Budget bridges urban-rural gap
BY SITI NURAIN RATANI KOTA SAMARAHAN: The 2022 State Budget which allocates a total of RM10.646 billion is the third budget that has surpassed the RM10 billion-figure under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. Sadong Jaya assemblyman Aidel Lariwoo said the budget was an excellent budget as it emphasised on […]
New road alignment catalyst for development
KUCHING: The new alignment for the Sarawak-Sabah Link Road (SSLR) proposed by the Sarawak government will be a catalyst to develop the hinterland, rural and northern parts of Sarawak namely Limbang and Lawas; catering to both rural and urban development. Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Women chief Datuk Seri Doris Brodie said while Baru Bian, during […]
Surplus budget proves critics wrong
KUCHING: The State 2021 Budget will prove those who believe Sarawak will be ‘bankrupt’ wrong, said Balai Ringin assemblyman Datuk Snowdan Lawan. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg tabled another development and rural-biased budget with expected receivable revenue to stand at RM10.012 billion and expenditure at RM9.832 billion making a surplus budget of […]
Rejecting road deprives people of development: Rentap
KUCHING: The building of the state’s second trunk road is one of the ways of closing the rural-urban developmental gap. “The road facilitates the eradication of poverty and the opening up of native customary rights (NCR) land for agricultural purposes,” said Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Youth chief, Gerald Rentap Jabu, in a statement yesterday. He […]
