KUCHING: The state government has allocated RM16 million to build a multipurpose hall and a mosque in Taman Sukma and RM10 million for a mosque in Samariang Batu.
This was disclosed by Member of Parliament for Petra Jaya Datuk Seri Haji Fadillah Yusof after attending a meeting on the construction of Taman Sukma’s new mosque and multipurpose hall, Hilton Kuching on Friday.
“Our discussion today is for us to solve some problems regarding the development of a community hall and a mosque in Taman Sukma, as well as a mosque in Samariang Batu,” he said.
According to Fadillah, the issues had been solved during the discussion and the government will review the follow-up process on suitable sites for the project.
“Earlier, we discussed issues in a meeting chaired by the State Secretary Tan Sri Datuk Amar Haji Mohamad Morshidi Abdul Ghani and the first phase of the construction of the multipurpose hall in Taman Sukma will cost RM5 million,” he said, adding that in addition, a recreation park would also be built in the residential area.
Fadillah, who is also Minister of Works, when asked by the media on the status of the Petra Jaya Hospital, said the construction of the hospital was 20 per cent behind schedule as a result of several factors.
“Petra Jaya Hospital is slightly behind schedule due to the problems of the contractor.
“The second challenge is that the state government has appointed a new sub-contractor. So now, the ministry, through the Public Works Department (PWD), is looking at how to make the project not incurring additional costs to the government,” he explained.
He said the main objective of the PWD was to ensure that the project, which was currently about 50 per cent behind schedule, could be fully completed by December this year.
