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- New fire station still has room for improvement, says Ab Ghani
- Dr Wee tells Indians that they are not a forgotten lot
- Bedridden mother of six in need of help
| New fire station still has room for improvement, says Ab Ghani Posted: 28 May 2013 03:15 PM PDT BATU PAHAT: The new fire station in Ayer Hitam has attended to more than 20 road accidents since it began operating early this year. Johor Fire and Rescue Department director Datuk Ab Ghani Daud said the new station responded to higher number of road accidents due to its location closer to the North-South Expressway. "With one fire engine and 22 firefighters on 12-hour shift currently, we hope that we are able to improve our response time. "Before the establishment of the Ayer Hitam fire station, we have to send fire engines from stations in Yong Peng, Kluang or Batu Pahat," he said after the state-level World Firefighters Day celebration here recently. Costing RM9.2mil, the construction work of the station began in 2010 and completed end of last year. In another development, only one fire death case was recorded in the state last year compared with 45 cases in 2012. Ab Ghani said the department would continue to increase awareness on fire prevention and safety to minimise casualties due to fire. He said of the 2,939 calls received last year, 76 were false alarms and 1,364 calls were for fire rescue. The rest of the calls were for other rescue works, special services, and special tasks, he said. In 2012, the department received a total of 2,602 calls, out of which 40 were pranks and 1,242 calls for fire rescue. During his speech, Ab Ghani urged all firefighters to give full commitment in the duties that they were entrusted with and always improve their quality of service. "Although we have reached our targets in all our programmes conducted last year, it is our duty to review and study all the programmes if they bring advantages or for us to restructure our strategies for better performance," he said. |
| Dr Wee tells Indians that they are not a forgotten lot Posted: 28 May 2013 03:15 PM PDT YONG PENG: The Indian community will not be forgotten despite making up the smallest percentage of population in Ayer Hitam. Ayer Hitam MP Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said Indians constituted only 4% of the total parliamentary constituency population and majority of them were staying in Yong Peng area. He said most of the constituents that his service centre had attended to since he was elected MP since 2004 were from Indian community. "I know many of them need help and they will not be sidelined," he said before presenting medical cash aid to 41 chronic diseases patients from Indian community at his service centre in Wisma Koperasi Yong Peng Bhd in Jalan Besar here recently. Dr Wee, who is MCA Youth chief, said he would try his best to help his constituents as long as they were genuine cases. He also said the Barisan Nasional was not a party that appeared only once every five years. "We will prove that we are always working and serving the people," he said, adding that he has always been visiting his constituency at least once a week to meet with the people. Dr Wee said he was in the midst of extending his existing service centre by occupying service centre of former Yong Peng assemblyman Lim Kee Moi that was located next door. "We are also opening another service centre next to Umno office in Ayer Hitam to serve the Semerang constituents," he said. Earlier this month, Dr Wee squashed rumours reportedly saying that he would relocate his service centre from Yong Peng to Semarang. There were rumours in the air that Dr Wee did not want to service in the Chinese majority Yong Peng after receiving less support from them in the general election. Dr Wee said it was never came across his mind that he would stop or reduce or divert his service from Yong Peng. Dr Wee won by a majority of 7,310 votes against PAS' Hu Pang Chow. In 2008, he defeated PAS candidate Hussin Sujak by a majority of 13,909. At the event, Dr Wee also presented 50 1Malaysia netbooks to residents and financial aid to 10 students. Later, he also presented medical cash aids to 24 patients at Ayer Hitam. |
| Bedridden mother of six in need of help Posted: 28 May 2013 03:15 PM PDT AYER HITAM: Housewife Isuawarti Daud, 41, who is bedridden after a fall at her house last month, is hoping that she will recover soon as her children need her. The mother of six children, aged one, three, five, eight, 13 and 15, said her life had turned passive since the accident in her living room that caused bad injuries to her tailbone. "I cannot do anything now, not even sit up. "I pray everyday for fast recovery to hold my children and carry them. They are still young and they need me," she said when met at her house at Batu 1 Jalan Yong Peng – Ayer Hitam recently. Her husband, a farmer, had to stop going to his farm since the incident to take care of their children. He would also prepare food and put it next to her pillow and helped her to change diapers. Isuawarti said her pain lessened whenever her children sat on her bed, talk to her, pray or read storybooks. "They will tell me all kind of stories in school everyday," she smiled. Isuawarti said her doctor had not made any recommendation for surgery or any other treatment so far pending osteoporosis test. "I don't know what our lives will be next but I am confident that I will recover and I pray that I can sit up at least if not fully recovered," she said. At the moment, Isuawarti said she needed a hospital bed urgently to help her adjust her body or repositioning without someone's help constantly. |
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