PRK Kuala Kubu Baharu: Pengundi perlu pilih kestabilan - Fadillah

KUCHING: Pengundi dalam Pilihan Raya Kecil (PRK) Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Kuala Kubu Baharu (KKB), perlu memilih calon yang dapat menyumbang kepada kestabilan pembangunan kawasan berkenaan dan Malaysia secara amnya.

Timbalan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof berkata beliau percaya pengundi di kawasan tersebut, boleh membuat keputusan terbaik untuk menentukan calon paling layak untuk mewakili mereka.

"Hanya dengan kestabilan kita dapat menumpukan dan memberi fokus pada pembangunan Malaysia, baik dari segi ekonomi, keadaan sosial dan sebagainya," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menghadiri Majlis Ramah Tamah Zon Empat N48 Satok, di sini hari ini.

Selain itu Fadillah berkata beliau berharap semua pihak termasuk pemimpin politik serta jentera parti akan mematuhi arahan pihak keselamatan dan menjaga sensitiviti masyarakat sepanjang tempoh berkempen bagi pilihan raya itu.

PRK DUN Kuala Kubu Baharu bakal menyaksikan pertandingan empat penjuru di antara Khairul Azhari Saut (Perikatan Nasional), Pang Sock Tao (PH), Nyau Ke Xin (Bebas) dan Hafizah Zainudin (Parti Rakyat Malaysia).

PRK berkenaan diadakan susulan kematian penyandangnya Lee Kee Hiong, 58, pada 21 Mac lepas akibat kanser.

SPR menetapkan hari pengundian bagi PRK berkenaan pada 11 Mei, manakala pengundian awal pada 7 Mei.

-- BERNAMA

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.