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Councillors given pep talk on their roles

KAPIT: Walikota Lating Minggang has called on all local councillors to take public criticisms and complaints positively to further improve the service delivery system of Kapit District Council. “As councillors you need to be more proactive and community-centric. You must also understand the development needs of your respective areas,” said

Nocturnal inspection of project site

KAPIT: Civil engineering project site inspections are better carried out in daylight, but Bukit Goram assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat would beg to differ. Perhaps because he was pressed for time or maybe because he’s just an active person by nature, he did not find it odd inspecting the newly completed

Council’s go-rural policy in action

KAPIT: Kapit District Council (KDC) held its second Community Development Programme and Local Agenda 21 (LA 21) for this year at Rumah Inguh, Nanga Sepitoh, Sungai Paku recently last Sept 8 and 9. There were ways for the council to get direct community participation in its programmes while enhancing closer

Rep doles out RM821,000 in grants

KAPIT: Some 50 local bodies including Village Security and Development Committees (JKKK), clubs and associations received grants totalling RM821,000 from Katibas assemblyman Datuk Ambrose Blikau Enturan under his minor rural project (MRP) allocation. The handing over of the grant was held recently at Song office of the Kapit District Council.

As fit as a fiddle

KAPIT: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing was hopping from one function to another, looking spirited and spritely. The Baleh assemblyman, who is also Infrastructure and Ports Development Minister, said he was attending official functions one after another in a single day and enjoying it. “This shows

Landowners get compensations

KAPIT: Bukit Goram assemblyman Jefferson Jamit Unyat yesterday officiated at the presentation of cheques for compensations of land taken for the first kilometre of the proposed Nanga Menuan/Nanga Setepus road and the proposed Nanga Ibau/Ulu Sungai Ibau road. The ceremony held in the conference room of the State Office Complex

Talk for budget hotel operators

KAPIT: The federal Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry has organised a talk entitled ‘Safety and Cleanliness of Premises for Tourists Accommodation’ for budget hotel operators in Kapit and Song districts in the conference room of the State Office Complex at Jalan Bleteh here recently. The talk was given by Mirad

Longhouse folk benefit from health camp  

KAPIT: The clinic here successfully organised a health camp at Rh Mathew Bina, Sungai Yong recently. Kapit District Officer Cerisologo Sabut thanked the clinic, led by its director Mohd Fauzal, for organising a programme that was beneficial to longhouse folks. “Health is our concern, more so especially now that we

Nyabong presents grants to NGOs

KAPIT: Pelagus assemblyman Wilson Nyabong Ijang presented minor rural project (MRP) grants amounting to RM78,400 to 13 non-governmental organisations comprising clubs and village security and development committees (JKKKs) under his constituency yesterday. Among the recipients were Kelab Sukan Rekreasi Kembara Kapit, Parent Teacher Association SK Lepong Baleh, Sarakup Indu Dayak

GPS reps have the funds: Masing

KAPIT: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing said the beauty and advantage of being a Parti Gabungan Sarawak (GPS) state assemblyman and Member of Parliament is that he or she is allocated RM7 million a year to serve their constituents. He added that of the RM7 million