PORTAL RASMI
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) intends to coordinate and work closer with the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) on disaster management.
UMS, via its Natural Disaster Research Centre (NDRC), aims to foster collaborations so that both parties would be able to find ways to minimise the impact of natural disasters and better manage disasters in Sabah.
NDRC director Prof Dr Carolyn Melissa Payus said collaborations among academics, agencies and government bodies can help improve disaster management and reduce risks during such events.
She said this following a courtesy call from a delegation from Nadma to UMS recently.
Nadma policy deputy chief director Zamakhsari Hanipah, who led the delegation, expressed interest in the idea and welcomed the proposal, saying such working relations were in line with the disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy 2030.
He said information gathered through disaster reduction risk research and related programmes can be used as guidelines or reference by Nadma, especially for disaster management here in Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak).
After the courtesy call, the delegation had the opportunity to visit UMS’ earthquake monitoring system SEISCOMP3 at the NDRC laboratory, and were briefed on its technical functions by the NDRC research officer Eldawaty Madran.
Earlier, Nadma briefed the UMS group on the recently launched National DRR policy 2030 at the federal level, saying that the state level launch was expected sometime soon.
“Thus, the DDR strategic plan for Sabah is needed to seal the implementation of the national DDR policy 2030,” said Zamakhsari.
PetrosNiaga sets up additional depots to solve LPG distribution issues in northern S’wak
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MIRI (Feb 18): PetrosNiaga has set up additional depots in Bintulu and Miri to overcome the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder distribution challenges affecting consumers in northern Sarawak.
Supply in northern Sarawak has experienced a slower recovery due to the longer transportation distance and limited number of suitable lorries to transport supplies from Kuching and Sabah.
“To mitigate this, additional storage depots are being set up in Bintulu and Miri to improve turnaround time for efficient supply distribution.
“These new facilities will help ease logistical constraints and support faster supply delivery and the situation in Miri is expected to be normalised in a few days,” Petrosniaga said in a statement today.
More temporary storage depots will be identified for areas with similar situations in the effort to ensure normal supply circulation within this month for subsidised LPG cylinders for household use and non-subsidised LPG cylinders for commercial use across Sarawak.
The recent landslide due to adverse weather conditions halted operations at the Pusaka Integrated Resources Sdn Bhd Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) bottling plant in Bintulu.
To ensure adequate supply, PetrosNiaga rerouted LPG cylinder supply from Kuching and Sepanggar Bay in Sabah.
Senari Independent Oil Terminal (IOT) in Kuching also ramped up its filling capacity to pre-disruption levels for the whole of Sarawak, reaching up to 29,000 cylinders per day, ensuring reliable and stable supply.
With an estimated 1.8 million LPG cylinders in circulation, the company said there is sufficient supply to meet Sarawak’s overall demand.
“We appreciate the patience and cooperation of all consumers as efforts continue to restore normal LPG distribution across Sarawak,” added the statement.
Despite the increased logistical challenges, the company said there will be no increase in the prices for subsidised LPG for household use as PetrosNiaga is absorbing these costs to prevent any financial burden on consumers.
The price for the subsidised household LPG remains at RM26.60 when collected from any authorised distributor or dealer.
Any unauthorised price increase or extra charges should be reported to PetrosNiaga’s Customer Service on 1300-88-2122, or the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living on 1-800-886-800, or 019-8488000 via WhatsApp.
As of yesterday, customers were still facing long queues to have their cylinders refilled here.
PETALING JAYA – Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) memperkukuhkan kerjasama maritim bersama 39 negara menerusi program tujuh hari, Multilateral Naval Exercise KOMODO Siri 5 Tahun 2025 (MNEK 5/25) yang bermula Sabtu lalu di Bali, Indonesia.
Latihan dwitahunan yang dijalankan itu bersifat ‘non-war fighting’ dan turut melibatkan dua buah kapal TLDM iaitu KD Kelantan serta KD Selangor.
TLDM menerusi kenyataan berkata, Panglima Armada Timur, Laksamana Madya Datuk Khir Junaidi Idris turut mengadakan perjumpaan bersama Panglima Tentera Laut dari Indonesia, Brunei, New Zealand dan Australia selain ketua delegasi dari Rusia, Sepanyol serta Bangladesh dalam sesi Bilateral Meeting, semalam.
“Ia membincangkan perihal kerjasama pertahanan maritim sedia ada dan perancangan masa hadapan dalam memperkukuhkan hubungan baik antara negara.
“MNEK membolehkan TLDM memperkukuh kerjasama antara negara-negara peserta terlibat dalam menghadapi cabaran keselamatan maritim dan pengurusan Humanitarian Asistance and Disaster Relief (HADR),” kata kenyataan itu.
Terdahulu, Khir Junaidi yang juga Ketua Delegasi TLDM telah menghadiri Majlis Perasmian MNEK 5/25.
Ia disempurnakan oleh Kepala Staf Angkatan Laut (KASAL), Laksamana TNI Dr. Muhammad Ali di Tanjung Benoa, Bali, Indonesia.
Selesai majlis perasmian, KASAL bersama perwakilan dari negara terlibat belayar bersama KRI Dr. Radjiman Wedyodiningrat bagi menyaksikan International Fleet Review yang disertai 37 buah kapal termasuk KD Kelantan dan KD Selangor. – KOSMO! ONLINE
KOTA KINABALU – Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) menerusi Pusat Kajian Bencana Alam (NDRC) berhasrat untuk menyelaras dan memperkukuh kerjasama bersama Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA) khususnya dalam aspek pengurusan bencana negara.
Perkara itu dinyatakan NDRC ketika menerima kunjungan delegasi NADMA yang diketuai Timbalan Ketua Pengarah Dasar NADMA, Zamakhsari Hanipah baru-baru ini.
Menurut Pengarah NDRC, Prof. Madya Ts. Gs. Dr. Carolyn Melissa Payus, satu perbincangan bersama NADMA yang dipengerusikan Dekan Fakulti Sains dan Sumber Alam (FSSA), Prof. Dr. Jualang @ Azlan Abdullah Gansau membincangkan hasrat kolaborasi dalam bidang penyelidikan serta program-program yang berkaitan dengan pengur usan bencana negara di peringkat rentas sektoral.
“Kunjungan seumpama ini dilihat dapat menggalakkan kolaborasi pihak akademia serta menerokai persefahaman pintar antara pihak NDRC UMS dengan pihak agensi kerajaan seperti NADMA ke arah memperkasa agenda pengurangan risiko bencana negara,” katanya.
Dalam pada itu, Zamakhsari berkata NADMA menyambut baik hasrat dan cadangan kerjasama di antara NADMA dan UMS.
“Kerjasama dengan pihak institusi pengajian tinggi seumpama ini merupakan langkah yang tepat dalam menyokong dasar pengurangan risiko bencana negara 2030.
“Maklumat penyelidikan dan juga program-program pengurangan risiko bencana (DRR) yang dijalankan oleh pihak NDRC UMS akan menjadi rujukan kepada pihak NADMA terutamanya berkaitan pengurusan bencana di peringkat Borneo,” ujar beliau.
Pada kunjungan tersebut, delegasi NADMA turut dibawa melawat Sistem Pemantauan Gempa Bumi, SEISCOMP3 di Makmal NDRC dan diberi penerangan mengenai fungsi teknikal SEISCOMP3 oleh Pegawai Penyelidik NDRC UMS, Eldawaty Madran.
Dalam perkembangan lain, Zamakhsari telah mempengerusikan satu Sesi Perbincangan Awal Inisiatif Pengurangan Risiko Bencana (DRR) di Negeri Sabah yang diselaraskan oleh NADMA di Pejabat Hal Ehwal Dalam Negeri dan Penyelidikan, Jabatan Ketua Menteri (JKM) Sabah, dan turut dihadiri oleh Carolyn.
Dalam perbincangan tersebut, beliau menjelaskan NADMA telah melancarkan DRR Bencana Negara 2030 di peringkat persekutuan dan akan dilaksanakan di peringkat negeri yang seterusnya akan dipanjangkan di peringkat jabatan-jabatan serta daerah berkaitan.
“Justeru itu, Pelan Strategik DRR di peringkat negeri diperlukan bagi memeterai pelaksanaan Dasar DRR Negara 2030,
TOKYO, Feb 18 — The UN nuclear watchdog chief arrives in Japan on Tuesday for a trip that will include his first visit to storage facilities for soil contaminated in the 2011 Fukushima disaster.
It is the fifth official visit to the country by Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The organisation is monitoring the decades-long process to decommission the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which went into meltdown after being hit by a tsunami in the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.
Workers at the wrecked plant on Japan’s north-east coast last week began dismantling wastewater storage tanks to free up space for tonnes of nuclear debris.
Grossi will tour the site on Wednesday, and will also be shown the contaminated soil that the government is currently discussing how to handle.
After the disaster, about 13 million cubic meters of soil and about 300,000 cubic meters of ash from the incineration of organic material was removed from the wider Fukushima region, as part of decontamination efforts.
For comparison, the Tokyo Dome arena, where US pop superstar Taylor Swift performed last year, has a capacity of 1.24 million cubic metres.
The soil is being kept at interim storage facilities, over a total area of 16 square kilometre.
Japan plans to recycle roughly 75 per cent of the removed soil — the portion found to have low radioactivity levels.
If this material is confirmed safe, authorities want to use it for civil engineering projects, including building embankments for roads and railways, the government and the IAEA say.
The remaining soil will be disposed of outside Fukushima region ahead of a 2045 deadline.
The government has said it intends to confirm the disposal site this year, with Fukushima’s regional governor reportedly urging them to come up with a plan quickly.
“Japan’s approach for recycling and disposing of soil and radioactive waste from decontamination activities... is consistent with IAEA safety standards,” the IAEA said in September in its final report on the soil issue.
The Fukushima plant was hit by a huge earthquake-triggered tsunami in March 2011 that killed 18,000 people.
The most dangerous part of the complex Fukushima plant clean-up — removing around 880 tonnes of radioactive fuel and rubble from three stricken reactors — has only just begun, with one tiny sample removed by a robotic claw.
During Grossi’s visit, experts from the IAEA and neighbouring countries including China and South Korea will also take seawater and fish samples “to further increase the transparency” of the process of releasing treated wastewater into the sea, an official from Japan’s energy agency said.
Plant operator TEPCO in August 2023 began discharging 1.3 million tonnes of collected groundwater, seawater and rainwater, along with water used for cooling the reactors.
The water release has been endorsed by the IAEA, and TEPCO says all radioactive elements have been filtered out except for tritium, levels of which are within safe limits.
But countries including China and Russia have criticised the release and banned Japanese seafood imports over safety concerns.
China in September said it would “gradually resume” importing seafood from Japan but this has yet to begin. — AFP