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A man wades in flood water as he crosses a road at Kampung Tebak in Air Putih, Kemaman December 18, 2020. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 The number of flood evacuees in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, including Terengganu and Kelantan, continue to rise as of 5pm today with water levels of several rivers surpassing the danger level.
In Terengganu, the number of evacuees rose to 7,403 individuals from 1,786 families as of 4pm compared to 6,305 evacuees from 1,663 families at 8am today.
Terengganu Disaster Management Committee secretariat chief Lt Col (PA) Che Adam A Rahman said currently 47 temporary flood evacuation centres in four districts are active, 28 in Kemaman, Dungun (15), Hulu Terengganu (three) and Setiu (one).
Number of evacuees rising in Terengganu and Kelantan
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11 Dec 2020 / 13:21 H.
PUTRAJAYA: As at June this year, 1.145 million applications were received for jobs in public service including in the technical department, Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali (
pix) said.
He said based on Public Services Commission (SPA) statistics, of the total, 44,229 applications were for vacancies in the technical department such as in the Public Works Department and the Irrigation and Drainage Department.
A total of 50,152 applications were for the position of scientist, researchers 65,719, while 124,015 applications were for community development officers, he said in his speech in conjunction with National Technical Profession Day (HPTN) 2020, held virtually today.