Sunday, 12 February 2012

Sebuyau to get new township

By CALVIN YEO
yeop@thestar.com.my
Sunday February 12, 2012

Big project: Johari (right) looking at the Sebuyau new township plan. Looking on are 
Rural Development Assistant Minister Julaihi Narawi (second from right), Samarahan 
Land and Survey Superintendent Rozlan Putit (centre), Housing Assistant Minister 
Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah (second from left) and Domestic Trade, Cooperatives 
and Consumerism Ministry Deputy Minister Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim (left). 
— ANDRE OLIVEIRO / The Star

SEBUYAU: The Housing Ministry has identified a 10ha land for a new township here.

Housing Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg said the township would comprise residential and commercial areas as well as government offices and places of worship.

“The residential area will take up 8ha in which about 240 units of low-cost houses under the Rumah Mesra Rakyat scheme will be built.

“It will be implemented by the Housing Development Corporation and Syarikat Perumahan Nasional Berhad,” he told a press conference after a working visit here yesterday.

Johari said the concept would help resettle residents affected by river erosion in this small coastal town, within a well-planned new township.

He said the low-cost houses would be built first, followed by commercial buildings and government offices.

Johari added that this would be a long-term plan by the government to resettle this town.

Sebuyau, more than an hour’s drive from Kuching, is tucked between Sri Aman and Simunjan. It has a population of about 20,000.
   

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