Use aid wisely, recipients advised

MIRI: Telang Usan Assemblyman Dennis Ngau today reminded recipients of aid schemes given through the Ministry of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development to use the aid wisely to expand their food businesses from home. He advised on the presentation of basic food tools worth RM112,000 to 16 recipients from his constituency at the Miri […]

RM81.1 million approved for RGCs development

A SUM of RM81.1 million has been proposed under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) to continue the development of rural growth centres (RGCs) throughout Sarawak. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that under the 11th Malaysia Plan (11MP), a total sum of RM106.8 million had been approved for the development of RGCs […]

Resubmitted of Sanitary landfill project approved

THE sanitary landfill located within the Opar rural growth centre (RGC), which is to be shared by Lundu and Bau district councils, has been approved under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP). Assistant Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Penguang Manggil said to date, most, if not all, of the preliminary work had already been […]

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 […]

State to narrow rural-urban devt gap, leaving no one out

KUCHING: The government will continue to implement rural transformation programmes in tandem with developing Sarawak into a more progressive state for the benefit of all. Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said efforts to transform the rural areas were being pursued through infrastructure development such as roads, water and electricity supplies, health […]