PORTAL RASMI
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
JABATAN PERDANA MENTERI
AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA
SUBANG JAYA: Kerajaan mengutamakan penggunaan barangan keluaran industri kecil dan sederhana (IKS) dalam pengurusan bantuan bencana khususnya bagi persiapan menghadapi Monsun Timur Laut yang akan datang.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, berkata, langkah itu telah diarahkan supaya barangan IKS digunakan dalam pengagihan bantuan kepada mangsa dengan penyelarasan dilakukan oleh Agensi Pengurusan Bencana Negara (NADMA).
“Saya telah mengarahkan agar barangan yang akan diedarkan ketika Monsun Timur Laut nanti adalah barangan IKS yang akan dikoordinasikan oleh NADMA sendiri,” katanya kepada pemberita selepas merasmikan Program Pelancaran Kempen Mega Rahmah Ramadan dan Kasih Syawal di Mydin Hypermarket, hari ini.
Semasa berucap dalam program itu, Ahmad Zahid bersetuju produk tempatan diberikan keutamaan dan dibiayai melalui Nadma dengan kerjasama Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) bagi membantu mangsa banjir.
“Kalau kita tidak membantu usahawan kecil dan tempatan khususnya pengeluar produk halal, siapa lagi?” soalnya.
Ahmad Zahid turut memuji pencapaian produk halal keluaran Malaysia yang mendapat sambutan memberangsangkan di peringkat antarabangsa termasuk dalam kalangan negara bukan Islam.
Katanya, produk tempatan berjaya mencatatkan jualan melebihi RM3 bilion dalam tempoh tiga hari hasil promosi dan pameran seperti Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) dan program pemasaran di Dubai dan Shanghai.
“Ini menunjukkan kepercayaan tinggi terhadap produk keluaran usahawan kita dan ia sangat membanggakan,” katanya.
Sehubungan itu, beliau menggesa usahawan mikro, kecil dan sederhana supaya mempelbagaikan jenis produk yang dihasilkan dan tidak hanya tertumpu kepada sektor makanan dan minuman.
“Tumpuan kita banyak kepada makanan dan minum sahaja, sebenarnya banyak lagi produk lain yang boleh kita pasarkan dan jadikan sandaran harapan,” katanya. – UTUSAN
KUCHING, Feb 8: A total of 250 families in Lundu have received food baskets under the Yayasan PETRONAS Memacu Kehidupan (Uplifting Lives) programme, which aims to support underprivileged members of the local Chinese community for the Chinese New Year celebration.
Tanjung Datu assemblyman Azizul Annuar Adenan praised the initiative as a reflection of PETRONAS’ commitment to social inclusivity, aligning with Sarawak’s Post-COVID Development Strategy (PCDS) 2030, which focuses on ensuring no community is left behind as the state develops.
He also expressed hope that Lundu would continue to be included in future festive programmes, such as those for Gawai Dayak and Hari Raya.
PETRONAS Sarawak senior general manager, Anuar Ismail, emphasized that the initiative aligns with the Sejahtera MADANI agenda, aiming to improve the economic and social well-being of communities across Malaysia.
This year, he said Yayasan PETRONAS plans to bring joy to 2,100 families by distributing food baskets.
In Sarawak, PETRONAS collaborated with District Offices and the Sarawak Social Welfare Department (JKM) to identify 500 recipient families across Lundu, Bintulu, and Sibuti.
Anuar expressed gratitude for the successful partnership between PETRONAS, the Lundu District Office, the Lundu Chinese Community Association, and the local community, which helped make the programme a success. – TVS
RM200mil in cash assistance distributed to flood victims last year, says Ahmad Zahid
- Admin UKK
- Berita
KUALA NERUS: The federal government has distributed RM200mil in cash assistance for flood victims nationwide last year, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
The Deputy Prime Minister said 97% of the payments had been disbursed, with the remaining 3% expected to be completed within three months.
"The remaining 3% has not been disbursed due to issues such as incomplete documentation and is being processed by the district-level disaster committee.
"The process will be completed in no more than three months once all documentation is complete," he told reporters after officiating the Rural and Regional Development Ministry retreat programme and the launch of the ministry’s 2026-2030 strategic plan here on Sunday (Feb 8).
Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Rural and Regional Development Minister, said the government had introduced several improvements to the cash assistance for flood victims, including increasing the amount and ensuring payments were made to the victims while they were still at relief centres.
He said the assistance enabled flood victims to carry out immediate repairs to goods and equipment in their homes affected by the disaster. - Bernama
GEORGE TOWN: Firefighters are still working to contain a fire at the Pulau Burung landfill near Nibong Tebal which was reported at about 8.15pm.
The fire and rescue department said there were no casualties and the fire was continuing to burn at the waste disposal site, which is Penang’s main landfill.
Tonight’s fire is one of the many that have occurred in recent years. A major blaze in January 2022 affected 11ha, with firefighting efforts stretching over several days. Another fire was reported four months later.
The most recent one last September razed an area measuring 5,000 sq m (half hectare).
SEBERANG PERAI – Tapak pelupusan sisa pepejal dengan ketinggian kira-kira enam meter di Sungai Burung, Nibong Tebal di sini dilaporkan musnah dalam satu kejadian kebakaran, malam tadi.
Kejadian yang berlaku pada pukul 8.13 malam itu bagaimanapun tidak mengakibatkan sebarang kemalangan jiwa mahupun kecederaan mangsa.
Penolong Pengarah Bahagian Operasi Kebombaan dan Penyelamat Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia negeri, John Sagun Francis berkata, operasi memadamkan kebakaran melibatkan keanggotaan dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Nibong Tebal.
Menurutnya, usaha memadamkan kebakaran turut mendapat bantuan dari BBP Sungai Bakap, Penanti dan Bayan Baru.
“Kebakaran berlaku di fasa tiga dengan anggaran keluasan keseluruhan 32 ekar itu telah terbakar sebanyak 0.23 ekar dan telah berjaya dikawal pada pukul 10.13 malam tadi. Tiada mangsa dilaporkan terlibat.
“Kerja-kerja memunggar sisa pepejal dijalankan dengan bantuan dua buah jengkaut bagi memudahkan pemadaman dilakukan secara ‘direct attack’ dan membuat ‘free break’ bagi mengekang kemerebakan api,” katanya di sini.
Beliau memberitahu, kebakaran telah dapat dipadamkan pada pukul 11.29 malam dan kerja-kerja ‘overhaul’ diteruskan bagi memastikan kebakaran padam sepenuhnya.
“Operasi tamat sepenuhnya pada pukul 5.51 pagi tadi sejurus memastikan tiada kemerbahayaan lain di lokasi kebakaran,” tambahnya.
Khamis lalu, Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) Pulau Pinang mengambil masa hampir 20 jam untuk melakukan ‘overhaul’ di lokasi kebakaran hutan Bukit Bendera, Jalan Kebun Bunga bagi mengelak kejadian berulang.
Kebakaran berlaku melibatkan kawasan hutan berbukit yang berkeluasan kira-kira 20 ekar (lapan hektar). -KOSMO! ONLINE