Dr Yii (eighth left) poses at the drainage project after a site visit with some of the Baha’i community members at the Kuching Baha’i Cemetery in Batu Kitang, Kuching yesterday.
KUCHING: Member of Parliament for Bandar Kuching Dr Kelvin Yii contributed RM50,000 from his MP fund for the Kuching Baha’i community to pay for the upgrading works of the drainage system for their cemetery.
“So since the completion of the construction and upgrades, even with heavy rain for the past few days there has not been any more flooding in the area.
“I am glad to be able to help the community address some of their concerns especially on something so sacred to them,” he said in a statement following a site inspection and contribution presentation yesterday.
Previously, Dr Yii said the Kuching Baha’i Cemetery located at Batu Kitang here had been plagued with flooding problems for years as there had been no proper drainage system around the area.
“Before this, there was no proper drainage system in the cemetery grounds as there were just mud drains that could not cope with the water outflow especially when it rains.
“Because of that, almost every time there is heavy rain, the cemetery grounds that we are standing on will often be flooded,” he added.
Dr Yii said he would continue to partner and work closely with all the different communities in and around his constituency to build greater religious understanding and a harmonious caring and tolerant society centred on the principle of loving one another.