Tebedu Inland Port is to become International port

KUCHING: The Tebedu Inland Port is poised to become an international port with various initiatives being undertaken by the government.

Minister of Infrastructure Development and Communications Dato Sri Michael Manyin said he himself had met with Minister of Transport Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai and two ministers in Jakarta pertaining to the matter. The facility comes under the Ministry of Infrastructure Development and Communication.

“We (government) want the port to be of international standard and for that reason I have met with the authorities in Malaysia and Pontianak (Indonesia) to discuss the matter,” Manyin told reporters yesterday, adding that they wanted it done as soon as possible.

He earlier presented Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) at the Tebedu community hall. Some 1,934 people received the assistance totalling more than RM604,300.

Manyin said Indonesian president had also promised to allocate RM500 million (2 trillion rupiah) for construction of the port at the Indonesian border for the benefit of the two countries.

He said the port was previously used under the Border Trade Agreement (BTA) signed in the 70s. Under the agreement each trader could only bring in RM600 worth of trade per month.

“With such practice, we cannot develop the port, and now we want to make it an international standard trade,” he added.

On the Tebedu Industrial Park, Manyin, who is Tebedu assemblyman, said that infrastructure such as dual carriageway road, water and electricity supplies were already there.

He, however, said it was a matter of promotion to attract both local and foreign investors.

He said the government would also promote the industrial estate to lure local workers.

On BR1M, Manyin said the government acknowledged the need to help the lower income group.

He said the financial assistance was only a temporary one provided by the Barisan Nasional (BN) while transforming the people to increase their household income.

“The government sees the need to help the lower income group, but at the same time develop rural areas to enable the people to increase their income,” he said.

He urged the rural people to make full use of the infrastructure like roads provided by the government to develop their land. He also urged the rural farmers to make full use the fertilizer subsidy to plant commodities like pepper, cocoa and oil palm.

A political secretary to chief minister John David Nyaoh, Serian district officer Sindie Muling and Tebedu SAO Udin Dungak were also present at the function.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/19/manyin-tebedu-inland-port-to-be-an-international-port/#ixzz3VIfcsiSE

Pesta Birumuh 2015 di Serian

SERIAN: Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Ade-nan Satem akan merasmikan Pesta Birumuh 2015 yang akan diadakan pada 11 hingga 13 April depan di Stadium Mini Serian sekitar jam 10 pagi.

Menurut Setiausaha Tetap Kementerian Pelancongan Datu Ik Pahon Joyik, pesta itu diadakan bertujuan memelihara dan mengekalkan budaya serta tradisi masyarakat Bidayuh dan kaum lain seperti Melayu dan Iban yang turut menuai padi.

“Ia merupakan acara tahunan kali ketiga anjuran Persatuan Kebangsaan Dayak Bidayuh (DBNA) dengan kerjasama Pejabat Daerah Serian dan agensi awam terlibat.

“Seperti rutin tahun sebe-lumnya, perarakan kontinjen dari kampung terlibat dengan memakai pakaian tradisional atau kostum tertentu akan menjadi tarikan utama dan dijangka menarik lebih ba-nyak penyertaan,” katanya pada sidang media selepas mempengerusikan mesyuarat bersama AJK Pesta Birumuh 2015 di sini semalam.

Pengisian program turut menyaksikan 200 peserta motosikal berkuasa tinggi dari negara jiran Indonesia dan Brunei yang menyertai Serian Bike Gathering anjuran Kementerian Pembangunan Sosial Bahagian Samarahan.

Ia merupakan kerjasama Kelab Permotoran dan Kelab TEGAR Bikers serta akan mengadakan pameran dan rondaan di sekitar kawasan Serian bermula jam 8 pagi.

Selain itu, Majlis Daerah Serian (MDS) akan meng-adakan International Remote Control (RC) Boat, Car and Helicopter .

Pihak Kuching RC Power-boat Club di Tasik Danu Se-rian telah menerima penyertaan 700 peserta dengan 1,000 bot setakat ini.

Penutupan dan penyampaian hadiah akan diadakan pada 12 April oleh Menteri Pembangunan Infrastruktur dan Perhubungan Sarawak Dato Sri Michael Manyin Jawong.

Sesi karaoke Birumuh Idol dan perasmian Stadium Mini Serian juga akan diadakan pada hari yang sama.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/24/adenan-akan-merasmikan-pesta-birumuh-2015/#ixzz3VIf2JF9J

Federal subsidy to benefit 61,000 families in Sarawak and 15,000 in Sabah, says minister

KUCHING: The federal government is allocating RM70 million for the hill padi farm subsidy programme for Sarawak and Sabah.

In disclosing this, Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, said the programme was meant to support hill padi farmers in the two states.

According to him, the subsidy would benefit 61,000 families in Sarawak and 15,000 families in Sabah covering an area of about 71,000 hectares.

“With the subsidy, the ministry (Agriculture and Agro-based) is targeting to increase to three metric tonnes per hectare the hill padi production compared to 743 kg per hectare previously,” he told a press conference here yesterday.

Earlier, he launched a fertilizer and weedicide subsidy scheme for hill padi for Sarawak and Sabah at Kampung Gahat Mawang, near Serian.

Under the scheme, farmers were given 200kg of compound fertilizer per hectare, 100 kg of urea (fertilizer), 8 litres of paraquat (weedicide) and three litres and four litres of other brands of weedicide.

In his speech, he said the ministry was allocated RM2.2 billion this year to develop the padi and rice industry in the country.

With the allocation, the ministry hoped to increase hill padi production, hence increasing the income of the farmers, he said.

At the event, Ismail Sabri also launched a hill padi planting technology manual from research conducted by Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) to increase production.

Minister of Infrastructure Development and Communications Dato Sri Michael Manyin, assistant ministers of agriculture (Research and Marketing) Datuk Mong Dagang and Datuk Sylvester Entri (Farmers Organisations) were also present at the function.

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2015/03/07/rm70-million-windfall-for-hill-padi-planters/#ixzz3TeXhlUpM