All hands on deck in bracing for floods


KUALA LUMPUR: Preparations are in full swing to face the year-end floods, with evacuation centres, rescue personnel and assets being made ready, says Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Datuk Mastura Mohd Yazid.

“The Social Welfare Department has prepared 6,010 centres (with a total capacity of) 1,620,855 evacuees,” she said during Question Time in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday in reply to a question from Datuk Rubiah Wang (GPS-Kota Samarahan).

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