KUCHING: Sarawak Economic Development Corporation (SEDC) has assured tenants at its new Medan Niaga building in Miri that improvement works will soon be undertaken.
Tenants who have started their business there are given extended grace period on the rental pending completion of the rectification works as highlighted by the tenants.
This was announced by SEDC general manager Abdul Hadi Datuk Abdul Kadir in a statement issued to the local media yesterday following a newspaper report on the plights faced by tenants at the new building.
“We fully understand the situation they are facing and the necessary works will be done as soon as the tender is out for the contractor to be appointed.
“The building is still new and the OP has been issued by Miri City Council but Medan Niaga is yet to be officially declared open to the public.
“However, we have given the opportunity to the tenants to start their business there in view of the festive occasions where they can start selling their goods,” he said.
According to him, SEDC has planned to promote the new shopping arcade after it was officially declared open to the public after all rectification works on the building were completed.
“The design of the building itself is based on an open concept whereby there are a lot of balconies to make the individual units visible to the general public, but unfortunately the elements of weather such as heavy downpour may cause rainwater to spill over into the building.
“This is rather unfortunate because such situation only happens during extreme wet weather and we do sympathise with the tenants especially during rainy days.
“We would like to assure our tenants that a long term solution has been reached to solve this problem and in the meantime, we will extend the rental grace period and will ensure speedy completion of the work,” he said.
The new Medan Niaga is part of the government initiative’s to provide affordable business premises to local entrepreneurs.
