Police team up with Petronas on road safety advocacy

KUCHING: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) together with Petronas held a Road Tour programme today to inform the public that an ‘Ops Selamat’ will be held soon in conjunction with the coming Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration. The programme organised by Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) together with the Crime Prevention and Community […]

Mukah Hospital patients receive CNY hampers

MUKAH: Patients at Mukah Hospital here on Thursday (Jan 27) received hampers in conjunction with the coming Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration courtesy of the organisers of the road safety campaign. The campaign was organised by Mukah Division Road Safety Council (MKJR) and Mukah Division Malaysian Government Servants Welfare and Sports Council (Maksak). The organisers, […]

Vehicular accidents in Miri down, fatalities up

MIRI: The number of vehicular accidents in the city here has dropped to 16 per cent from January to December between 2020 and last year. “However, there is an increase of 2.3 per cent of road fatalities between these periods adding up to 11 per cent of fatalities in road accidents. “Accidental damage recorded a […]

Ministry to launch statewide road safety awareness

KUCHING: The Transport Ministry will launch a programme to inculcate in road users a safety attitude to prevent accidents and death. Its minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin said the Transport-Awareness Behavioural Change (ABC) programme will be implemented sometime this year. “Serious injuries and fatalities from road accidents have dire consequences on the victims’ families […]