Tag: PPHO 1999

Let’s amend Protection of Public Health Ordinance 1999

KUCHING: Once the Sarawak Infectious Disease Centre (SIDC) is established, the Protection of Public Health Ordinance 1999 should be amended to broaden its scope and depth to enable the SIDC and local authorities to function as autonomous entities. “I think local authorities should take this opportunity to strengthen their role in public health in Sarawak,” […]

Temporary exemption for Sarawak, please

KUCHING: A lawmaker has called on the federal government to allow Sarawak to be temporarily exempted from enforcing the conditional movement control order (CMCO). Muara Tuang assemblyman Datuk Idris Buang said he appealed to the wisdom of both the state and federal governments (particularly the federal government) to appreciate the situation in Sarawak where the […]

Advocates body questions status of MCO and CMCO

KUCHING: The Advocates Association of Sarawak (AAS) wonders whether or not the federally issued movement control order (MCO) enforced by the state and the control measures of the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) have been gazetted as orders as required by Section 15 of the state’s Protection of Public Health Ordinance 1999 (PPHO). Its president […]