The Star Online: Metro: South & East
The Star Online: Metro: South & East |
- Congestion at CIQ complex
- Providing quality healthcare
- Report missing children soon to enable fast rescue operation
| Posted: 18 Dec 2012 07:17 PM PST JOHOR BARU: The State Assembly was told that the State Immigration Department staff have been parking their vehicles along the emergency lanes inside the Bangunan Sultan Iskandar Customs, Immigration and Quarantine Complex (CIQ) causing congestion and accidents. Mok Chek Hou (BN-Stulang) said reckless parking by immigration department staff was worrying as the CIQ was one of the main entrance and exit points to the state and country. "Visitors travelling in and out of the country will have a bad impression about us because of the haphazard parking of the immigration staff," he said. Mok said that allowing the staff to park their cars along the emergency lane only caused congestion and could lead to accidents. "The authorities concerned should take immediate action to fix the problem before it worsens," he said. On a separate matter, Datuk Dr Hasni Mohammad (BN-Benut) urged the state government to organise more programmes between Johor, Singapore and Indonesia. "Johor needs to take the initiative and increase programmes which will allow us to maintain closer relations with Singapore and Indonesia. "Another suggestion could be to set up a special Johor consulate in both countries," he said, adding that if Johor did not act fast, the economic and business opportunities could be snapped up by other states including those ruled by the Opposition. Hasni said Johor also needs to continue to promote the state to the business community in both countries. "There are many rich businessmen who are interested in investing in Johor but they do not have enough information or do not know how to go about doing it. "If we set up a Johor consulate in both countries, this could help solve this problem," he said during the winding up of speech for the state assembly sitting here recently. |
| Posted: 18 Dec 2012 07:14 PM PST BATU PAHAT: The Health Ministry has approved RM9mil worth of medical equipment to Hospital Sultanah Nora Ismail's three-storey new block here. Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said that the allocation was to add to the hospital's facilities and to ensure it provides quality healthcare to the people. "With that, we hope to lessen complaints from the public about the shortcomings of government hospitals. "With the new equipments, I believe that the hospital is able to provide the people with quality healthcare for Batu Pahat folk," he said during his work visit to the hospital here recently. He said that the equipment approved were MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) worth RM5mil, fluoroscopy scan worth RM3mil and a RM1mil CDR (Cytotoxic Drug Reconstitution) used for preparing chemo medicine for cancer patients. Liow added that the hospital, which changed its name from Hospital Batu Pahat in October last year, would fully operate its new RM207mil block early 2013. "The new block is equipped with 202 beds, 10 ICU wards and four operating theatres," he said. Besides that, Liow said that the new hospital block encountered problems with its air-conditioning since completing in June. "I have spoken to the contractor to rectify the matter to make sure that the air-conditioning temperature is consistent and the air quality is clean," he said. He also added that the hospital should work towards a community hospital by having more interaction with the people to create more awareness about disease prevention. |
| Report missing children soon to enable fast rescue operation Posted: 18 Dec 2012 07:23 PM PST TANGKAK: Parents must lodge police reports as soon as they realised their children had gone missing, State Women, Family, Health and Community Development Committee chairman Dr Robia Kosai said. Dr Robia said the fast move would enable the police to launch search and rescue operations immediately before anything serious happened to the children. Speaking at a family safety forum here she said the number of children reported lost and missing in the state had raised concern among the authorities and families. "We have about 279 children, mostly between 13 and 17 years old, missing in 2011 and another 50 up to April this year. "We have yet to check how many have returned last year but for this year out of 50 reported missing, only 17 were found," she said when launching the forum organised by the Johor Women Council here recently. Dr Robia said studies also showed that many missing children or cases involving girls revealed that their abductors were those living near them (victims) or had known the victims or their families. One example, she said was the case of Dirang, or Nurul Nadirah Abdullah, five, who went missing after going out to buy noodles in Johor Baru early this year. She said the little girl was abducted, raped and burnt by her abductor, who also happened to live near her housing scheme. She said parents and neighbours should also watch out for strangers who acted suspiciously in their neighbourhood and alert the police. She also said if the suspicious characters had no bad intentions, the community could always say sorry but if they had bad intentions, police would handle them. Dr Robia also advised the society to start 'jaga tepi kain orang' or be inquisitive of what others were doing to ensure the safety of the neighbourhood children. "In the old days it was regarded as a bad habit to know what others were doing, but not today. "Today, we all must be alert and know what and who our neighbours are and where our children are every minute," she added. |
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