SABAH - Enough emergency facilities: Chong

Dailyexpress.com.my, 01 December, 2006

Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Parks is equipped with enough emergency facilities to administer assistance during emergencies. Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Tan Sri Chong Kah Kiat, who said this in his winding-up speech Thursday, added that its staff are also trained in basic first aid skills.

During the debate earlier, Sook Assemblyman Tan Sri Joseph Kurup had highlighted the death of an eight-year-old Korean girl after being stung by jellyfish at Pulau Manukan, off here, recently.

Chong said Sabah Parks has 43 staff trained as life guards, 19 of them stationed at the Tunku Abdul Rahman marine park, namely, six in Pulau Manukan, eight in Pulau Sapi, three in Pulau Mamutik and two in Teluk Molohom, Pulau Gaya. "The lifeguards in Sabah Parks were trained by the Kinabalu Life Saving Society and Malaysia Life Saving Society.

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