{"id":33229,"date":"2025-06-28T10:31:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T02:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=33229"},"modified":"2025-07-09T10:33:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T02:33:00","slug":"wilfred-yap-presents-rm10000-grant-to-support-sarawak-deaf-community-service-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=33229","title":{"rendered":"Wilfred Yap Presents RM10,000 Grant to Support Sarawak Deaf Community Service Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kota Sentosa State Assemblyman, Wilfred Yap, recently handed over a Minor Rural Project (MRP) grant of RM10,000 to the Sarawak Deaf Community Service Association (SDCSA) during a brief ceremony held at his service centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The grant is intended to support the Association\u2019s ongoing community initiatives, particularly in the teaching and promotion of sign language, which plays a vital role in empowering the deaf and hard-of-hearing community in Sarawak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yap commended the efforts of SDCSA, saying, \u201cI am encouraged by the meaningful work undertaken to bridge communication gaps in our society. I hope this grant will help ease some financial burden and enable the Association to reach more individuals in need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also encouraged the Association to utilise the funds prudently and reiterated his commitment to supporting inclusive and people-focused initiatives. \u201cThis reflects my continuous effort to ensure that no community is left behind in our development journey,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SDCSA expressed appreciation for Yap\u2019s continued support and pledged to fully utilise the grant to enhance their programmes and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/persatuan_kota_sentosa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/persatuan_kota_sentosa-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33230\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777;width:776px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/persatuan_kota_sentosa-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/persatuan_kota_sentosa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/persatuan_kota_sentosa-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/persatuan_kota_sentosa-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/persatuan_kota_sentosa-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kota Sentosa State Assemblyman, Wilfred Yap, recently handed over a Minor Rural Project (MRP) grant of RM10,000 to the Sarawak Deaf Community Service Association (SDCSA) during a brief ceremony held at his service centre. The grant is intended to support the Association\u2019s ongoing community initiatives, particularly in the teaching and promotion of sign language, which plays a vital role in empowering the deaf and hard-of-hearing community in Sarawak. Yap commended the efforts of SDCSA, saying, \u201cI am encouraged by the meaningful work undertaken to bridge communication gaps in our society.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/?p=33229\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33229"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33229"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33229\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33231,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33229\/revisions\/33231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.suppnewsportal.com\/main\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}