By DayakDaily Team
KUCHING, March 4: The proposal to establish a Consulate General of Singapore in Kuching is still in the process of awaiting approval from the federal government.
According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communication Unit (UKAS), Singapore’s High Commissioner to Malaysia, Vanu Gopala Menon, said that the application has been submitted, and when it is approved later, the work would be arranged to materialise the matter.
“Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has also informed the Singaporean Prime Minister (Lee Hsien Loong) that the Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has raised the matter, and Anwar agrees with the idea of opening the Singaporean consulate general office in Kuching.
“Therefore, we are submitting a request and waiting for a response from the Federal Government. Upon approval, we will commence work to establish the consulate in Kuching,” Vanu told reporters after paying a courtesy call to Abang Johari in Wisma Bapa Malaysia here today.
Vanu also said that a Singaporean general consulate office will be established in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Also present during the courtesy call were Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan and Sarawak Secretary Datuk Amar Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki.
Abang Johari has also received a courtesy call from AJ Architects Sdn Bhd on the same day. — DayakDaily
