Official launch of books on life journey of our Head of State, Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Pehin Sri Dr Haji Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

We were delighted to be invited for the official launch of two books on the life journey our Head of State, Tuan Yang Terutama Tun Pehin Sri Dr Haji Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar which was held at the Banquet Hall of Sarawak State Legislative Assembly Hall in Petra Jaya, Kuching yesterday evening.

The two interesting books are titled “365 Days in Astana: The Story and Portraits of TYT Sarawak Tun Pehin Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar” and “Pejuang Sejati: Dari Rimba Ke Astana”. Among those who were present during the books’ launch was Premier of Sarawak, the right honourable Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Abang Openg who also spoke during the function. 

According to our esteemed premier, the books are not a merely a documentation of Tun Pehin Sri Wan Junaidi’s career and life achievements but also it highlighted his values of leadership, perseverance, and patriotism that should inspire the present and future generations. Throughout his career and life’s journey, our Head of State had served as a legal practitioner, politician, minister, and later as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak in which he has consistently demonstrated exceptional wisdom, humility, and compassion.

Visiting temporary relief centres in Asajaya together with chairman of State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC)

This morning I had accompanied the Chairman of our Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas who visited the Temporary Relief Centres (PPS) at SK Sampun Tembun and SK Haji Kelali Semera for the flood victims in Asajaya district. As of February 1 there are a total of 63 temporary shelters had been set up across the seven divisions in Sarawak, accommodating 12,692 flood victims from 3,696 families. Datuk Amar Douglas is also our Deputy Premier of Sarawak and he had been visiting the various PPS to see the conditions for the evacuees affected by the flood conditions in Kuching, Samarahan, Bintulu, Sibu and Miri. 

According to him, the SDMC and the relevant agencies are monitoring the situation to ensure food and other essentials reach affected villages, especially those where roads have been impacted. If water levels continue to rise, residents will need to evacuate to relief centres but the weather conditions had improved with water levels in Bintulu town had dropped with two relief centres in Bau have been closed.

Datuk Amar Douglas who is also our Minister of Infrastructure and Port Development had instructed the Public Works Department (PWD) to repair 20 damaged sections of the Pan Borneo Highway between Serian and Balai Ringin and is currently carrying out repairs on the affected roads.