The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission has disclosed that it is in the final phase of reviewing the implementation of a direct disaster notification channel, that aims to bypass the SMS system. Dr. Khamarrul Azahari Razak, Director of the Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Center (DPPC) at the Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, shares his views on this issue.

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