By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, Sept 16: Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Mayor Dato Wee Hong Seng hopes the federal government will continue providing funding to help improve infrastructure in Sarawak, including hawker centres, as efforts continue to upgrade facilities and create better opportunities for local communities.
Wee said the council would continue working closely with federal agencies to secure improved facilities and development opportunities for the Pending Jetty Hawker Centre and surrounding areas.
“The success of the Tamu Desa (rural market) programme depended on the active participation of the local community and MBKS would continue to listen to residents’ views and gather feedback from various stakeholders,” he said in a statement posted on his social media today.
Wee made the remarks after accompanying Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Steven Sim on a visit to the Pending Jetty Hawker Centre this afternoon for a site inspection and briefing on the Tamu Desa programme.
Wee, together with a city councillor and community leaders, welcomed Sim during the visit.
He thanked the Minister for taking the time to look into local development issues, as well as the community leaders who attended and showed their support.
“Pending Jetty Hawker Centre is no longer simply a place to eat,” Wee said, pointing to recent and ongoing improvements in the area.
He said the hawker centre had recently seen its toilets renovated and a monument installed, while upgrading works around the jetty area were currently underway.
Wee also expressed appreciation to the hawkers for their continued perseverance and commitment, saying the improvements were the result of close cooperation among the various parties involved.
“As mayor, I will continue to listen to the views of residents, gather feedback from all stakeholders and actively seek additional allocations to contribute to the upgrading and planning of the community,” he said.
He stressed that the Pending Jetty was a shared community space, with the performance of the market and the livelihoods of hawkers closely linked to the well-being of residents in the surrounding area.
“By working together, our ultimate goal is to improve the well-being of the people,” he said. — DayakDaily
