Wearing Masks

Ever heard of NADMA? You're not alone. For the uninitiated, NADMA is AGENSI PENGURUSAN BENCANA NEGARA, the National Disaster Management Agency under the purview of the Prime Minister's Department. The first time I heard about them was when the Perikatan Nasional federal government declared that they were distributing free face masks to households. Distribution was no easy task, so they had to rope in the help of each Member of Parliament to make sure that their constituents would receive this benefit. The MPs would get their staff and volunteers to pack and perform door-to-door distribution. My housing area was taken care by DAP's YB Ng Sze Han, so we got the face masks from the Unit Tindak Kinrara. Each household received four face masks in a plastic bag, together with a small piece of paper with instructions for proper mask usage. Based on Facebook posts, seems that different places received a different number of masks. Guess its based on supply and how the packing was done. 

Since volunteers were scarce and special permission was needed during the MCO, distribution took more than a weeks just for my housing area. When residents started getting their free face masks, some would post messages of thanks on the FB group. Noticed that there was one troll who commented on each post, telling people not to thank the MP, but to thank the authorities. Some people just can't look past political ideologies, and see it for what it is-- a concerted effort to get much-needed supplies to the general public.