Awang Tengah (fourth right) presents a food package to Khalthom. Paulus (second right), Dr Abdul Rahman (fifth right), Ahmad Denney (fourth left) do the same to the frontliners.
LIMBANG (June 27): The state government has allocated RM5 million under Northern Region Development Agency (NRDA) to upgrade facilities at the Customs, Immigration, Quarantine (CIQ) complex in Tedungan.
Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said the upgrading works for the CIQ would comprise installation of new wiring, air-conditioning and the building of surau and a public toilet.
“This upgrading work is expected to be completed in November, to provide comfort to personnel on-duty at the complex,” he said in his address when presenting food baskets to the frontliners at CIQ Tendungan yesterday.
Awang Tengah said the old wiring system at the CIQ had to be replaced due to wear and tear.
He also said that effort to get a new generator set to replace an older one, which could only run for three hours, for the divisional Immigration Department was still under process.
“We have already asked the NRDA to liase with Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) to either repair or get a new generator set for the CIQ.”
Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail, Batu Danau assemblyman Paulus Palu Gumbang, Limbang Resident Ahmad Denney Ahmad Fauzi, NRDA director Datu Ubaidillah Abdul Latip, Limbang District Officer Superi Awang Said, divisional health officer Dr Norliza Jusoh and Limbang Immigration Department head Khalthom Ahmad were among those present.