Work together to make Miri clean, beautiful and liveable — Yii

MIRI: It is important that the people here work closely together, like in gotongroyong (work party), in order to transform Miri into a clean, beautiful and liveable Resort City.

Programmes such as ‘My Beautiful Neighbourhood’ (MyBN) is a great avenue for the people, Mirians in particular, to contribute their strength and ideas to beautify their neighbourhoods, said Miri City Council mayor Adam Yii.

“MyBN is a significant programme simultaneously held throughout the country.

“The members consist of various government departments and agencies, Resident Committees and local communities.

“All organisations and individuals have to put in efforts, time and resources with the minimum of expenses to hold the MyBN programme,” said Yii when declaring open the National Blue Ocean Strategy My Beautiful Neighbourhood (MyBN) 2017 programme at Kampung Lereng Bukit here yesterday.

Deputy mayor Julaihi Mohamad and MCC secretary Morshidi Fredrick were also transform Miri into a clean, beautiful and liveable Resort City in the near future,” he added.

The purpose of the MyBN programme is to transform unmanaged areas into safe, clean and beautiful environments.

It also serves to give locals a sense of love for their neighbourhoods.

Yii said the MyBN Gotong Royong programme received special government allocation from the Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) of the Prime Minister’s Department.

“It involves 98 parliamentary constituencies nationwide with an allocation of RM3 million each.

“The National Blue Ocean Strategy MyBN was launched nationwide simultaneously yesterday.

Here, apart from Kampung Lereng Bukit, the programme was also held at several other locations including Ocean Park, Pujut Tanjung Batu 3, Piasau Garden Park, Hilltop and Tudan (Phase 5).

MyBN is a significant programme simultaneously held throughout the country. The members consist of various government departments and agencies, Resident Committees and local communities. — Adam Yii, Miri City Council mayor