{"id":15133,"date":"2022-10-09T12:18:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T04:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15133"},"modified":"2022-10-09T12:18:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-09T04:18:51","slug":"agong-calls-on-relevant-agencies-people-to-brace-for-floods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=15133","title":{"rendered":"Agong calls on relevant agencies, people to brace for floods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9<\/strong> &#8212;\u00a0Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri\u2019ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today called on all relevant agencies to make thorough and comprehensive preparations to face the risk of flooding due to the Northeast Monsoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al-Sultan Abdullah said the preparations are&nbsp;not only in reducing flood impacts but in devising a method to ensure that assistance to the victims can be provided in a planned, prompt and effective manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His Majesty said this is in line with the teachings of Prophet Muhammad SAW, who demanded his\u00a0people to always make preparations to deal with\u00a0any possibility in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-09-at-12.16.32-PM-1024x555.png\" alt=\"agong\" class=\"wp-image-15134\" width=\"563\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-09-at-12.16.32-PM-1024x555.png 1024w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-09-at-12.16.32-PM-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Screenshot-2022-10-09-at-12.16.32-PM-768x416.png 768w, 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His Majesty said at the national-level Maulidur Rasul celebration at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/\">NMT<\/a> as reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=2127677\">Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 &#8212;\u00a0Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri\u2019ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today 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