HDC financing lightens longhouse construction
SIMANGGANG: Loan financing from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has made it easier for the Iban community in the area to build new longhouses. Assistant Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Francis Harden Hollis said each family/door is given a loan facility up to RM30,000. “Today I had a chance to visit the […]
Devt projects rep’s top priority
KUCHING: The implementation of development projects in Stakan constituency continues to be top priority for its assemblyman. Newly elected rep Datuk Hamzah Brahim said that it is important to ensure the development in his area is well-planned and implemented accordingly. “We want to ensure that development projects are implemented for the benefit of the people. […]
Mosque upgrade work completed
SARIKEI: The Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) project to upgrade the infrastructure of Masjid Darul Saadah at Taman Susur Jambu here – equipped with mortuary management room, washrooms, and ablution area – is now complete and can be used by locals. The symbolic handing over of the project site by the contractor to the mosque management […]
Very busy day for Mulu assemblyman
MARUDI: Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring) Datuk Gerawat Gala visited the Marudi District vaccination centre (PPV) on Monday (Feb 7) in conjunction with the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme for Kids (PICKids). According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (UKAS) on Wednesday (Feb 9), the Mulu […]
Rumah Dadat Punju to benefit from RM300k RTP project
TANJUNG MANIS: The project to upgrade the embankment and drainage along Rumah Dadat Punju in Jalan Tanjung Manis-Sibu will greatly benefit the residents of all 25 doors. According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) on Tuesday (Feb 8), the project would also solve the issue of salt water entering into the […]
RM100,000 for Kampung Petag Multipurpose Hall facelift
KUCHING: The Kampung Petag Multipurpose Hall in Padawan will get a facelift and upgrading works are expected to start this month. Mambong assemblyman Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said a sum of RM100,000 had been allocated under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) for 2021 for the facelift which was expected to be completed by July. “We […]
Lay off! Puncak Borneo is PBB’s: Dr. Jerip
KUCHING: The message is loud and clear. There will be no compromise on the Puncak Borneo parliamentary seat which is a Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) seat, an assemblyman from the party asserted on Tuesday (Feb 8). Mambong assemblyman Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said this was the principle adhered to by Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) […]
Samariang rep hands over RTP project site
KUCHING: Samariang assemblywoman Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali recently officiated at the symbolic handing over of a Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) project site for Samariang constituency. According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas), the RTP project included the construction of a bridge and concrete drains as well as the upgrading […]
Kpg Sungai Pegei drainage project to be ready soon
MUKAH: The construction of the concrete drainage project at Kampung Sungai Pegei here is expected to be completed soon, said Tellian assemblyman Royston Valentine. He said the project is implemented under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) Phase 2. The 145-metre long project was approved at a cost of RM150,000. He added that the project is […]
Drain project to be ready soon: Rep
MUKAH: The construction of a concrete drain project worth RM150,000 at Sungai Pegei here is expected to be completed soon. Tellian assemblyman Royston Valentine said the project was implemented under phase 2 of the rural transformation programme (RTP) 2021. “It is almost completed,” he said on Thursday (Jan 27). A day earlier, he made a […]
