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Improving Preparedness For Malaysia's Annual Flood Season

Dr Khamarrul Azahari Razak, Director, Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center (DPPC), Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM)

02-Dec-24 07:45

Improving Preparedness For Malaysia's Annual Flood Season

The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has disclosed that it is in the final phase of reviewing the implementation of a direct disaster notification channel, that aims to bypass the SMS system. Dr. Khamarrul Azahari Razak, Director of the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center (DPPC) at the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, shares his views on this issue.


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Produced by: Natalie Tan

Presented by: Wong Shou Ning, Keith Kam


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Categories:  controversiesgovernment

Tags:  disaster notification channeldisaster alertflood seasonmalaysia





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