Umno to track down 400,000 missing voters

(The Star) – MORE than 400,000 voters cannot be traced although their names and addresses are listed in the voters register, reported Berita Harian.

In the light of this, Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz said the Umno management committee had directed the Wanita, Youth and Puteri movements at the branch levels to help locate the voters.

Rafidah, MP for Kuala Kangsar, said it was likely that the voters had moved away or changed their addresses yet continued to correspond using their old addresses.

“Umno is trying to co-ordinate with the Election Commission on how to find the voters,” she said, adding that the voter locating efforts had been going on for a long time but was now being carried out simultaneously by the three wings of the party.

Berita Harian also reported that the Health Ministry was disappointed with uncompleted hospital projects, which were supposed to be operational this year.

Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng was reported as saying that although hospital construction fell outside the purview of his ministry, it affected patients.

Naming the Sultan Ismail Hospital in Johor Baru as one of the hospitals, he said it was not completed because medical equipment and bedding had not been installed.

Chua said he had directed the Johor health director to get in touch with the contractor for the latest updates.

The RM500mil Sultan Ismail Hospital, incorporating IT services, would become a referral centre for radiotherapy and oncology facilities in the southern region.

Utusan Malaysia reported that Malaysians should pay attention to the increasing death rates due to the HIV/AIDS virus.

In an editorial, the paper said 54,000 cases were reported as of June. Some 5,424 people have died up to the end of last year.

The paper said Malaysians were highly aware of the contagious disease but, it added, the virus would continue to affect people for as long as drug addiction existed.