Miri council gets funding for road maintenance

MIRI: The state government has allocated RM3.7 million to the Miri City Council (MCC) to implement 34 projects in the Senadin constituency, State Transport Minister Datuk Seri Lee Kim Shin stated the allocation will be used to repair, maintain, as well as resurface damaged and potholed roads, including roundabouts and road junctions. “The maintenance involves […]

Kota Samarahan Municipal Council to learn from Miri counterpart

KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) will be working closely with Miri City Council (MCC) with regard to rate collections and smart city programmes. MPKS chairman Datuk Peter Minos said there was so much to learn from MCC, especially on how MCC was able to collect up to 90 per cent of rates from residents […]

Miri aims to convert more open spaces into mini parks

Miri city

MIRI: The local council here aims to continue developing more mini parks in residential areas, subject to funds availability. Miri City Council (MCC) said this was one of the priorities to provide a conducive living environment in residential areas.  However, MCC would not be able to convert all the open spaces into mini parks and […]

Miri futsal tournament offers attractive prizes

MIRI: The Miri City Mayor Cup men’s futsal tournament will be held from Feb 25 to 27 at Miri Indoor Stadium here. The tournament is organised by the Miri City Council Employees Social and Recreational Club (KSRK MBM) in collaboration with P Ramlee Kolok & Catering and Hannah Restaurant & Catering. “The champions will bring […]

Miri public library closed for sanitisation works

MIRI: The public library in Jalan Bintang here is temporarily closed from Wednesday (Feb 9) until Feb 11 following its listing on the Covid-19 Hotspots Identification for Dynamic Engagement (Hide). Premises that listed under Hide are ordered to be closed for three days for sanitisation purposes. According to a brief statement released by the Miri […]

Mayor rallies media to push council agenda forward

MIRI: Mayor Adam Yii Siew Sang hopes to work in tandem with the media here in bringing to fruition Miri City Council’s (MCC) four-year strategic plan. “I anticipate that 2022 will be another eventful year for MCC as we are gradually implementing various developments and programmes under the MCC Strategic Plan for Years 2021 to […]

Miri names landscape contest winners

MIRI: Winners of the Beautiful Landscape competition organised by the Miri City Council (MCC) were announced on Tuesday (Jan 18). The competition held on Nov 30 last year involved six categories, namely, traditional house/kampung; bungalow; terrace house; primary school; secondary school and house of worship. In the primary school category, SJK (C) Chung Hua Krokop emerged the […]

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 […]

City council bans nails, staplers in food packaging

KUCHING: The Miri City Council (MCC) has incorporated a special condition into the licences of food operators banning the use of nails (pins), staplers and any other hazardous materials in food packaging. City mayor Adam Yii said that this condition will be in addition to the other health conditions and requirements currently being imposed by […]

Ample waiting space needed at UTC

MIRI: The Miri City Council (MCC) was requested on Sunday to put up two canopies and chairs at the main entrance to Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) Miri to provide more queuing and waiting areas for people to receive their vaccines. This request was made by caretaker Minister of Transport  cum incumbent for Senadin Datuk Seri […]