Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021 07:52 AM MYT
A homeowner stares helplessly as floodwater continues to pour into his neighbourhood. ― Picture by Matthew Umpang via Borneo Post
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KUCHING, Jan 13 ― Reports of floods are pouring in as incessant rain continues to fall, inundating roads and causing flash floods in several low-lying neighbourhoods in Kuching and Bintulu as people scramble to get their belongings to higher ground.
Fire and Rescue Department personnel have also been mobilised to badly flooded areas.
Among the places affected in Kuching are the Kuching Waterfront, Hui Sing Garden, Tabuan Dayak, Stampin, the Sarawak General Hospital and several other areas in Petra Jaya.
Quarantine upon arrival?
She had completed a swab test before arriving in Sarawak, but upon arrival, was asked to take another swab test and quarantine.
Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah noted that there are special rules for certain people that stipulates only a swab test in Peninsular Malaysia prior to departure and no quarantine upon entering Sarawak.
He said that he had already gotten permission from State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas to give Dayang Nurfaizah the quarantine exemption.
Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah was not happy that she did not get the special treatment he specifically requested for.
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