Power up Mosjaya hawkers centre without delay, S'wak minister tells MCC, SEB
MIRI (July 18): State Transport Minister Dato Sri Lee Kim Shin has urged Miri City Council (MCC) and Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) to expedite electricity supply to the two reconstructed hawker centers and markets at Mosjaya Commercial Centre.
During a working visit today, Lee expressed surprise that the facilities remain without power despite having been completed two months ago and already in use by hawkers.
'It was already completed two months ago, but I found that there is still no electricity supply during my working visit today.
'I call upon the council and Sarawak Energy to connect the power supply without delay as everything is ready,' said the Senadin assemblyman.
The two centres were rebuilt by the city council after being damaged in separate fires previously. Lee was accompanied by councillor Jeffery Phang and members of SUPP Riam during his visit.
Lee also addressed safety concerns raised by operators, calling on the council to build a ramp to the coffee shop section of Tamu Mosjaya to improve accessibility and patron safety.
At the same event, Lee and his team also distributed Sarawak flags to hawkers at both centres, noting increased public awareness of Sarawak Day's significance among Miri folk.
'Except for a few older ones, most replied 'Sarawak Day' when I asked them if they knew what July 22 means,' he said, referring to the upcoming Sarawak Day celebration.
'All the hawkers from different communities are in high spirits when they talk about Sarawak Day, and this shows it is well promoted,' he stressed.
Miri serves as the centre for this year's state-level Sarawak Day celebration. The annual commemoration was gazetted by the Sarawak government under the late Chief Minister Tun Pehin Sri Adenan Satem in 2016.
Sarawak Day marks July 22, 1963, when the territory was granted self-rule in preparation for joining the Federation of Malaysia on September 16 of the same year.
After World War II, Sarawak was briefly administered by the British Military Administration before becoming a Crown Colony in 1946, when it was ceded to the British Government by Charles Vyner Brooke.
Lee said this was the first day of self rule by the administration led by Stephen Kalong Ningkan as first Chief Minister, and Sarawakians should take pride in this occasion.
He also called upon Mirians to fly Sarawak flags with pride as the city gears up for a three-day celebration starting this Sunday. electricity Lee Kim Shin Mosjaya Commercial Centre
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