Kampung Kesindu to have network coverage
SEBUYAU: It will be a life-changing experience for residents of Kampung Kesindu here when their village gets telecommunications network coverage in the near future. The Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS) reported Utilities and Telecommunications Minister Datuk Julaihi Narawi as saying that the telecommunications tower – under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) – once operational will […]
Prioritise road maintenance planning
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) Faculty of Engineering has offered suggestions on how to better allocate Malaysian Road Records Information System (MARRIS) funding for local councils’ road maintenance and repair. Its senior lecturer Larry Silas Tirau clarified that the funding shortage issue raised by local councils was mainly related to the costly and extensive process […]
Provision of MARRIS funds insufficient, says Lo
KUCHING: There should be an increase in the Malaysian Road Records Information System (MARRIS) funds which are important to the local councils, opined Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang. The Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman said that there is no significant increase with currently only 22,700 per kilometres of roads registered for maintenance under the […]
Tasik Biru rep assesses road in Tondong for upgrading
KUCHING: Sarawak Assistant Transport Minister II Datuk Henry Harry Jinep visited Jalan Jiu Phin in Tondong, Bau over the weekend. According to a Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) statement on Monday (Jan 10), the visit was to assess the conditions of the 1.2km gravel road leading to a house belonging to one Liew Nyat Kuat. […]
Lee inspects road upgrading projects
MIRI: State Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin visited several road upgrading projects at Jalan Desa Senadin and Jalan Promin which have been completed recently. The resurfacing of the road project is part of the Malaysian Road Record Information System (Marris) 2021 programme for the Miri City Council (MCC). During the visit, Lee said Jalan […]
