SEREMBAN: Former PKR assemblyman Datuk Dr Mohamad Rafie Ab Malek who will be defending the Ampangan seat as an independent in the state polls has expressed sadness for being labelled a traitor.
SEREMBAN: Potential homeowners, especially from the lower income categories, in Mantin near here have reason to be happy as 800 affordable landed housing units will be built in this former mining town that has been experiencing rapid development in recent years.
Friday, 21 May 2021 02:34 PM MYT
Syringes used for Covid-19 vaccinations are pictured at the UiTM Hospital in Sungai Buloh March 2, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara.
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SEREMBAN, May 21 About 30 big companies in Negri Sembilan have agreed to buy Covid-19 vaccines to inoculate their workers totalling almost 20,000, said state executive councillor Datuk Dr Mohamad Rafie Ab Malek.
Mohamad Rafie, whose portfolio covers investment and industry, said the state government was discussing with the Health Ministry to help these companies procure the vaccines.
“Most Covid-19 clusters in the state involved the manufacturing sector, for example the Lengkuk Cluster. So, the employers feel that it is their responsibility to get the workers vaccinated quickly to curb the spread of the virus,” he told Bernama here today.
THE Negeri Sembilan state government has come up with a plan, spanning the next 25 years, to give its economy a shot in the arm. As a precursor to this, the state government launched in mid-December last year Invest NS Year 2021, but it gained little traction because of the pandemic.
Datuk Mohamad Rafie Ab Malek, chairman of NS Corporation, the government agency responsible for the investment and economic affairs of Negeri Sembilan, sheds some light on the state’s ambitious plans.
“We will finalise things soon. This is our economic blueprint. [The] Negeri Sembilan state government has prepared its own master plan for the entire development until 2045. The gross development, the targeted value that we plan for the whole thing, is about RM468 billion,” Mohamad Rafie tells The Edge in an exclusive interview.