Give priority to senior citizens
KUCHING: The authorities have been urged to check why many senior citizens have not received their Covid-19 vaccine appointments although they have registered for vaccination since February this year. In making this call, Alliance for Safe Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye said that there were still complaints and grievances from the elderly who […]
Government urged to prioritise vaccination for security guards
KUCHING: The Malaysia Security Industry Association (PIKM) Sarawak, representing some 10,000 security guards in the state, appealed to the Sarawak government to prioritise the vaccination of security guards immediately. PIKM Sarawak committee member Shaharuddin Samsi pointed out that despite the worrying Covid-19 situation in Sarawak, security guards have continued to work — providing their services of […]
Give priority to Sarawakian teachers
MIRI: Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak (PBDS) Baru has urged the Sarawak government to give priority to Sarawakian teachers to address shortage in the state. PBDS Baru treasurer Sai Malaka, in a statement on Tuesday (May 11), expressed full support to the state’s 90:10 ratio of local teachers, while calling for the state government to have […]
Vaccine: Muhyiddin ready to look into Sarawak’s request for priority
KUCHING: Putrajaya takes notes of Sarawak’s request to give priority to vaccinating its people, particularly those in the Covid-19 red zones. Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the state government’s request for additional vaccines in the red zone area has basis. “In principle, we agree, but we also need to look in details as other states also need the vaccine supply. “At the same time, we want to find a way to reduce the number of Covid-19 cases to the lowest level. And we will work on it,” he said told reporters after visiting Sarawak General Hospital’s (SGH) new Day Care Centre today (April 2). He said the question is not about not wanting to supply the additional vaccine, but the issue was whether the supplier could send the vaccine at one time. “Some of it (vaccine) arrives tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so we have to send it in batches. “If the suppliers can send it immediately, then we will get it immediately. If they follow a certain schedule, we have to wait for the supplier. That is the issue now,” he said. On Sarawak’s intention to procure its own vaccine to step up its vaccination programme, the prime minister said in principle the federal government has no objection to the state’s decision to purchase its own supplies. “The efforts by the state government (on getting additional vaccines) would ease the federal government’s burden in managing the Covid-19 pandemic,” he said. However, he said the only issue was on whether the state could procure the vaccine supplies. “I think this is not easy, as there are some countries that have yet to receive enough supplies,” he said. Adding on, Muhyiddin added that last year he had instructed the ministers responsible to get the vaccine to make sure the supply was enough for all Malaysians and non-Malaysians in the country and at the same time obtaining the vaccine at reasonable prices. The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme rolled out on Feb 26. The government targets to vaccinate 70 percent of Malaysians to achieve herd immunity.
Service providers given 10 days to resolve issues in high priority areas
PUTRAJAYA: Service providers have been instructed to promptly resolve commercial negotiations within 10 business days in identified high priority areas, the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said. MCMC, in a statement today, said it had developed a fast-track process to resolve access issues in high priority areas following complaints that communications services in some […]
Reporters also frontliners
KUALA LUMPUR: Several veteran journalists say reporters always have to be at ground zero where the action is and, as such, they can be categorised as frontliners as well. The action may be an event, a natural disaster, a road crash or a shooting incident, and reporting demands going down to the ground to get […]
MOH prioritises permanent appointments to Sarawak-born doctors, dentists to serve own state
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) has given priority to medical and dental officers from Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan for permanent appointments to serve in their respective home states, the Dewan Negara was told today. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said, based on records, 174 Sarawak-born contract medical officers were eligible […]
Prioritise vaccination for teachers
KUCHING: Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) has seconded the call for teachers to be prioritised for vaccination against Covid-19. Its president Adam Prakash Abdullah said such call was timely because the teachers are also facing a critical situation, especially in putting children’s education back on track. “We want to spend as much time with our students […]
Give vaccine priority to teachers to protect students
KUALA LUMPUR: Teachers should also be given priority as recipients of Covid-19 vaccine as they spend the most time with students when the school starts. Education expert Prof Dr Ismi Arif Ismail said the earlier announcement was that children and teenagers aged 18 and below would not be given the Covid-19 vaccine for the time […]
Sarawak-born candidates given priority for positions in home state
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has always given Sarawak-born candidates priority when it comes to filling up vacancies for jobs in the state’s health facilities. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba in citing an example said, all 74 Sarawak-born officers out of 94 cohort officers for 2017, were absorbed as permanent staff […]
