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Prioritise drainage system over new MPP building: Chong

KUCHING: Chong Chieng Jen today told Dr Sim Kui Hian and Lo Khere Chiang to shelve the planning of a new Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) building in Semenggok. Instead, the Stampin Member of Parliament (MP) said that the allocation and the people’s money are better put to better use by improving the existing drainage system. […]

MPP urged to prepare master plan for flood mitigation, drainage system

KUCHING: The Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) has been called to prepare a master plan for flood mitigation projects and proper drainage systems for the areas under its jurisdiction. Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen said it was important for MPP to have a master plan in order to solve the flood issues, especially flash floods, affecting […]

Shocked by contractors’ ‘unbearably poor quality service’

SIBU: Dudong assemblyman Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has received many complaints against certain Sibu Municipal Council (SMC)’s contractors through his service centre. The complaints pertained to neglect of local drainage maintenance. So Tiong recently went to Jalan Then Kung Suk here to better understand the situation. To his dismay, he said, at a glance, […]

RM7 mln mitigation project will improve drainage in Stakan

KUCHING: The Stakan River Flood Mitigation Plan, valued at RM7,460,304, will expand the drainage area from three metres to 12 metres at a depth of 36 feet. Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang said the project was the first effort to enlarge the drainage system involving the Stakan river to prevent floods. According […]

Project visits keep Mong’s diary full

SRI AMAN: Bukit Begunan assemblyman Datuk Mong Dagang has been busy seeing to various development projects here, including the construction of drainage systems and agricultural roads. One of these projects involves the construction of a drainage and irrigation system for the Tekalong Dor, Melugu scheme area, and it is in full swing. According to the […]

Firefighters rescue stray puppies

KUCHING: No job is neither too big nor too small for firefighters of Tabuan Jaya station here as they rescued three puppies believed to have fallen into a drain on Sunday (Feb 6). The fire station received an emergency call around 7.30am and despatched four of their men to Lorong Lapangan Terbang 2 to rescue […]

Kpg Sungai Pegei drainage project to be ready soon

MUKAH: The construction of the concrete drainage project at Kampung Sungai Pegei here is expected to be completed soon, said Tellian assemblyman Royston Valentine. He said the project is implemented under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) Phase 2. The 145-metre long project was approved at a cost of RM150,000. He added that the project is […]

Drain project to be ready soon: Rep

MUKAH: The construction of a concrete drain project worth RM150,000 at Sungai Pegei here is expected to be completed soon. Tellian assemblyman Royston Valentine said the project was implemented under phase 2 of the rural transformation programme (RTP) 2021. “It is almost completed,” he said on Thursday (Jan 27). A day earlier, he made a […]

Repairs to Taman Awam Miri drainage system completed

By Jacintha Jolene MIRI: Repair work for the drainage system at Taman Awam Miri has been completed. The Miri City Council’s (MCC) Landscaping Division had cleared the debris and dead fish found along the stretch of the drainage system, a statement said Friday (Jan 14). MCC also clarified that the drainage system was actually a […]

Asajaya coastal embankment project to be completed next October

ASAJAYA: The project to upgrade the coastal embankment here involving an estimated cost of RM38 mln is expected to be completed by October next year. Sarawak Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, who is also Asajaya assemblyman, said the project under the Integrated Regional Samarahan Development Agency (IRSDA) covered a […]