Help for dilapidated school
SIBU: A primary school in Selangau is set to undergo improvement works – thanks to a gesture by one of the works package contractors (WPCs) for the Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak project.
Works Minister Baru Bian regards the move by Musyati Mudajaya JV Sdn Bhd to refurbish SK Sungai Buloh as ‘exemplary’.
“I hope other WPCs would undertake the same initiative in helping the government to refurbish all dilapidated schools in Sarawak,” the minister told reporters after officiating at the earth-breaking ceremony at SK Sungai Buloh yesterday.
SK Sungai Buloh houses 137 pupils – the majority of whom are staying at the hostels there. The school is located near the construction area of WPC No 8Sungai Kua Bridge to Sungai Arip Bridge, which spans 63.678km.
It is learnt that for this school, Musyati-Mudajaya JV would construct eight new teachers’ quarters, improve the drainage, as well as refurbish the dining hall and the girls’ hostels – all amounting to a cost of about RM1.5 million.
Baru, who is Selangau MP, took part in the ‘Jelajah FTRoadpedia’ – a three-day convoy programme to assess the progress of Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak project.
It kicked off at the WPC Area 01 Sematan-Telok Melano last Saturday, and concluded in Miri yesterday.
Baru is joined by officials from his ministry, as well as representatives of Sarawak’s Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Transportation, Public Works Department (JKR) Sarawak, and Lebuhraya Utara Sdn Bhd (LBU) – the project delivery partner of Pan Borneo Highway Sarawak project.
According to Baru, who is also Ba Kelalan assemblyman, there are still many schools across Sarawak that are categorised as ‘dilapidated’.