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- PM leaves for Phnom Penh to attend Asean Summit
- Flood alert for Kangar, Klang, Larkin, Kuantan Bypass
- Malaysia calls for greater Asean support in Myanmar issue
| PM leaves for Phnom Penh to attend Asean Summit Posted: 17 Nov 2012 06:27 AM PST SEPANG: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak is leading a Malaysian delegation to the 21st Asean Summit and Related Summits in Phnom Penh. Najib and his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, left in a special aircraft at 7.45pm from Kompleks Bunga Raya, KL Internatioal Airport, here. The delegation includes Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman and International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. They were greeted on arrival by Cambodian Information Minister Khieu Kannarith. At the three-day meeting, beginning Sunday, Najib is expected to highlight, among others, the Global Movement of Moderates, South China Sea and Palestinian issues. He will have a very tight schedule with the eight related summits - Asean Leaders' Meeting with Asean Business Advisory Council, 15th Asean-Japan Summit, 15th Asean-Republic of Korea Summit, Asean Plus Three Commemorative Summit, 10th Asean-India Summit, 15th Asean-China Summit, 4th Asean-US Leaders' Meeting and 7th East Asia Summit. Najib is scheduled to meet Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, Myanmar President Thien Sein and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on the sidelines of the summit. - Bernama |
| Flood alert for Kangar, Klang, Larkin, Kuantan Bypass Posted: 17 Nov 2012 06:22 AM PST KUALA LUMPUR: People living in the vicinity of Sungai Repoh in Kampung Repoh, Kangar and the Klang River estuary in Klang are advised to be on the alert for floods. The Drainage and Irrigation Department's website said the water levels in the two locations have exceeded the warning levels of 4.19 metres and 2.95 metres respectively as of 9pm on Saturday. Heavier than normal rainfall was also recorded in Larkin, Johor Baru and around the Kuantan Bypass in Kuantan, at 60mm and 41mm respectively. Residents in the two areas are also at risk of floods. Meanwhile, the National Safety Council said that the number of flood victims in Selangor has decreased to 779 people from 893 earlier in the day. In Perak, 33 victims still remain sheltered at Sekolah Agama Rakyat, Kampung Padang Serai, Manjung while in Sarawak, five victims are sheltered at Dewan Suarah Marudi. -Bernama |
| Malaysia calls for greater Asean support in Myanmar issue Posted: 17 Nov 2012 05:57 AM PST PHNOM PENH: Malaysia has called for greater support from Asean member countries to address the humanitarian crisis, following a spate of sectarian violence in the Rakhine state of Myanmar. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman said Malaysia told the Asean Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM) here that it was concerned with the alarming humanitarian crisis there. "Malaysia welcomed initiatives taken by the Myanmar Government in restoring peace and order in the Rakhine territory," he told Malaysian media after attending the AMM. He said Myanmar had informed the meeting on steps that had been taken by its government, in overcoming the clash between Muslim Rohingya and Buddhist there. A total of 167 people were killed in the June and October clashes which also left more than 200 people injured, and more than 100,000 displaced. On the South China Sea issue, Anifah said the meeting welcomed an indication that China was prepared to join negotiations on the Code of Conduct (COC), a mechanism to implement the Declaration of Conduct (DOC) signed between Asean and China in 2002. The COC is an important instrument in confidence-building, apart from diffusing tensions in territorial disputes claimed by China and four Asean countries, namely Vietnam, Philippines, Brunei and Malaysia. Taiwan is another claimant. "It is a matter of timing on when China will join the COC negotiation," said Anifah. On the Palestinian issue raised at the meeting, he said the latest development in Gaza had shown the importance of Palestine's initiative in getting the observer status at the United Nations. Malaysia, he said, supported the initiative as it could enable Palestine to seek greater support from the international community in addressing its plight. - Bernama |
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