Published on: Saturday, February 27, 2021
By: Bernama
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LABUAN: The first batch of 4,680 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for Labuan arrived safely at the Labuan Ro-Ro Ferry Terminal
(pic), here, Friday.
After the Kimanis 1 ferry docked at the terminal jetty about 9.50am, DHL Express workers were seen unloading the vaccines from a van into a waiting truck under the watchful eyes of a Labuan police force unit.
The vaccines were transported by road from Kota Kinabalu for 155km and ferried to Labuan, with escort from patrol boats of marine police and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).
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The vaccines were then transferred to the vaccine storage centre at the Labuan Hospital under the care of Labuan police.
Published on: Friday, February 26, 2021
By: Bernama
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LABUAN: The first batch of 2,340 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is scheduled to arrive in Labuan today (Friday).
Labuan Acting Police Chief DSP Mohd Ibrahim Mohd Ghani said the vaccine would be transported by road from Kota Kinabalu and ferried to the duty-free island via the Menumbok ferry terminal at 8am.
“We expect the vaccine to arrive at the Labuan Ferry Terminal around 9.30am, and it will be escorted by traffic policemen to the vaccine storage centre at the Membedai Health Clinic,” he said, Thursday.
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The Labuan Health Department has established at least three vaccination centres for Labuan s immunisation programme, which is scheduled to kick off tomorrow (Saturday) at 8am.
KOTA KINABALU (Feb 25): Sabah today received 16,380 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to kickstart the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme in the state which will be implemented in the near future.
State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun, who is also state government spokesman on Covid-19, said five more batches of the vaccine would be delivered in stages until April 1.
He said the second batch of 9,360 doses will be delivered on March 4, followed by the third batch of 24,550 doses on March 11, while the fourth batch of 3,510 doses on March 18.
“The fifth batch of the vaccine, a total of 18,720 doses, will be delivered on March 25, followed by the sixth batch of 31,590 doses will be delivered on April 1,” he told reporters after receiving the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines via special aircraft at Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) 2 here, at 12.40pm today.
Published on: Friday, January 22, 2021
By: Sohan Das
Blue Ocean lying idle at Patau Patau.
LABUAN: The Labuan Corporation is urged to provide jetty facilities for “out of job” passenger boats as these vessels deserved such facilities considering that they are providing an important maritime connection between the island and the coastal towns of Sabah and Sarawak.
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Member of Parliament Datuk Rozman Isli said he has spoken to CEO Dr Fary Akmal Osman who is also a board member of the Labuan Port Authority on the dilemma of these boat operators hit by the Covid-19 pandemic and she promised to look into the matter.
LABUAN: Deputy Finance Minister (I) Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri held a meeting with several representatives of International Business and Financial (IBFC) industry players to hear out their concerns over the withdrawal of tax perks which threatened to eclipse the attractiveness of Labuan Financial Centre and had caused some companies to relocate to other more friendly jurisdictions.