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KOTA KINABALU: Community leaders in Sabah's south-eastern Tawau district are moving to step up the pace of Covid-19 vaccine registration and inoculations as it reels from high daily case numbers.
Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor chairing the Sabah Drug Eradication Action Council meeting in Kota Kinabalu on Thursday.
KOTA KINABALU: A total of RM746,000 has been set aside to fight Sabah s growing drug menace, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor.
He said the funds will be used to build a new drug rehabilitation centre on an 18ha piece of land in Tawau as well as carry out efforts to eradicate drug problems in the state.
The National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) had allocated RM500,000 for an integrated initiative programme to address drug addiction and social ills in high-risk areas, he said after chairing a Sabah Drugs Eradication Action Council meeting here on Thursday (April 29).
Published on: Thursday, April 29, 2021
By: Bernama
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Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor (pix) has approved funds totaling RM746,000 for addressing drug abuse and social problems in the state.
He said RM500,000 will be allocated to the National Anti-Drug Agency (Nada) to carry out an integrated programme to tackle drug addiction and social ills in high-risk areas and build a new rehabilitation centre (Puspen) on a 12-hectare site in Tawau.
Currently, Sabah has one Puspen in Papar, which can accommodate up to 300 people.
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“Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) was given RM246,000 to continue with its happy family programme as a holistic approach to address the problem of drug addiction and social deviance,“ he said after chairing the Sabah Drugs Eradication Action Council (MTMD) meeting at the State Administrative Centre here today.
KOTA KINABALU: The number of Covid-19 cases in Sabah’s south-east Tawau district is rising with its three quarantine centres nearly reaching full capacity.
State Assistant Finance Minister and Apas assemblyman Daruk Nizam Abu Bakar Titingan voiced his concern over the public apathy that was being blamed for the surge in cases in the district.
Both the district hospital and quarantine centres are being stretched, with daily cases increasing in the district since April 3, he said.
“The situation is getting critical and worrying in Tawau.
“The district hospital is already full and the quarantine centres at Tawau Sports Complex and others are nearly full, ” he told reporters after attending the Tawau district disaster management committee meeting chaired by Tawau municipal council president Arnold Joibi yesterday.