Vaccination of hotel sector only done after completion of first phase, acquisition of additional doses 29 Apr 2021 / 22:37 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUANTAN: The Pahang State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has explained that the vaccination of workers from the hospitality industry was done based on several factors, including the cluster involving Genting Highlands as well as the increased number of vaccine doses obtained by the state.
The SDMC, in a media statement today, said among the factors taken into consideration was that the Jalan Genting cluster lasted for two months and involved 563 people as well as the need to use the hotel as a quarantine venue.
Thursday, 29 Apr 2021 09:34 PM MYT
The SDMC, which is chaired by Pahang state Secretary Datuk Seri Sallehuddin Ishak, stressed that the initiative was only carried out after the 32,156 frontliners from the health and vital services sectors, who had been targeted as recipients of the first vaccine dose by the federal government, had received their vaccine jabs. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUANTAN, April 29 The Pahang State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has explained that the vaccination of workers from the hospitality industry was done based on several factors, including the cluster involving Genting Highlands as well as the increased number of vaccine doses obtained by the state.
KUANTAN: Workers from the hotel sector in Pahang were vaccinated as part of an effort to stimulate the state s economic and support sectors, says the state disaster management committee.
In response to a statement from Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, the committee explained that 3,036 individuals, comprising housekeepers, cleaners and maintenance workers from the hotel sector in six districts, were vaccinated and they were not only workers from the Genting Group.
Khairy denied on Wednesday (April 28) that he had ordered that staff members of Genting Group be vaccinated against Covid-19.
He said instead that workers in the Pahang tourism sector were vaccinated by the state Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) only after the first dose of immunisation for frontliners listed in the first phase priority group was completed.
Pahang Palace Strips Nicky Liow s Datuk Seri Title
Fugitive businessman Nicky Liow Soon Hee, who has been charged in court for being a member of an organised crime group, is no longer a Datuk Seri holder
According to New Straits Times, the Pahang palace has stripped Liow s Darjah Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang (SSAP) title, an honourary that comes with a Datuk Seri title.
State Secretary Datuk Seri Dr Sallehuddin Ishak said the palace has also revoked Liow s brother s Darjah Indera Mahkota Pahang (DIMP). Liow s younger brother, Wei Loon, previously held a Datuk title.  The order to immediately revoke the awards was given by the Sultan of Pahang (Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah) and the letters of withdrawal came into effect on 21 April, Dr Sallehuddin said in a statement.
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