ACCIDENTS and deaths caused by vehicles going over potholes are not something new in this country.
Such cases have been highlighted repeatedly over the years, but the public’s many complaints always seem to fall on deaf ears, with repairs taking weeks, even months if not years, in some cases.
It took just one VIP falling at an uneven road to not only get an effusive apology from the district’s Public Works Department (JKR) but also a pledge to fix the pothole, which was duly done in record time.
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin sustained facial injuries when he fell off his bicycle after riding over a depression in a road in Banting, Selangor, on Dec 27. When the Kuala Langat district JKR apologised and repaired the road in less than 24 hours following his tweet, Malaysians took to social media to sarcastically call for ministers to cycle in their districts so that their roads could be repaired as efficiently too.
Friday, 08 Jan 2021 05:49 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin speaks during the launch of the Malaysia Grand Challenge in Putrajaya January 8, 2021. Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 Malaysia will be able to use the Pfizer vaccine for Covid-19 upon the expected arrival of its first batch in the country next month, following a conditional approval for the vaccine by a government regulator.
Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today announced on Twitter that the National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) has given its conditional registration for the vaccine, noting that this information was conveyed to him by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
January 08, 2021
The coalition of Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin faces a walkout by the United Malays National Organisation.
DPA
Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin’s political troubles aren’t over yet – just weeks after he managed to survive a knife-edge parliamentary session, his key ally and the country’s largest political party, the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), is mulling a split from his Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) ahead of potential snap elections.
Umno will be discussing the motion to cut ties with Bersatu during its general assembly at the end of January, the party’s top leadership said late Wednesday night, adding that the decision would “greatly impact the party and country‘s future”.
The Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee (JKJAV) is in the process of fine-tuning the Covid-19 National Vaccination Plan, which will be available for all Malaysians.