新聞:沙巴設311水災疏散中心
星洲網, 23 October 2012 (沙巴‧亞庇23日訊)沙巴州政府將加強應對在11月至明年3月的東北季候風的雨季期間,在州內水災高風險地區的災難援助管理和準備工作,目前州政府已準備311個可容納17萬2千人的疏散中心。 沙巴州秘書丹斯里蘇卡迪表示,州政府將會關注水災高風險地區如東海岸的山打根和古達,以及西海岸北端的哥打馬魯都和必打士,而州內多個安全拯救機構也已作好相關的準備。 他今日在州議會大廈主持州災難援助管理會議後表示,州政府已在23個位於水災高風險和會被切斷對外聯繫的地區的基地,備有足夠的食糧和設備。 Source: http://www.sinchew-i.com/node/335752?tid=3
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