Julaihi allocates RM100,000 for petanque field
SEBUYAU: Assistant Minister of Coastal Road, Datuk Julaihi Narawi has set aside RM100,000 for the construction of a petanque field in Sebuyau.
He said the allocation would be given next year and urged Sri Ruai Petanque Club Sebuyau under Jefferi Abu Bakar to identify a site and prepare a plan for the project.
Julaihi pointed out that the sport which is new in the coastal town will help to promote Sebuyau which is now well connected with good road network and bridges like the Samarahan and Batang Lupar.
“For next year, I am giving RM100,000 allocation to have a petanque field and which I believe will help to promote and develop Sebuyau being a strategic location of the coastal road project and which is now connected with good road network,” Julaihi, who is Sebuyau assemblyman, said on Saturday when officiating at the petanque competition organised by Sri Ruai Petanque Club Sebuyau, here.
Participants of the competition came from Beladin, Bintulu and Kuching.
He pointed out that the project would be co - ordinated by Samarahan Resident Brahim Lumpu.
Later, Julaihi of ficiated at Sebuyau Traditional Food 2018 cooking competition at Dewan Pembangunan Sebuyau, organised by Universiti Teknologi Mara ( UiTM), as part of an effort to help the locals for the entrepreneurship tourism product (eTourP) which started in 2012.
The cooking competition was part of the RM95,000 allocation from Julaihi given in January this year.