Flood woes require innovative solutions


SOMETIMES, in solving a problem, it is more a matter of how we spend what we have, rather than how much we have to spend.

For example, it certainly qualified as good news when Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said on Friday that the Government had approved an RM800mil allocation for flood mitigation projects in Kelantan under the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP).

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