KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) has outlined three key directions to be implemented in the years to come to further improve the services of the council.
Its chairman Lo Khere Chiang said the council would be accountable to the local communities playing a key role in community engagement for a stronger and more cohesive society, to provide opportunities for the residents’ involvement and participation in shaping their own community and promote good governance through transparent leadership and sensitivity to the needs, interests and aspirations of the communities.
Lo Khere Chiang
According to him, the three key directions have underpinned the council’s activities in the first eight months of this year.
“Based on these directions, the council shall work towards achieving its vision of improving the quality of living of its residents….we will continue the close partnership between the council, local communities and MPP staff,” Lo said at the council’s 22nd anniversary at its compound on Thursday, which was officiated at by Minister of Housing and Local Government Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian.
Lo, who is Batu Kitang assemblyman also said that the council had implemented various initiatives to serve the public like launching of the WhatsApp application for the public to forward suggestions, constructive feedback and advices,putting up road signages with the council’s logo to enable the public to distinguish which areas are under the purview of the three local councils, and traffic wardens to assist in easing traffic congestion.
On the Urban Poverty Eradication Programme, he said the council has implemented the programme since 2008 and in 2016 and last year, had implemented works to repair three houses in 2016 and 23 houses last year.
According to him, the council received RM344,493 allocation last year under the programme and received RM405,000 this year for 27 houses.
He also said that 60 to 70 per cent of the council’s revenue derived from the assessment rates and urged rate payers to pay their assessment rate to enable the council to provide better services.