KUCHING: A road adjacent to Tasik Biru in Bau was renamed Jalan Dr Patau Rubis yesterday.
Tasik Biru assemblyman, Datuk Henry Harry Jinep officiated at the road naming ceremony. The road was as yet unnamed until yesterday.
“The decision made by Majlis Daerah Bau to name the road after the late Dr Patau Rubis was in acknowledgement of Dr Patau’s contributions to the tremendous development of Bau when he was serving as Assistant Minister of Works.
“The Bau Hospital, Bau Civic Centre, mini stadium, balai raya, churches, Siniawan bypass, rural electrification and gravity water feed in many areas of Bau and many kampung roads were some of the projects approved and implemented during Dr Patau’s tenure as assemblyman, MP and Assistant Minister,” said STAR president, Lina Soo.
Lina also thanked State Naming Committee under the Local Government Ministry and Bau District Council for making it
possible.
“Dr Patau Rubis was an icon in Bau, and he deserves to be honoured”, she added.
Dr Patau’s son Sean Rubis, relatives and friends were present to witness the naming of Jalan Dr Patau Rubis, yesterday.
