Malaysia to have its own disaster response depot

Malaysia will soon have its own National Humanitarian Response De­­pot which is expected to be ope­ra­tional by October, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

He said the new depot was model­led after the World Food Program­me-United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot (WFP-UNHRD) in Subang, which manages humanita­rian missions across the Asia Pacific.