AREAS such as Tupong and from Matang to Telaga Air are close to the administrative centre of Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) and thus are suitable to be included in the council’s administrative areas. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and DBKU) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi
DENNIS Ngau (PBB-Telang Usan) has urged the state government to allow Suruhanjaya Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) or relevant agencies to construct houses at the allocated residential areas within the Long Lama rural growth centre (RGC) master plan. He said a significant population had to be drawn to live there to
THE private sector has been urged to give projects to eligible and capable Bumiputera contractors. Assistant Minister for International Trade and Industry, Industry Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Malcolm Mussen Lamoh said the state government had a policy of imposing the condition that 30 percent of the annual development allocations
CONNECTIVITY to all settlements in the state is among the factors taken into consideration when planning the construction of roads. Assistant Minister of Infrastructure and Ports Development Datuk Julaihi Narawi said there were some 6,000 settlements scattered throughout the state. “Therefore, the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state government has rural
A TOTAL of RM112.5 million has been approved for 11 high-impact Projek Rakyat and the construction of the RM30 million Penakub Ulu Bridge in the Balingian constituency. Abdul Yakub Arbi (PBB-Balingian) said RM10 million had been approved for the Kuala Balingian Mosque, which was expected to be implemented next year.
LO Khere Chiang (SUPP-Batu Kitang) has asked the state government to implement a people-centric project to effectively tackle the growing traffic demands and alleviate traffic congestion at the alternative route from Kota Sentosa CBD to the Kuching International Airport (KIA). He said rapid development and population increase around Kota Sentosa
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO FEDERAL CONSTITUTION THE draft of a proposed comprehensive amendment to the Federal Constitution has been submitted to the Attorney General’s Chambers of Malaysia for further action. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, State-Federal Relationship and Project Monitoring) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali pointed out
MA63 NEGOTIATIONS SARAWAK has successfully achieved five of its 13 demands submitted to the federal government with regard to Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) negotiations. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, State-Federal Relations and Project Monitoring) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said of the remaining requests, four were
THE state government has plans to appoint more banks to process small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) applications for Special Relief Fund (SRF) interest subsidy under the Sarawakku Sayang Assistance Package (BKSS) 2.0. Assistant Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais said the
THE 25,000 unregistered small and medium enterprises (SMEs) throughout Sarawak have been urged to register themselves in order to receive financial assistance provided by government. Assistant Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais said there was a total of about 42,000 SMEs
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