Dato' Sri Michael Manyin aiming a blowpipe to shoot at a balloon at Kampung Tebakang Melayu field to officiate at the Telematch and Rafting Challenge Exhibition.
SERIAN: Tebakang Bazaar along Jalan Serian-Mongkos, which used to be bubbling with local residents, is set to be given a new breath of life with better infrastructure.
Among others, Serian District Council (SDC) planned to erect food stalls to help push the local economy in the area forward.
Minister of Infrastructure Development and Communication Dato Sri Michael Manyin suggested that SDC allocate RM1 million for the project.
“The market (in Tebakang Bazaar) has been quiet for a long time due to the lack of proper road infrastructure, which caused members of the public and residents in Serian to stop coming here,” he lamented when met after officiating at the Serian Telematch and Rafting Challenge Exhibition yesterday.
“Last time, this place was a very bright and jovial place, but after the construction of roads most of the local community flocked to Serian. My suggestion is that we hold some activities like opening stalls around here, which would lead people to come and eat here.”
Dato Sri Michael Manyin noted that the only eatery here at present belonged to Serian Chinese Pemanca Choo Kun Hian.
“But I believe that after the stalls are positioned here, more people will flock back because of the variety of food. This is one of the ways to attract more people to come back.”
Manyin, who is also Tebedu assemblyman, also said a bridge costing about RM300,000 would be built in Kampung Tebakang, latest by the end of the year. “For the time being, we are filling up the road from Mongkos to Tebakang Melayu and the Public Works Department has carried out surveys and studies as well as given suggestions on building a sturdy bridge that is capable of carrying the weight of a 20 tonne lorry.
“I am reviewing the budget and some of the bridge equipment are already there, we only need to add more, so, hopefully, we can finish it within the year.”
At the event, Manyin handed out prizes to the telematch winners. He also visited the stalls and the old site of Tebakang town.
Also present were SDC chairman Sinde Muling, SDC deputy chairman Dr Simon Sinang Bada and SDC acting secretary Muzaimah Sumar.
Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/05/11/plans-afoot-to-rejuvenate-tebakang-bazaar/#ixzz31MfyXbdW
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