JULAU: Improved telecommunication services in Meluan will help to develop the rural community in terms of improving the socio-economy through online commerce as well as improved quality of learning for students.
Meluan assemblyman Rolland Duat Jubin said a total of 245 longhouses in Meluan will be happy after receiving telecommunications network facilities that are now being actively implemented under Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC).
“I believe in the existence of a comprehensive telecommunications network, Meluan is no longer left behind in the digital economy development agenda.
“In fact, villagers can market their agricultural products such as pepper, palm oil, terung Dayak and cangkuk manis because the product is cultivated in the Meluan area,” he said.
In addition to that, the Women’s Bureau of Meluan state constituency is encouraged to venture into the field of handicrafts as a preparation to involve themselves in e-commerce once the telecommunication network is up.
Rolland added there are a total of 116 women’s bureau members in Meluan, adding that they have the skills and talent that need to be shown to the world.
He said this after attending a briefing on the telecommunications network for the Meluan state constituency presented by MCMC director Adiman Ajem and SDEC stakeholder management officer Mohd Faiz Jafni in Julau District office on March 1.
“Apart from that, I also hope that the school students will not be left behind in searching any educational information when equipped with a network telecommunications later.
“Basic facilities like this are very important in our effort to produce student’s quality,” he explained.
In the briefing, Adiman disclosed that 17 new towers with 4G network will be built in the Meluan area equipped with the supplier service.
Faiz also said that 13 SMA Rural Telecommunication (SMART) for phase two are expected to be completed by the fourth quarter of the year under SDEC.
After the briefing, Rolland took the chance to review the construction site of a SMART tower here.
Also present were Julau District Officer Wee Teck Min, SMA Central Region engineer Ts Helestine Lium, SMA technologist James Bungan as well as community leaders and village headmen of the Meluan state constituency.
