Emergency response committee for natural disasters to be set up


KEMAMAN, 30 Dis -- Orang ramai memilih saiz baju dan seluar sekolah untuk anak masing-masing sewaktu majlis penyampaian bantuan pakaian sekolah kepada mangsa banjir bagi Dewan Undangan Negeri (Dun) Kemasik, Dun Kijal dan Dun Chukai di sini, hari ini. Seramai 3,839 pelajar sekolah yang menjadi mangsa banjir baru-baru ini menerima baju, seluar, kasut dan beg sekolah yang disumbangkan oleh Yayasan Al-Bukhary dan Bernas. -- fotoBERNAMA (2013) HAKCIPTA TERPELIHARA

KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has announced the setting up of a special committee to work out emergency response procedures in facing natural disasters.

The Prime Minister did not name the committee but said it was a precautionary measure when dealing with natural disasters such as the recent floods that struck several states.

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