 Feb: Tragedi runtuhan kondominium Highland Towers yang mengorbankan 48 penghuni kira-kira 32 tahun lepas melakar sejarah hitam kepada rakyat Malaysia, termasuk pesara bomba Datuk Dr Soh Chai Hock.
Beliau yang ketika itu Ketua Pengarah Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) mengakui sentiasa berdoa agar kejadian sama tidak berulang setiap kali terlihat baki blok Highland Towers di Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang dari jauh.
“Setiap kali melalui Jalan Lingkaran Tengah 2 (MRR2) Hulu Kelang atau terlihat Highland Towers di internet, saya tidak pernah terlepas berdoa dan terkenang suasana di lokasi tragedi yang masih segar dalam ingatan sehingga hari ini.
“Ketika itu, kita (bomba) tidak cukup pengetahuan dengan tragedi runtuhan melibatkan bangunan apatah lagi peralatan menyelamat, namun saya sedar pasukan sedang menantikan arahan daripada saya untuk menjalankan tugas serta-merta,” katanya ketika ditemui pada Majlis Apresiasi Pesara Bomba dan Waris JBPM Selangor di sini hari ini.
Majlis yang berlangsung di Ibu Pejabat JBPM Selangor itu dihadiri kira-kira 500 pesara yang pernah bertugas sebagai pegawai dan anggota bomba di negeri berkenaan.
Dalam kejadian pada 1.35 tengah hari 11 Dis 1993 itu, bangunan 12 tingkat yang juga Blok 1 Highland Towers yang menempatkan 50 unit kediaman runtuh, dan bomba mengambil masa selamat 12 hari untuk menjalankan operasi mencari dan menyelamat (SAR).
Peristiwa itu menjadi titik mula kepada penambahbaikan prosedur operasi standard (SOP) JBPM, khususnya dalam aspek operasi menyelamat selain menyaksikan penubuhan Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat Khas Malaysia (SMART) setahun kemudian.
Mengenang detik cemas itu, Soh berkata operasi menyelamat berdepan kekangan besar kerana pasukan bomba hanya bergantung kepada tangga, tali dan beberapa kenderaan tetapi tetap bersemangat menyelamatkan mangsa sama ada hidup atau meninggal dunia.
“Saya berbangga dengan pegawai dan anggota yang terlibat, dan semua misi berjaya disudahkan dengan bantuan banyak pihak termasuk pasukan menyelamat dari luar negara antaranya Jepun dan Perancis,” katanya yang bersara pada 1999.
Mengulas mengenai perkembangan kemahiran dan peralatan bomba ketika ini, Soh berkongsi rasa bangga atas kepekaan memperkukuhkan peralatan serta mempertingkatkan latihan anggota bomba bagi menghadapi bencana besar.
Beliau berkata dalam konteks semangat kebersamaan dalam pasukan, mana-mana ketua wajar memahami cabaran yang dihadapi anggota di lapangan kerana setiap tugasan berdepan risiko serta menuntut komitmen penuh.
“Kita perlu tahu keadaan anggota, penat lelah mereka di lapangan dan sentiasa ada semangat kebersamaan tanpa mengira agama dan bangsa kerana secara tidak langsung dapat membangkitkan motivasi serta semangat anggota untuk memberikan khidmat terbaik,” katanya. – TVS
Australia steps up as US slashes aid to Pacific nations, leaving food, health and climate programmes at risk
- Admin UKK
- Berita
SYDNEY, Feb 27 — Australia is racing to identify the South Pacific’s most pressing funding needs as the United States moves to slash its foreign aid budget, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Thursday.
Crucial food, climate and medical programs in the Pacific islands were left in limbo after US President Donald Trump’s administration announced a 90-day freeze on foreign aid last month.
Wong said Australia had started auditing which Pacific programs were most at risk, with a view to shouldering some of the burden.
But Wong warned it was “unrealistic” to think Australia – already the Pacific’s largest aid donor – could totally fill the gap left by the United States.
Senior foreign affairs official Jamie Isbister said Australia had already started considering how it could step up.
“It is not a one-stop review and done. The situation is fluid and we have to look at how we adapt our programs in response to that,” he told a government hearing on Thursday.
The pair’s comments were made just hours before the United States confirmed it would slash US$54 billion from overseas development and foreign aid budgets – cutting 92 percent of multi-year contracts.
Many aid agencies in the South Pacific have spent weeks bracing for the impact of the anticipated cuts.
Aid-reliant Pacific nations Disaster-prone, isolated and threatened by rising seas, tropical Pacific island states are some of the most aid-reliant nations on Earth, development agencies say.
The United States has, for years, helped to buy life-saving medicine for tropical disease, combat illegal fishing, and better prepare coastal hamlets for earthquakes and typhoons.
In a foreign policy “snapshot” released on Thursday, the Australian government noted that Trump’s “America First” agenda would see the United States playing a “different role” in the world.
China, by contrast, continues to dish out hundreds of millions of dollars in aid, grants and loans targeted at the South Pacific.
In 2022, China spent US$256 million, according to the Sydney-based Lowy Institute think tank, up nearly 14 percent from three years earlier.
The United States spent US$249 million.
Australia provides the most aid to the Pacific – US$12.9 billion since 2008, according to the Lowy Institute.
Australia’s foreign policy snapshot, meanwhile, warned of turbulent times ahead.
“Authoritarianism is spreading. Some countries are shifting alignment,” Wong wrote in the paper.
“Institutions we built are being eroded, and rules we wrote are being challenged.
“Australians can see a scale of global challenges unprecedented since World War II.” — AFP
Sibu’s Lrg Rantau Panjang Jaya residents in limbo as new cracks emerge near homes after landslide
- Admin UKK
- Berita
SIBU (Feb 27): Residents of Lorong Rantau Panjang Jaya 7 remain in uncertainty as new cracks and structural defects continue to emerge near their homes following a landslide on Feb 4.
They are urgently appealing for assistance from the relevant authorities, stating that the disaster has severely disrupted their livelihoods and well-being.
Currently, 43 landslide victims are sheltering at the evacuation centre at Kampong Bahagia Jaya Civic Centre.
While they stay at the relief centre during the night and on rainy days, they return home during the daytime.
“We are not sure how long the situation will last and we just hope somebody can stand out to help us resolve the predicament we are facing,” the residents said.
The landslide on Feb 4 affected both Lorong Rantau Panjang Jaya 7 and 12, causing a road collapse in front of the residential houses.
Eight families in Lorong Rantau Panjang Jaya 7 and two in Lorong Rantau Panjang Jaya 12 were impacted.
This was the first time the area experienced a landslide, and since then, more cracks have appeared on the ground and fences in front of the houses.
“The walls and ground in the backyards also developed noticeable cracks and other structural defects which left us in deep headaches,” they lamented.
One of the residents reported that the pillars of his car porch had developed cracks, and many of the existing fissures had widened.
Just yesterday afternoon, another section of soil from the collapsed road gave way.
“Hopefully, the relevant authorities will promptly carry out remedial work on the collapsed road to prevent the situation from worsening.”
Some residents have taken to social media, sharing videos of the damage in hopes of drawing attention from the authorities.
Meanwhile, Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) deputy chairman Mohammed Abdullah Izkandar Roseley, in a Facebook post, stated that SMC held a meeting on Feb 26 to gather feedback and estimated budgets from relevant agencies for immediate rectification work.
He said the meeting, chaired by SMC Chairman Clarence Ting and attended by officials from relevant government departments, endorsed the initial design and identified the developer responsible for constructing the retaining wall.
“SMC is committed to ensure an effective solution to restore safety in the affected area,” he said.
However, residents staying at the evacuation centre are frustrated with the food provided and sanitation issues at the facility.
They claimed that meals consist mostly of curry, which is unsuitable for those with stomach issues.
“Additionally, the toilets are broken and the flushing system is not working.”
Today, representatives from SMC, the Public Works Department (JKR), the Drainage and Irrigation Department (DID), contractors, local community leaders, and three senior officials from Kuching visited the site to assess the situation.
