KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s water treatment plants are constantly faced with damaged and faulty pumps, resulting in ongoing water disruptions, says Public Works Department Minister Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin.
THE Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) will be enforced at the Muar Rehabilitation Centre (PPA) from today until Jan 6 next year, due to the high infectivity rate. Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Ministry of Health (MoH) has conducted 726 screening tests at the PPA, where 20 positive cases have been detected among detainees. “Based on the risk assessment, MoH found that the rate of infection is high. On the advice of the MoH, the special session today agreed on the implementation of the EMCO at the PPA from Dec 24 to Jan 6, 2021,” he said in a statement yesterday.
HEALTH DG Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (picture) said the government should wait for the Phase 3 clinical trials of vaccines before committing to one.“We have hopes of looking into the vaccines but to date, although there are 11 vaccines in Phase 3 of clinical trials, we have yet to read the reports on them.“So, we hope to analyse the reports in terms of the safety and advocacy of the vaccines. Hopefully, it will be positive but nonetheless, we will look at the details thoroughly,” he said in his daily briefing yesterday.
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KOTA KINABALU: A political brawl seems to be brewing in the shadows between the two Kadazandusun-based parties in the ruling Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition.
Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) and Sabah STAR are seen as competing with each other as they try to gain stronger ground in the Kadazandusun and Murut areas, triggering perceived manoeuvres of political one-upmanship.
The political cold war is believed to have started when Sabah STAR led by Datuk Seri Dr Jeffrey Kitingan took in PBS strongman Stephen Teo and made him the Sepanggar Sabah STAR division chief.
Though PBS did not directly respond to the pinching of its member, PBS president Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili and other senior party members have gone on the move across the state to strengthen the party at its division levels.