KOTA KINABALU: Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Hajiji Haji Noor handed over 45 boats for distribution to the State Fire and Rescue Department and 12 district disaster
management committees at Menara Kinabalu near here today.

Also present were State Cabinet Ministers, State Secretary Datuk Seri Panglima Sr Safar Untong and Home Affairs and Research Secretary Datuk Haji Awang Shahminan Sahari.

At the ceremony, 15 boats were handed to the State Fire and Rescue Department, three
each to Pitas, Kota Marudu, Penampang, Tenom, Beaufort and Paitan. Kota Kinabalu, Kota Belud, Papar, Tuaran, Sipitang and Tongod were allocated two boats each.-pr/BNN