S'wak mobilises committee to face monsoon-related emergencies


Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah (centre) looking through the newly-launched English-Iban dictionary at the Teacher Education Institute Batu Lintang Campus in Kuching. - ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee has been mobilised throughout the state to monitor the situation during the current north-east monsoon season, says Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah.

The Deputy Premier said the committee's secretariat was operating around the clock since early this month in readiness for any monsoon-related eventualities.

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