Long Lama RGC master plan to develop residential areas

DENNIS Ngau (PBB-Telang Usan) has urged the state government to allow Suruhanjaya Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) or relevant agencies to construct houses at the allocated residential areas within the Long Lama rural growth centre (RGC) master plan. He said a significant population had to be drawn to live there to further drive development in Long […]

RM840,000 approved for building of new longhouses

KUCHING: The Sarawak government through the State Disaster Committee has, so far, approved allocations of RM840,000 for the building of new longhouses. Assistant Minister of Local Government and Housing, Datuk Dr Penguang Manggil said new longhouses had to be built to replace the old ones which were destroyed by fires. “Last year, I also allocated […]

HDC and company build widow’s house

Corporate Social responsibility KUCHING: A dream came true for a widow and her children who finally have a new house after staying in a temporary house since 2006 at Kampung No. 4, Jalan Patinggi Ali here. The new house was constructed under Housing Development Corporation’s (HDC) Corporate Social responsibility (CSR) programme though their Welfare, Sports […]

Finally a place to call home

KUCHING: Hamsiah Abet, a widow and her children have expressed their sincerest appreciation to the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state government and those involved in helping them to construct a new house at Kampung No.4, Jalan Patinggi Ali here. Hamsiah, 75, and her three daughters have been living in a temporary house on a site […]

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 […]