MCC places 49 bins at housing estates

MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC), anticipating huge volumes of domestic and bulky waste in the coming Chinese New Year celebration, has allocated 49 Roll-On Roll-Off (RORO) bins to housing estates. According to MCC in a statement on Saturday (Jan 15), the bins had been placed at 36 strategic locations to enable residents in the area […]

Tighter housing laws needed before issuance of OP

KUCHING: Sarawak United Peoples’ Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) has urged the government to consider tightening existing housing laws, by making it mandatory that completed houses be inspected by specially trained third-party independent inspectors before the issuance of occupation permit (OP) by the local council. SUPP Public Complaints Bureau chief Wilfred Yap was recently […]

New homes for fishermen

SIBU: The fishermen community in Pulau Bruit near here certainly has reasons to smile these days. A housing estate comprising 307 units of houses being developed by the government is finally nearing completion. Very soon, these poor fishermen will be moving into their new homes. Pulau Bruit Area Fishermen Association chairman Ismaily Johari was equally […]