KUCHING: RMR at the new Bengoh resettlement area would have a different design with three bedrooms sited on a quarter-acre of land.
This was revealed by the Assistant Minister of Housing Abdul Karim Hamzah when met during and earth-breaking ceremony of the resettlement area along Jalan Semandanh-Skio, about 40km from here yesterday.
“The design of the houses is to meet the demand and request of the affected villagers,” he said, adding that it was also to provide convenience to the people.
Abdul Karim said he hoped the houses would be built to a high quality to ensure house owners are comfortable.
A recreational centre, chapels and community halls would also be available in the resettlement area thanks to Naim Engineering Sdn Bhd, which would provide the facilities under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiative.
Second Minister of Resource Planning and Environment Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan officiated at the event.
Meanwhile the villagers of the new resettlement have been asked by the Deputy Tourism Minister Datuk Dr James Dawos Mamit to consider signing up for the homestay programme.
“I can see and believe that the area has the potential to bring in tourists, so the people must tap the potential,” said the Mambong Member of Parliament during the earth-breaking ceremony.
The project involves constructing 204 Rumah Mesra Rakyat (RMR) for the four villages affected by the Bengoh dam.
Dawos said the villagers were fortunate to move to the new area, where they could also engage in commercial farming, including rearing livestock.
He noted that the villagers faced hardships in the old village, relying on shifting cultivation, planting pepper and rubber and selling them far away and on foot.
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