By WU VUIDE
KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor visited victims of the Kampung Numbak fire and handed over RM3,000 in assistance to each Malaysian head of household (KIR) to help ease the burden on affected families.
The assistance comprises RM1,000 from the State Government through the Sabah Disaster Management Committee (JPBN), RM1,000 from the Federal Government and RM1,000 from Yayasan Kebajikan Sabah (YKS), he said.
He said this after visiting victims of the Numbak fire at the temporary evacuation centre (PPS) at Dewan Serbaguna Likas.
A total of 110 KIR, all Malaysian citizens, were affected by the Kampung Numbak fire, with 73 KIR housed at the Dewan Damai PPS and another 37 at the Dewan Serbaguna Likas PPS.
Hajiji also announced that the government would assist Malaysian victims by providing materials and equipment worth RM20,000 to each affected KIR to help rebuild their homes destroyed in the fire.
He said the rebuilding of the houses would be coordinated by the State Secretary together with Kota Kinabalu City Hall, including determining whether the houses would be rebuilt elsewhere or at the original site.
He said the assistance for rebuilding homes would be provided to each Malaysian KIR, similar to the approach taken in assisting fire victims in other areas, including Kudat recently.
Meanwhile, Hajiji said that on humanitarian grounds, the government would also provide RM1,000 in assistance to each affected non-Malaysian KIR, in addition to food and other necessities.
Hajiji handing out assistance to one of the fire victims at the temporary evacuation centre in Likas.
