By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, July 8: A total of 33 primary and secondary schools in Marudi constituency has received their annual Minor Rural Project (MRP) grants this year.
Deputy Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Dr Penguang Manggil said he never fails to provide each primary school with RM10,000 and each secondary school with RM15,000 under his MRP initiative every year.
“This is to ensure consistent support to those schools without the need for requests,” he said during the SK St Columba’s Raya Gawai and Teacher’s Day dinner gathering on Saturday (July 6).
Other than schools, he also allocated grants to the 260 longhouses in Marudi, providing funds based on their needs and size.
According to a news report from TVS, Dr Penguang said the Sarawak government allocates RM110 million annually to support the construction, upgrading and repair of places of worship for various religions.
Of this, RM2 million is designated for missionary schools throughout Sarawak, distributed through the Unit for Other Religions (Unifor). — DayakDaily
