Ugak wants digital infrastructure to be on par with peninsula
This request is in line with the pace of digital infrastructure development in Peninsular Malaysia, be it in terms of Internet speed and telephone signal. In Sarawak these two aspects are the slowest.
KUCHING: Hulu Rajang MP Datuk Wilson Ugak Kumbong wants the Pakatan Harapan ( PH) government to seriously look into upgrading the digital infrastructure development in Sarawak, particularly in the rural areas.
“This request is in line with the pace of digital infrastructure development in Peninsular Malaysia, be it in terms of Internet speed and telephone signal. In Sarawak these two aspects are the slowest,” he said when met here recently.
“We are no more living in ancient time but the digital era. Therefore, we hope to have sophisticated digital age. I am hoping the new Ministry of Communication and Multimedia will look seriously into this matter,” he stressed.
Ugak said he would like communication towers to be erected at strategic places in his parliamentary constituency which is largely rural.
These places may include Long Busang and Long Jawek
Datuk Wilosn Ugak Kumbong, Hulu Rajang MP
in Belaga, Rumah Melintang in Sungai Kapit, Punan Sama and Punan Biau Belaga, Nanga Merirai, Batang Balleh, Rumah Derick, Ulu Jelalong Tubau, SK Lubok Mawang, Sungai Majau Kapit, and Klinik Nanga Melinau, Sungai Mujong Kapit, he said.
“I am appealing to the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia to assist us so that people in Sarawak could enjoy similar benefits like faster Internet speed and communication that our counterparts in Peninsular Malaysia enjoy,” he added.
On another matter, Ugak said the new federal government should also review the urgent needs at Kapit Hospital because it has limited capacity to handle bigger number of patients. The Kapit Hospital also needs to increase its number of doctors and specialists as well as dialysis machines, he added.
These needs also apply to clinics in Belaga, Sungai Asap and Song, he said, adding that all of these requests or issues have been raised in the Parliament sitting on July 24.