St Anthony Kawan Catholic Church in Serian 40 pct completed, to be done by April 2023

St Anthony Kawan Catholic Church in Serian expected to be completed in April 2023. Photo credit: Ukas

KUCHING, Oct 23: St Anthony Kawan Catholic Church in Serian is now 40 per cent completed and expected to be done by April 2023.

The construction cost of RM300,000 is being funded by the Sarawak government through the Unit for Other Religions (Unifor).

Deputy Minister for Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Martin Ben, who is also Kedup assemblyman, went on a site visit on Friday (Oct 21).

Martin (centre) in a group photo with church committee members at the St Anthony Kawan Catholic Church construction site on Friday (Oct 21, 2022). Photo credit: Ukas

During a briefing, church chairman Michael Kanos requested additional funding to set up electrical power supply, external and internal cementing, and other facilities.

Martin agreed to help expedite the church committee’s proposal submission for extra allocations to Unifor, according to a news report by Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas). — DayakDaily