Mukah gears up to become SCORE Hq

by Gaing Kunding. Posted on February 14, 2011, Monday

MUKAH: Chief Minister Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said yesterday that Mukah town would become the headquarters of the Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) with the completion of the Regional Corridor Development Authority (RECODA) building here soon.

MEMENTO: Taib (third right) receives a memento from Yeo as Ragad (fourth right), Fatimah (fourth left), Dr Muhammed Leo (right), Kang (second right) and others look on.

Speaking at a Chinese New Year celebration organised by the Mukah Chinese Chamber of Commerce (MCCC) at Kingwood Resort Mukah here, Taib said the chief executive officer (CEO) of RECODA would stay and work in Mukah once the RECODA building was completed.

He said the development would effectively transform Mukah town to become the administrative and operational capital of SCORE.

“This will not only facilitate better co-ordination and working relationship between the CEO and Mukah Resident, but would also enable them (CEO and Resident) to engage with the local people on any new economic and infrastructure development as well as economic spin-offs and job opportunities created by investments worth billions of ringgit in Mukah, Tanjung Manis and Samalaju in Bintulu Division. Taib stressed that Mukah, Tanjung Manis and Samalaju were poised to become the centres of development under SCORE.

Taib said, among others, a company has set up a food processing laboratory using biotechnology (chemical free) in Tanjung Manis Halal Hub costing about RM2 billion while in Samalaju nine big factories with modern facilities costing several billions of ringgit would be set up, with the first one constructed by Tokoyama to produce polysilicon recently.

The chief minister also said the government was in the process of designing a new master plan for Mukah, Tanjung Manis and Samalaju to accommodate the ever increasing population, adding that it would be implemented by next year.

Taib also pledged to give financial assistance to outstanding students from poor background to enable them to enter university and other higher learning institutions.

“Therefore, it is very important for the people to remain united at all times in order to enjoy the fruits of development together because any quarrel or conflict will only destroy the people’s livelihood,” he said.

In his speech, Mukah Member of Parliament Dato Sri Dr Muhammed Leo Toyad said the people of Mukah and Balingian strongly supported Taib as the chief minister and Balingian assemblyman.

Meanwhile, in his welcoming speech, MCCC chairman Yeo Tiong Ing said the Chinese community in Mukah fully supported Taib’s leadership to bring greater economic and infrastructural development to Mukah and the surrounding areas.

Dr Muhammed Leo and Yeo are joint-organising chairman of the celebration which was also attended by Taib’s wife Puan Sri Ragad Waleed Alkurdi Taib, Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Datin Fatimah Abdullah and her husband Datu Dr Adi Badiozaman Tuah, Jemoreng assemblyman Abu Seman Jahwie, Mukah Resident Saudi Narani and Kapitan Kang Boon Eong.

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