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Second Trunk Road construction of Batang Sadong Bridge-Sebuyau to start soon

SADONG JAYA: The proposed construction of the Second Trunk Road (STR) project involving the stretch of road from the Batang Sadong Bridge up to Sebuyau is expected to commence soon. Deputy Minister of Infrastructure and Port Development Aidel Lariwoo said the project has been tendered and is in the process of being awarded to the […]

Work on Sebuyau-Lingga Road to start next year?

THE long awaited 33km Sebuyau-Lingga Road is expected to be constructed by early next year. Infrastructure and Ports Development Assistant Minister Datuk Julaihi Narawi said the road design plan had been completed and approved to be carried out under the Second Trunk Road project. “The project will involve the construction of a dual carriageway which […]

Rayong exposes his weakness: Paulus

KUCHING: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) deputy president Johnical Rayong has a “confused mind made so by his party’s anti-rural stance”, said GPS Backbenchers’ chairman Paulus Palu Gumbang. In a statement yesterday, Paulus said on one hand Rayong claimed PSB is “fully committed to the wellbeing of all the people of Sarawak, particularly those who live […]

STR remarks misleading: Pelagus PRS Youth chief

KUCHING: Roads, including the Second Trunk Road (STR), are the catalyst for other developments in rural areas, said Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Pelagus Youth chief Desmond Hellegers Achong. As such, he said, one of the main objectives of STR was to shorten the travel period from the western to northern part of Sarawak, “thus it […]

Good road network critical for development

KUCHING: Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) veteran Datuk Peter Minos has questioned why Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) and its members are talking as if rural development can be done without having road accessibility. Minos said without roads, the rural community would not have access to schools and clinics as well as other facilities. “No road […]

Scrapping of Second Trunk Road will hinder development

KUCHING: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) appears to reject the development of rural areas and denying the people who desire and need such development. Demak Laut assemblyman Dr Hazland Abang Hipni said this was evident since the party’s president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh and vice-president Johnical Rayong Ngipa opposed the construction of the Second Trunk […]

PSB’s statements irresponsible

SECOND TRUNK ROAD KUCHING: Assistant Urban Development and Resources Minister Datuk Len Talif Salleh has countered Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh and PSB Youth chief Dr Johnical Rayong Ngipa’s recent statements that the proposed Second Trunk Road project is redundant, labelling their statements as ‘irresponsible’. He said he has been […]

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 […]

PSB anti-rural devt it seems

FORMER SENIOR MINISTER TAKEN TO TASK KUCHING: Road access is one of the more pressing rural development projects which the state’s rural populace should not be denied of. Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) youth chief Datuk Snowdan Lawan, said the second trunk road (STR) project covering most parts of Sri Aman and Betong Divisions, once materialised, […]