KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 — Funds amounting to RM83 million including grants of RM25 million by the government is being channelled through Government-Linked Companies and Government-Linked Investment Companies Disaster Recovery Network to help flood victims, said Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
He said, among others, the Employees Provident Fund has provided the EPF Learning Campus as a temporary relief centre; Telekom Malaysia which has activated its Crisis Command Centre is ready to provide communications and emergency services assistance; while both Pharmaniaga and MASKargo have helped in delivering aid to the flood victims.
“The federal and state governments have started to repair houses and public infrastructure that have been damaged by the floods.