Uggah: Marudi may be included in HDA

MIRI: The Highland Development Agency ( HDA) is considering to include the state constituency of Marudi as one offocal area in efforts to accelerate development in the highland and in rural areas throughout the state.

Its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said the move would help in planning various measure to ensure Marudi folk are not left behind in the mainstream of development.

“I will bring this matter of including Marudi in HDA upon request of its assemblyman Datuk Dr Penguang Manggil to the chief minister.

“From there, we would be able to focus on how to come up with ways to accelerate development in the constituency,” Uggah said at the meet-the-people session at Rh Benang Pilang in Sg Bakas,

I will bring this matter of including Marudi in HDA upon request of its assemblyman Datuk Dr Penguang Manggil to the chief minister. From there, we would be able to focus on how to come up with ways to accelerate development in the constituency. Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah, HDA chairman

Bakong recently.

Uggah, who is also Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development, said the state government was also putting strong emphasis on transforming the agricultural activities.

“The state government is looking at organising various programmes to ensure that by 2030, Sarawak can become a net exporter of various produces, including fruits, to the wider market.”

Uggah hoped that a collection, processing and packaging centre, to be set up in Long Lama this year, would encourage the production and collection of local produce for a wider market.

“With vast land for agricultural activities and the hard-working people in the rural areas, we are confident that we will be able to produce and market our produce worldwide. This is one of developments that we are looking into and we hope that the people can give their cooperation to the government in order to improve their lives,” he said.