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JKKKs to implement 35 RTP projects

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Rentap (third left) presenting the RTP project acceptance letters to JKKK representatives during the ceremony on Sunday.

BETONG: Thirty-five projects under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) valued at RM4.39 million will be implemented through gotong-royong (communal work) by Village Security and Security Committees (JKKKs).

Layar assemblyman Gerald Rentap Jabu said this was a new page in the implementation of RTP projects in Sarawak after the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government allowed JKKKs to implement RTP projects worth RM200,000 and below.

“This means that the JKKKs are given the power to implement the RTP projects. Before this, various baseless slanders were thrown at the people’s representatives, with some people claiming that the RTP allocations went into the YBs’ pockets.

“So when there is this new policy, then the people can transparently judge the implementation of the RTP projects. It will show villagers that the allegations of people’s representatives misappropriating funds are false.

“Meanwhile, we, as elected representatives, make full use of the allocations to cover the development that the people really need. We see a total of 35 RTP projects costing RM4.39 million are submitted to the JKKKs today (Dec 13),” he said at a ceremony to hand over the RTP Project Acceptance Letters   to the JKKKs near the Sarawak government complex here on Sunday (Dec 13).

Rentap explained that 16 projects would be implemented in the Bukit Saban constituency, seven in the Layar constituency and six in the Beting Maro constituency.

Meanwhile, there are four and two projects respectively for Betong and Batang Lupar parliamentary constituencies.

He explained that the state government was trying to strengthen the role of the JKKKs as the bodies that managed the development of their respective villages.

“At the same time, when they are given the responsibility of implementing the projects, it is certain that the matter of ‘dissatisfaction’ will not arise after that.

“I just hope that the JKKKs implementing the projects will make sure they are done as well as possible. Comply with the specifications, time period and remember, the funds should also be managed properly,” he advised.

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