MIRI, 13 Feb 2009: Datuk Seri Najib Razak today visited the areas here which were affected by floods and landslides. Shortly after arrival here, the Deputy Prime Minister was flown by a helicopter to Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Suai, about 100km from here, to present aid to flood victims in the Niah sub-district. He was accompanied […]
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RM16mil needed to repair disaster-hit roads in Miri
MIRI, 3 Feb 2009: At least RM16 million is needed to immediately repair state and Federal roads affected by floods and landslides which hit Miri Division the last few weeks, Sarawak Assistant Minister for Infrastructure Development and Communications Lee Kim Shin said here today. He said the money was also required to raise the level […]
Eight houses destroyed in Miri landslide (Updated)
(Updated 6:55pm, 30 Jan 2009) MIRI, 30 Jan 2009: Eight houses collapsed in landslides at Kampung Lereng Bukit, here today. Miri OCPD ACP Jamaluddin Ibrahim said the first landslide occurred at 9.40am while the second at about 1pm. A spokesperson of the Fire and Rescue Department said the 74 people from eight families occupying the […]
Landslide cuts off major Sarawak road link
MIRI, 21 Jan 2009: A landslide today cut off the road link between Bintulu and Tatau as well as Miri, Mukah and Sibu, causing hundreds of vehicles to be stranded near Tatau, about 50km from Bintulu. No one was injured in the landslide, which occurred at 5.10am at Km45 of the Bintulu-Tatau Road, said Tatau […]
Evacuate order after landslide in Bkt Kanada
MIRI, 16 Jan 2009: The occupants of 10 houses on the eastern slope of Bukit Kanada near here have been directed to move out of their homes immediately following a landslide in the area. Sarawak Disaster Relief and Management Committee chairman Tan Sri Dr George Chan issued the evacuation order, saying it was too dangerous […]
Workers buried alive in Miri landslide
MIRI, 16 Jan 2009: Two Indonesian petrol station workers were buried alive when a landslide hit their workplace here early today. The search team dug into the rubble from 6.30am and found their bodies at 1.50pm. The victims, known only as Endi, 28, and Ah Chiang, 22, were the only workers at the petrol station […]
Landslide victims still missing
MIRI, 16 Jan 2009: Two petrol station workers are missing following a landslide that hit their workplace here early this morning. A search and rescue operation began at 6.30am but up till 10am, they were yet to be found. The workers are only known as Endi, 28, an Indonesian, and one Ah Chiang, 22. It […]
