KUCHING: A total of 81 projects for the state under the Second Rolling Plan (RP2) for the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP) was approved by the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development in 2017.
Minister of Rural and Regional Development, Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob revealed that the projects involved an allocation of RM1.06 billion.
“Out of the 81 projects, 9 have been completed while 32 are still ongoing,” he said during a press conference at Hilton Hotel here on Thursday.
Earlier on before the press conference, he attended a joint committee meeting between his ministry and the state government.
“The purpose of this joint committee is to plan together on projects that will be implemented in Sarawak.
“For us at the ministry level, we understand that the ones who really know the needs of the people at the grass-roots level are the state government.
“In terms of implementing and monitoring, we will also do it together so that if there is any problem, we can find a solution together,” he said, adding that the joint committee is made up of two, the high committee (‘jawatankuasa tertinggi’) and the working committee.
Ismail Sabri added that three paper have been tabled that day which included a report from the ministry on the implementation of projects in 2017, the status of projects that have been promised during the last State Election and the planning of projects for 2018.
“In the tabling of the Budget 2018, my ministry has been allocated with RM3.87 billion to implement 650 development projects.
“Out of that amount, Sarawak has received RM1.102 billion because we understand that Sarawak needs a lot,” he said.
Also present during the press conference were Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land, and Regional Development, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas as well as Minister of Utilities, Datuk Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom.
