Unfulfilled promises bog down assemblyman
Posted on July 2, 2015, Thursday
Yussibnosh
pointing to the site of the new SK Tellian which is located opposite
the old school. Seen with him is his wife Elizabeth Nelson.
The new petrol station in Mukah town.
MUKAH: Yussibnosh Balo, the assemblyman for Balingian, is a frustrated person as most of the promises to improve the livelihood of the people in his constituency have been slow to materialise, especially from the federal government.
Among the seven wishes of the constituents, only one has been fulfilled which is for more petrol stations to be built in Mukah town.
Before the by-election which was held in March last year, Mukah had only one petrol station but now it has three and Yussibnosh believed more petrol stations would be set up soon.
“The people from Tellian village have been waiting for 12 years for a new primary school to be built. And now even their adopted school at SK Mukah is also getting crowded. This makes the villagers feel very frustrated,” Yussibnosh told BAT V here yesterday.
On his part, he said he had been working very hard to get these projects through and hoped the new SK Tellian could be completed by 2018.
“The site has been identified and it’s going to be cleared soon. The tender will be opened in August and hopefully the project could begin by end of this year,” he said.
As for the proposed SMK Balingian, the site has been identified but the funds have yet to come.
“For these two schools, the education ministry should play a much bigger role by putting in more urgency into the projects. But I have been following up with the ministry so that it could speed up these projects,” he said.
Yussibnosh who won the Balingian by-election in March last year revealed that earthworks on the proposed new Mukah Airport were now about 30 per cent completed.
“As for the new water treatment plant for Mukah, works are now in progress. The whole project would involve three packages. We really want the new water treatment plant to be completed soon because the need for water here has really increased tremendously especially for the industries as Mukah is the headquarters of SCORE projects.
“We still face shortage of water now and again especially during festive seasons and school holidays. The Mukah water treatment plant also caters to the needs of consumers in Dalat,” he said.
As for the sixth wish, which is to build three concrete bridges for the Melanau villages near Balingian town; only the one located at Kpg Baru is currently under construction.
“There are at least two more new bridges that need to be built soon as the present ones are already old and unsafe for use especially for heavy vehicles,” he said
He added that the perimeter survey to determine boundaries of native customary rights (NCR) land, especially among the Ibans, was on-going.
On the seventh wish, which is for more development for Balingian sub-district, Yussibnosh said he would continue to push for more as currently there was no development in Balingian bazaar.
Before the Balingian by-election last year, The Borneo Post came up with a wish list for the people of Balingian constituency comprising Mukah district and Balingian sub-district.
The list included the building of two schools – SK Kpg Tellian and SMK Balingian – clean water supply, new Mukah airport, development for Balingian sub-district, an additional petrol station and the rebuilding of Kpg Baru bridge.
Other wishes later raised by the people and approved by the government included changing temporary occupation permit (TOL) to permanent land titles and financial assistance for the Chinese school in Mukah town.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/07/02/unfulfilled-promises-bog-down-assemblyman/#ixzz3ei90q1RA
My comments:
Nowadays,
it is not easy for the political thugs to fool around without being condemned
for the products not delivered in time and in quality.
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