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SARAWAK Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud yesterday proposed the construction of a new Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (Mara Junior Science College) in Lawas to meet the educational needs of outstanding students especially from rural areas. !Taib said the new MRSM would complement the rapid development enjoyed by Lawas.
!"Lawas can be the site of the new MRSM college in the northern Sarawak," he said during the launching of Pesta Lawas.!
On May 24, Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal was quoted in Betong recently as saying that the Federal cabinet has approved the construction of the new MRSM in northern Sarawak with the location yet to be identified as discussions were still ongoing with the state goverment on suitable sites.
!Shafie said the new MRSM college would be built under the current 10th Malaysian Plan. Currently, there are 46 MRSM colleges nationwide, including three in Kuching, Mukah and Betong in Sarawak. !
Taib also hit out at Sarawak Corridor of Renewable Energy (SCORE) critics who claimed that economic corridor would only benefit nearby towns like Sibu and Bintulu. !
"The idea that the project should be spread throughout the state so that many can get equal economic opportunities are outdated," he said, adding that SCORE would create many spin-off economic employment opportunities just like the oil and gas industry in Bintulu and Miri. !
"Like in Bintulu, there are those as far as from Sarikei and Sibu who benefited from the spin-off effects, with many working or setting up business in Bintulu," he said. !SCORE is located in the state's central region and stretches 320km along the coast from Tanjung Manis in Mukah to Similajau in Bintulu.Bernama
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