KUCHING: A total of 10,000 test kits for the purpose of Covid-19 testing were donated by timber players to the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) yesterday.
Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan lauded both Sarawak Timber industry Development Corporation (STIDC) along with Sarawak Timber Association (STA) for their Covid-19 relief.
“This contribution from STIDC and STA shows their support and commitment as timber industry players in Sarawak to fight together against Covid-19.
“It is hoped that more organisations and bodies will lend a hand and contribute.

“We are in this together and let us be united and hope that we will pull through this difficult time, emerging stronger and more resilient,” he said in a statement yesterday.
In the same statement, STIDC said, along with STA that it was their responsibility to contribute Covid-19 relief to frontliners by providing medical disposables.
“In this unprecedented and challenging time faced by the world in fighting the spread of Covid-19, we empathise with the frontliners who put their lives on the line and work tirelessly to save lives and serve the public.
“Today a total of 10,000 pieces of Covid-19 test kits will be handed over to SDMC for the use of frontliners,” the statement read.
Previously, the two timber industry players contributed a total of 160,000 pieces of personal protective equipment and 200 boxes of medical examination gloves to SDMC.
STIDC said the contribution was worth RM2mln and hoped that it would serve to fulfil the needs of the frontliners.
Present to hand over the contributions from both STIDC and STA was International Trade and Industry, Industry Terminal & Entrepreneur Development Assistant Minister Datuk Naroden Majais.

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Source: newsarawaktribune.com.my
By Nazmi Suhaimi