300,000 INDONESIANS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO MALAYSIA AFTER AIDILFITRI
JOHOR BAHRU -- As many as 300,000 Indonesians are expected to return to Malaysia in stages after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration.
Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia Hermono said apart from those going home for Raya, the number also included those who went back during the Movement Control Order.
”If we look at those who have gone back (and will return), I guess about 300,000 will re-enter Malaysia gradually after Aidilfitri. This is because Malaysia also has a labour shortage," he said after inspecting operations at the Stulang Laut International Ferry Terminal here today.
Advising Indonesians to use legal routes, Hermono also said all flights and ferries from Malaysia to Indonesia have been fully booked.
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FEDERAL AID FOR FLOOD-HIT VILLAGES IN NABAWAN - ARTHUR KURUP
KOTA KINABALU -- The federal government has agreed to provide emergency allocations for road and bridge construction to several villages in Nabawan badly hit by floods in March, said Deputy Works Minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup.
"I have met with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob … who has agreed to issue an emergency provision to help the affected villages," said the Pensiangan MP in a statement here today.
A viral video showed uniformed school children using rafts and zip lines to cross the river in Nabawan after the suspension bridge was washed away.
Arthur said five villages were affected when roads and suspension bridges were cut off.
"There are two villages that rely on suspension bridges for students of SK Nangkawangan and SK Layon," he said.
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NO MORE LATE GARBAGE COLLECTION IN IPOH - EXCO
IPOH -- The problem of delays in garbage collection in some areas of Ipoh city has been resolved, said State Housing, Local Government, and Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Nolee Ashilin Mohamed Radzi.
Recently circulated on social media was a screenshot of the Mayor of Ipoh in a Facebook exchange of messages where he was said to have retorted to residents to send the rubbish to the MBI building.
"This (delay) is because garbage collection is carried out directly by the Ipoh City Council (MBI) and also by concession companies. However, the delays have already been resolved by the concession company," she said after attending the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing between Tourism Perak and Tourplus Technology's Sdn Bhd at Bangunan Perak Darul Ridzuan here today.
Nolee Ashilin said the MoU was to develop Perak Pass Plus (PPP), the official tourism application of Perak.
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AIDILFITRI: IPD HULU TERENGGANU’S NOVEL OPS CENTRE AT AJIL TOLL PLAZA
KUALA BERANG -- The Hulu Terengganu District Police Headquarters (IPD) has established an eye-catching field operations centre at the Ajil Toll Plaza here for Ops Selamat from tomorrow to May 8.
Hulu Terengganu police chief DSP Mohd Adli Mat Daud said the multi-purpose centre was assembled from discarded Toyota Fortuner vehicles, used iron and roofing. "This product of creativity made from second-hand items by Hulu Terengganu IPD was an entry for the PDRM Persada Innovation awards last year, where we emerged runner-up to receive a certificate of recognition and cash prize of RM3,000 for the novelty.
"We modifed the space inside into a mobile police station, operations centre and front control post to provide services to the public more quickly and efficiently," he said at the Ajil Toll Plaza here today.
He said the centre, built in three months from second-hand goods costing RM15,000, was a one-stop facility for the public to file complaints, seek emergency aid or latest information related to Hulu Terengganu without making a trip to the police station.
"It was used last March for Ops when floods hit Kampung Jenagor.
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KELANTAN SOCSO TARGETS 10 PCT TO REGISTER IN MAY
KOTA BHARU -- The Kelantan Social Security Organisation (Socso) is targeting 10 per cent of registered employers and employees in the state for compliance through the ''Bulan Pemutihan Op Kesan Perkeso 2022" campaign starting May 1.
Kelantan Socso director Nora Yaacob said so far the number of employers actively contributing in Kelantan is only 8,116 compared to the total number of registered employers at 30,679.
"So far, only 108,150 local workers and 1,941 foreign workers are registered with Socso," she said.
"Employers and employees who have not been registered are urged to do so immediately to avoid any action under the Employees' Social Security Act 1969 and the Employment Insurance System Act 2017 (Act 800)," she said at the launch of the state-level campaign here today.
The campaign will run for a month starting May 1, during which time employers and employees who register voluntarily will be exempted from action.
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