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Appeal for more rural funding

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 12:46 PM PDT

by Edwin Raoh, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on April 20, 2014, Sunday

Chief Minister wants 11th Malaysia Plan to focus more on improving basic amenities in rural Sarawak

SRI AMAN: Sarawak hopes the federal government will give more focus to rural development in the state under the 11th Malaysian Plan.

Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Adenan Satem said this was necessary to close the economic gap between people in the urban and rural areas.

"Sarawakians living in the rural areas still lack basic amenities such as roads, electricity and clean water supply.

"Therefore, we need to request for more allocations from the federal government so that we can help improve the lives of those in the rural areas," he said at a leaders-meet-the-people session at the Sri Aman Civic Centre yesterday.

Adenan said another approach that could close the economic gap was to improve the skills of the rural work force.

"That approach is also in line with the development of Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE). I will ensure that all development policies that have been undertaken by our previous Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud will be continued as they have proven to be effective and do not need to be changed in any way."

Among the more than 1,000 people present were Adenan's wife Puan Sri Dato Jamilah Anu, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Alfred Jabu Numpang, Assistant Minister of Rural Development Datuk Francis Harden Hollis and Assistant Minister of Agriculture Datuk Mong Dagang.

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Taib in Lawas to open Perkim Sarawak’s 26th AGM

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 12:35 PM PDT

by Philip Kiew, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on April 20, 2014, Sunday

LAWAS: Yang di-Pertua Negeri Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife Puan Sri Ragad Kurdi-Taib was given a warm welcome when they arrived here yesterday.

Taib is here to officiate at the 26th annual general meeting (AGM) of Perkim Sarawak, which is led by his daughter Datuk Hanifah H. Taib Alsree.

On hand to receive them were Second Minister of Resource Planning and Environment Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, his wife Datuk Dayang Morliah Awang Daud and about 1,500 people.

Also present were Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister's Office Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais, who is the minister-in-attendance during the two-day visit, State Legislative Assembly Speaker Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar and Minister of Welfare, Family Development and Early Child Education Datuk Fatimah Abdullah. This is the first time Perkim Sarawak held its AGM outside Kuching.

The delegates visited Kampung Awat Awat and enjoyed a river cruise and sampled the local 'Tahai' smoked fish dish and other delicacies while at this fishing settlement, which is located at the mouth of Trusan River overlooking the Bay of Brunei.

They attended Friday prayers at Awat Awat Mosque, followed by 'tahlil' prayers at Lawas Ma'amor mosque in the evening.

The opening ceremony was held last night at the Lawas Indoor Stadium, but earlier in the day the delegates attended a seminar.

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Perkim Sarawak holding torch high for community — Awg Tengah

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 12:30 PM PDT

LAWAS: The Malaysian Islamic Welfare Organisation (Perkim) Sarawak will continue to champion the welfare of Muslims in the state through its welfare and missionary activities in line with Islamic teachings.

Second Resource Planning and Environment Minister, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said Perkim is no stranger to the people because the organisation too had continuously assisted the community, particularly those in need of help.

"Perkim is well known because they had actively carried out their welfare and religious activities besides being a forerunner in training OKU (the less fortunate)," he said during a visit by Perkim Sarawak to the village Friday.

The visit was held in conjunction with the 26th annual general meeting of Perkim Sarawak Division in Lawas, held from April 17-20.

Also present were Awang Tengah's wife, Perkim Lawas chairman Datuk Morliah Datuk Awang Daud, State Perkim chairman Datuk Hanifah Taib, joint chairman of the AGM, Noraini Hussin and Maznah Dasmi, Limbang Div Resident Maria Hasman and chairman of the working visit, Ali Akbar Awang Din.

Awang Tengah added that Perkim Lawas with 400 members is not only one of the biggest branches in Sarawak but also among the very active by carrying out projects such as tuition classes, education and missionary works.

"Every weekend Perkim Lawas organises dance and aerobic sessions to promote a healthy lifestyle among its members and the local community," he said.

He added during celebration like Hari Raya, they also presented Raya gifts to OKU and orphans, and recently they also donated to the 47 fire victims from Kampong Awat-Awat.

Meanwhile, Hanifah said Perkim is a welfare and missionary organisation that serves all strata of society.

"To champion its main objectives, Perkim will continue to intensify its programmes so that more will also join the organisation so as to serve more people. Consequently it could promote closer rapport and teamwork among the members and the local community," she said.

She stressed that to achieve such goals, everyone's cooperation was needed.

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Thieving mechanic caught with customer’s car

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 12:19 PM PDT

KUCHING: A mechanic from Taman Sukma was arrested by police on Friday night on suspicion of committing back-to-back robberies at Chonglin Park two days earlier.

The 26-year-old, who operates an auto workshop with his elder brother at their house, was picked up around 8.30pm by a task force team from district police headquarters following an investigation into the double robberies.

Police made a breakthrough in the case after one of the victims was able to provide a description of the car – a maroon Proton Saga – as well as its licence plate number.

The car was found to belong to a customer who had sent it to the suspect's workshop a week earlier to have it re-sprayed, but was instead used by the latter to commit the crimes.

The double robberies which were reported in The Borneo Post on Friday, took place at Chonglin Park commercial centre between 4am and 4.15am.

A security guard watching over a temple across the road initially spotted two men trying to steal batteries from a lorry parked at the commercial centre, and rushed over to stop them.

He was kayoed with a metal bar on the head with and robbed of his mobile phone and wallet.

Immediately following the incident, the suspects allegedly prowled the area and then robbed an Indonesian housewife of her handbag after threatening her with a sharp weapon.

Police are currently tracking down the suspect's accomplice, said to be his friend, and have detained him in lock-up pending further investigation.

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Security guard fractures leg after being beaten by robbers

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 12:18 PM PDT

SIBU: A security guard suffered a fractured right leg after he was beaten up by four armed robbers yesterday.

He was riding his motorcycle to go to work when the four men, each riding a motorcycle, struck on Teng Chin Hua Road.

The 30-year-old man then sped off but was tail-gated by the robbers. He turned into a dark narrow path where he lost control of his bike and fell.

The four men, who caught up with him, then beat him up with iron bars and took away his RM400 in cash and a handphone before they threw his wallet and sling bag into a bush.

Subsequently, the injured man crawled out of the narrow path to a junction to seek help. A passer-by who spotted him lying on the ground at the junction came to his aid.

Policemen were summoned to the scene.

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24 left homeless after two houses razed

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 12:17 PM PDT

SIBU: Two houses at Lane 6, Sentosa here were razed in a fire on Friday night, leaving 24 people homeless.

Fire victim Timah Amit, 59, said 15 children including a nine-month-old baby girl, eight adults and she herself was unhurt in the blaze.

According to her, they were living in the concrete single storey house in front and a wooden house built on stilts at the back.

The woman said all of them were sleeping when the fire broke out around 10pm from a room of his son's wooden house.

Her son was not at home when the incident happened.

"The heat woke us up. While we ran to safety, the fire spread to my concrete house," said Timah as she wept adding that she and other family could not salvage any valuables and belongings in time.

The victims had been living in the houses for more than 10 years ago.

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