KUCHING, March 23 — The Women, Family and Community Development Ministry (KPWKM) has no plan to request additional allocation for flood relief assistance in affected states for now.
Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said basic aid supplies from the Social Welfare Department (JKM), stored in depots nationwide, are currently sufficient.
“As of now, there is no need for additional flood relief funds. However, if necessary, we will bring it to the Cabinet, or I will submit a request to the Prime Minister, who is also finance minister.
“You cannot predict when it’s going to happen, but we do have our funds. That’s why, when unexpected disasters occur, we don’t face any issues,” she said at a press conference for the Sinar Syawal YKN 2025 programme here today.
She also assured the number of JKM officers assigned to temporary evacuation centres is sufficient, particularly in preparation for the upcoming Aidilfitri.
Nancy said JKM officers who do not celebrate the festive season will be on duty at the designated centres.
“I have yet to receive any reports regarding a shortage of officers at evacuation centres. Previously, if additional officers were needed, we would deploy staff from other states that were not affected by floods, that is our approach,” she said.
As of this morning, the flood situation in Johor, Sabah and Sarawak had improved, with the total number of evacuees decreasing to 8,274 from 9,218 last night.
— Bernama
