TEMERLOH: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has decreed that stilt-house design be made an example for future construction of houses near a river.

       He said raising houses on stilts was also one of the safety measures for the residents in the event of flooding or river overflowing.

       "It (stilt houses) will be safer for the residents in the event of floods.

       "So, any construction of houses near the Pahang river, for example, should take into account the height (of flood-level estimates) and should be an example to other houses along the riverbanks.”

       Sultan Abdullah said this to reporters after a briefing by Pahang Public Works Department director Ir Hafizah Zakaria at Yayasan Al-Sultan Abdullah (YASA) in Kampung Lompat here Thursday (Nov 18).

       Also present was Tengku Arif Bendahara Tengku Muhammad Iskandar Ri’ayatuddin Shah. - Bernama