Major tourism, sports and youth related events postponed

To comply with #Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee’s requirement, all major tourism, sports and youth-related events have been postponed to a later date. The postponed events include 30 business conferences, conventions and meetings which were already been scheduled to be held in Sarawak with thousands of participants all over the world expected to congregate.
after the state confirmed three Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) cases
The award winning Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) which was expected to be held in July is also postponed and also the Spartan Race 2020. Other notable  events include the 10th Borneo Dental Congress and 11th Malaysian Dental Association Eastern Zone Annual General Meeting 2020 fixed for the end of the month, the 58th Multiple District 308 Lions Convention 2020.
The State Disaster Management Committee has come up with an advisory statement, that all events organised by the government involving more than 250 participants must be postponed after Sarawak registered three Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) cases.
Both my ministries have several events to be held within the next few months, but we have to abide by this directive. So events will be postponed until further notice. They (events) will not be cancelled and the organising committee will mobilise them until the situation gets better. We hope the Covid-19 situation will subside within one or two months. If this is it, and if the organising committee (concerned) is prepared then (events will) go on...this difficult decision has to be made as public health is our top priority during this global pandemic. I just hope that it will stay at three (confirmed cases). For the Spartan Race this year, there are two of them and the obstacles are already in Kuching.
The directive was not there yesterday (March 12), so I announced that it (RWMF 2020) would still proceed. Anyway,  both my ministries would closely monitor the Covid-19 situation in Sarawak to decide later whether or not some events could be organised as scheduled. The sale of RWMF 2020 tickets has not begun but the signing of the agreement and memorandum of understanding have already taken place. I also take the opportunity to thank our media friends who took the time to attend  the press conference on this matter which was held at my office this afternoon.