KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 – Work Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof told the Dewan Rakyat here on Tuesday that the government has planned four new projects in Bintulu, Sarawak related to the need to boost main road infrastructure in the area under the 11th Malaysia Plan.
He said the projects involved the upgrading of Jalan Tanjung Kidurong to Samalaju Industrial Park (KM4-KM39), the junctions in Jalan Nyabau, Jalan Kinda and the Tanjung Kidurong roundabout; building a flyover at the Jalan Medan-Jalan Tun Hussein Onn junction and constructing Jalan Ulu Pandan, Bintulu.
In the meantime, he said that the first phase involving construction in the Bintulu area, namely, upgrading the Jalan Nyabau junction to the Jalan Bakun junction, a length of 43 km, started in March while the project was also expected to be completed in December 2017.
He was replying to a question from Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (BN-Bintulu) on the plans of the ministry to upgrade or widen existing roads as the number of large vehicles were increasing due to prolific expansion and development of the Bintulu area as a heavy industrial area. In addition to the conventional projects of the Public Work Department, Fadillah said that the government was at the same time constructing the Pan Borneo Highway in Sarawak via the project delivery partner method.
Meanwhile, Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya, when replying to a question from Wong Ling Biu (DAP-Sarikei) on the need for medical officers at the Sarikei Hospital, said there were 32 medical officers’ post at the hospital until Aug 31, with 25 or 78.1 per cent filled.
He said the specialist fields offered at the Sarikei Hospital were in General Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Anesthesiology, Ophthalmology and Orthopedics. In the same time, he added that the specialised services such as Otorhinolaryngology, Gynaecology, Nephrology, Psychiatry and Orthopedics are given schedually by specialists from Sibu Hospital and the Sarawak General Hospital.
