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Assalamualaikum and good morning everyone, it is quite a long time since my last post from about 2 weeks ago. Today I’m sharing my thoughts about the important issue that very close to me.
In the past
few weeks, the situation in Malaysia is not quite good because of the floods
that happening around the country. Usually, when we think about floods in
Malaysia especially in the end of the year, we think the east coast states
always affected by flood. But this time, it involves the Klang Valley too especially
my hometown Shah Alam. It taught us to not underestimate the danger of natural disaster.
I was very
shocked when reading the news about the flood hits my hometown in the social
media, because think again, Klang Valley is the economic centre of Malaysia. Almost
all of the industrial and freight services are focused in that area since we
have the Port Klang. Bear in mind, it is the one of the 20 busiest ports in the
world, ahead of Rotterdam.
When there
is a flood, definitely the road had to be closed until the flood gone. We
clearly see the important roads like Federal Highway and the North Klang Valley
Expressway also hit by flood. It disrupts the supply chain of economic activities
since the lorries who bring the raw materials can’t use the road or it itself
hit by flood. Even the workers are unable to go to work due to the flood.
As a
result, just couple of days after the flood, when I went to I-City Shah Alam, I
saw many restaurant and shops are closed due to flood. I knew it would happen
as the economic supply chain were disrupted because of the flood.
Nevertheless,
I respect the relentless effort by the federal and state government leaders and
agencies especially the police, military and the rescuers to help those are
affected. Many the Pusat Pemindahan Sementara (PPS) were set up to help those
are affected by flood. Not to forget all political parties be it the government
or opposition to put aside their political differences to help for those in
need.
I hope the
massive flood that was happened in the end of 2021 will become an eye opener to
the authorities to have the comprehensive plan to prepare the natural disaster
that will happen next. That includes providing the appropriate infrastructure
to contain the flood. We need more the stuff like the SMART tunnel, although
not necessary to the the same like that tunnel. On the other hand, we must take
a pre-caution steps, including the prevention of COVID-19 even during the flood
to ensure safety for ourselves.
Happy New
Year 2022!
(Source:
Harian Metro)
