Muhyiddin Visits Flood Victims In Pahang

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Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin meeting flood victims during a visit to a temporary evacuation centre at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Seberang Temerloh today. (Bernama pic)TEMERLOH: Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin visited flood victims housed at two relief centres in Pahang today.
His visit to the relief centres at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Seberang Temerloh here and Sekolah Menengah Tengku Ampuan Afzan in Maran brought some relief to the evacuees, who have had to deal with having their homes hit by major floods in the past week.
Muhyiddin, who arrived in a helicopter at SMK Seberang Temerloh at 10am was welcomed by Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, and he then spent about 40 minutes with the flood evacuees.
He was also briefed on flood management operations in the two districts he visited. Also present was National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) director-general Aminuddin Hassim.
During the visits, Muhyiddin chatted with the flood victims and handed out food kit contributions.
Muhyiddin also surveyed the facilities provided at the SMK Seberang Temerloh relief centre, which as of noon today, was housing 873 flood victims from 204 families.
In his visit to the SM Tengku Ampuan Afzan relief centre, Muhyiddin was told it was currently housing 173 people from 53 families.
As he listened to their grievances, the prime minister also gave the evacuees some advice to keep their spirits up. He assured them that the government will continue to help them cope with the aftermath of the floods.
As of noon today, 40 relief centres are operating in the Maran district, housing 3,605 victims from 1,134 families. - FMT

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