SERIAN: Local authorities in Serian are committed to maintaining the cleanliness of the area via gotong royong activities.
Serian Resident Tuah Suni said that such programmes were important to ensure the town’s cleanliness was maintained and could be an attractive feature to visitors.
“It is also important to show that Serian is a town which is clean, friendly, and bright,” he said when speaking at the Gotong Royong Mega event at Serian Community Park here yesterday.
He added that they had discussed and planned various initiatives to conduct gotong royong, especially to clean coffee shops and other relevant areas in the town.
“We also urge farmers to clean their respective farms by spraying chemicals to prevent flies from breeding and coming into the town area,” said Suni.
According to him, letters had been distributed to all District Officers to inform villages in the Serian Division to hold gotong royong this month.
“As such, this month will be a cleanliness campaign month for the Serian division,” Tuah added.
He urged villages in the area to report their gotong royong efforts to the District Offices with photographs.
“This is also a KPI for ketua kampung which will be part of their file. Their performance will be one of the criteria which determines whether they will be continuing their service or not,” he said.
Meanwhile, Suni also urged all parties to take precaution in terms of cleanliness in light of the global Covid-19 outbreak.
The Gotong Royong Mega programme involved 370 participants from Serian and its surrounding areas.
They cleaned the town’s coffee shops and carried out painting work.
