MIRI: The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry and Miri City Council plan to attract more guests to the Petroleum Science Museum at Canada Hills here by installing 16 lamp poles around the tourist attraction and setting up a bistro at the spot.
Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting said this yesterday (March 29) after visiting the site where the lamp poles would be installed.
He said the installation was scheduled to be completed in May this year.
The installation of these lamp poles involved a total cost of RM80,000 from Ting’s Rural Transformation programme (RTP) Piasau constituency allocation.
“Besides installing lamp poles to brighten this area, we are also planning to set up a bistro here,” he said, adding the ministry had awarded the contract to run the bistro to a business operator.
Ting believed these initiatives would boost tourism activities in the area.
The museum is located on a hilltop overlooking Miri City known as Canada Hill.
Its main attraction is Miri’s first oil well, known as The Grand Old Lady which struck oil on December 22 in 1910.
The oil derrick and ‘nodding donkey’ are situated in front of the museum and form the centrepiece of an outdoor display featuring a historical timeline of Sarawak’s oil industry.
