Pelabuhan Bintulu diserah kepada Sarawak Jun ini

KUCHING: Pelabuhan Bintulu dijangka diserahkan kepada kerajaan negeri Sarawak pada bulan Jun depan.

Kementerian Pengangkutan dan Kementerian Infrastruktur dan Pembangunan Pelabuhan Sarawak dalam kenyataan bersama semalam berkata kesepakatan bagi memuktamadkan penyerahan itu dicapai pada mesyuarat Jawatankuasa Bersama Persekutuan-Negeri di sini semalam.

Mesyuarat itu dipengerusi bersama oleh Timbalan Premier Sarawak, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas yang juga Menteri Infrastruktur dan Pembangunan Pelabuhan Sarawak, dan Menteri Pengangkutan Anthony Loke.

Menurut kenyataan itu satu Memorandum Persefahaman (MoU) akan ditandatangani bulan depan bagi merealisasikan penyerahan itu.

Menurutnya Kementerian Pengangkutan akan membentangkan Rang Undang-Undang pemansuhan Akta Lembaga Pelabuhan Bintulu, 1981 pada persidangan Parlimen nanti.

"Bagi memastikan operasi pelabuhan Bintulu tidak terkesan dan terganggu oleh proses penukaran status, kerajaan Sarawak akan mewujudkan Lembaga Pelabuhan Bintulu (Sarawak) di bawah Ordinan Lembaga-Lembaga Pelabuhan 1961," menurut kenyataan itu.

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Niaga SPOTLIGHT: Costing The Silent Threat of Obesity

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Malaysia are a growing burden on the health system, with a number of associated health issues and economic costs.

The annual cost of healthcare for NCDs is estimated to be over RM 9.65 billion. Meanwhile, the cost of disability and loss of healthy life years is estimated to be around RM 100.79 billion. Absenteeism due to NCDs is estimated to cost the Malaysian economy RM 2.6 billion annually.

From the common NCDs, obesity is one of THE most significant health threats, with nearly 20% of the Malaysian population currently classified as obese.

Additionally, more than half of all adults (54%) are overweight or obese. According to the World Obesity Atlas, this figure could rise to 41% in Malaysia by 2035, if preventive action is not taken.

Niaga Spotlight focuses on immediate strategies to address this growing silent threat of Obesity, which also burdens the national healthcare system as well as national productivity levels with significant impacts and costs.