KUCHING: St Alban’s Chapel yesterday (Oct 8) received a Minor Rural Project (MRP) grant of RM100,000 from Kota Sentosa assemblyman Wilfred Yap to partly assist the Anglican Church in Sarawak.
He explained that in 2017, the Kuching Sessions Court had ruled that St Alban’s Chapel and SK St Alban under the Anglican Church in Sarawak have an irrevocable licence to occupy the land on which both buildings sit so long as it is used for religious and educational purposes.
“Both the school and chapel were set up in 1961 and in 1970, the Land and Survey Department issued titles for the land on which both buildings sit to Bohen Sulong, Kinchon Sageh, Atok Menyat and Jenggi Layu.
“Therefore, the grant given today is to compensate the children of the original landowners in consideration of them surrendering and transferring the legal ownership of the land on which the buildings of St Alban’s Chapel and SK St Alban currently sit on to the Anglican Church in Sarawak,” he said in a statement today.
Yap assured the public that he will continue to try his best to solve problems in his constituency based on needs and urgency, adding that he will work towards resolving their problems, regardless of race or religion.
For the record, the hand-over ceremony was done at St Alban’s Chapel, Kampung Sungai Tapang here after Sunday mass. Yap handed over the grant to Anglican Church of Kuching Bishop Datuk Danald Jute.
