JERTIH, Nov 13 (Bernama) -- The Terengganu Social Welfare Department (JKM) today dispatched three tonnes of essential supplies, including food and daily necessities, to the forward base on Pulau Perhentian near here, in preparation for the Northeast Monsoon for more than 2,000 residents.
JKM Terengganu director Mazura Ngah Abd Manan said the items, transported via the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) ship KM Rawa, included rice, cooking oil, sugar, vermicelli, sardines, biscuits, and mineral water.
“Last Thursday, JKM also dispatched food and basic necessities to the Pulau Redang forward base in Kuala Terengganu using the Eastern Region Marine Department’s ship.
“The deliveries to both islands were also assisted by JKM volunteers, the Volunteer Corps Department (Rela), the Civil Defence Force (APM), and local villagers,” she told Bernama in Pulau Perhentian today.
Mazura said that with today’s delivery to the Pulau Perhentian forward base, all 157 forward bases in Terengganu are now well stocked with supplies.
She said the forward bases in Terengganu are located across 65 sites in the districts of Hulu Terengganu, Kemaman (23), Dungun (21), Setiu (19), Besut (15), Marang (2), and six each in Kuala Terengganu and Kuala Nerus.
Mazura added that the state has 851 relief centres, which can accommodate up to 215,392 evacuees at any one time.
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