The Kuching Civic Centre which is regarded as one of the major landmarks in our city, with its futuristic umbrella-shaped tower offering a 360-degree panoramic view of the city and the surroundings, will see better days.
I have informed our media friends from The Borneo Post that the State Cabinet had decided for Ministry of Youth and Sports Sarawak (MYSS) will take over all Civic Centres in the state from Ministry of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development.
I had also revealed that my ministry is now in the process of acquiring the provisions for maintenance and repairs to the complex here, adding that this effort was not limited to the Kuching Civic Centre but also covers other civic centres located throughout Sarawak.
We are still doing the study and need to come up with the expected costs for upgrading and repairs which will then be presented to our state government. We still have to wait (for the funding) from the state government and we do not want to do it on a piecemeal basis as a lot of them (the civic centres) are quite run down.
Normally when it comes to depreciation, things need to be repaired or replaced, it has to go through the Sarawak Public Works Department (JKR)…we are still in the process of finalising it.
The Kuching Civic Centre itself was officially opened on August 1, 1988, following the proclamation of Kuching’s status as a city and its white-domed structure also houses the Sultan Iskandar Planetarium which was the first planetarium opened in Malaysia on Jan 19, 1989.
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