Chieng Jen not qualified to talk on Batu Kawah’s development, says Lim Ah Ted, Batu Kawah acting Chairman

suppadmin | March 15, 2021

DAP Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen is not qualified to comment on any development master plan again, because the former PH government had cancelled Sarawak’s various development projects with no concern for Sarawakians, said SUPP Batu Kawah branch Acting Chairman Lim Ah Ted.

Lim said Kuching Flood Mitigation master plan , Batu Kawah’s Taman Desa Wira road junction widening project to ease traffic congestion, recreation parks for Batu Kawah residents, all these projects had been cancelled by the former PH government.

He pointed out that Chong, as the PH Sarawak chairman and former minister for 22 months, kept silent and never voiced out against these projects cancellation by his former PH government but instead today he is blaming that Batu Kawah does not have a development master plan.

“DAP candidates were the Batu Kawah State elected representative from year 2011 till 2016, and also for Stampin Federal constituency since the year 2013 until today, yet DAP never proposed any development master plan for Batu Kawah and Stampin constituency. In fact DAP owes the public an explanation on why the various people-centric projects including sewerage and water supply projects were cancelled and were reinstated and implemented through Sarawak government’s funding allocation requested by Batu Kawah assemblyman Dato Sri Dr. Sim Kui Hian, ” he said.

Lim accused DAP of refusing to accept that the current Batu Kawah constituency’s development is far better than when held by DAP representative, this includes the improvement on the flood mitigation issue where last year, DID had conducted a comprehensive feasible study on seven flood prone areas in Batu Kawah resulting in Rm120 million funding requested from our Sarawak government by Dr Sim.

“The comprehensive flood mitigation project’s 7 areas are: Batu Kawah road lorong 1c & 3, Sg. Moyan, Sg. Surih, Field Force road, Ketitir road, RPR area and Kampong Sina Budi Baru. Drainage upgrading project is also in progress for Taman Desa Ilmu. On Batu Kawah’s congested traffic issue, besides finger pointing and ‘mouth talk only’, DAP never came out with any solution to tackle it. Dr. Sim has proposed for Rm250 million funding from Sarawak government to construct a new 9.5 km route from Stephen Yong road traffic light junction to FRC Matang to ease the traffic. The project is currently under designing phase.Hence, DAP should not try to create a ‘sweet dream’ to fish for votes again, because Chong Chieng Jen and Violet Yong still owe Sarawakians on the RM 2000 promise and exaggerated ‘diamond street light’ installation despite 22 months in PH government,” he stated.