August 17, 2009

Court buildings: Two in progress, three to be built


SARIKEI: Two court buildings planned under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) are under construction while three more will be built in the state under the Tenth Malaysia Plan (10MP).
BRIEFING: Nazri (second right) is briefed on the progress of Sarikei Court building as (from left) Hasbi, Tiong, Ding, Teng and others listen.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Legal and Parliamentary Affairs), Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz disclosed this during his visit to the Sarikei new court building site here yesterday.
The two projects under the 9MP were the RM6.84 million Sarikei Court and Samarahan Court costing about RM6.85 million, he said.
Works on Sarikei Court building which had started in October last year is scheduled for completion in April next year whereas works on the Samarahan court building is scheduled to commence next week, he said.
Proposed under the 10MP were a one-courtroom building each in Mukah, Limbang and Sri Aman, he said, adding that under the same development plan, judges’ quarters (Rumah Hakim) had also been proposed for Kuching, Sibu and Miri.
He did not disclose the estimated cost of the projects proposed under the 10MP. Nazri who was briefed by the contractor on the progress of Sarikei court building was told of a slight delay due to several factors.
However, he was pleased that the contractor had given the assurance that the project would be progressing steadily from now onwards as their main problems had been resolved.
When completed the new Sarikei Court would have two courtrooms, two witness rooms, two lockups, two judge’s rooms, two interpreter’s rooms, one lawyer’s room, one public prosecutor’s room, one police prosecution officer’s room, and one detention room.
The office area would, among others, include Civil and Criminal Case Registration Office, conference room, library and store while the ancillary area would house a canteen, surau (one each for men and women), two public toilets, and two staff toilets.
Other facilities included 43 car parking and nine motorcycle parking bays.
Among those who accompanied Nazri were Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Liew Vui Keong, Assistant Minister of Local Government Datuk David Teng, Sarikei MP Ding Kuong Hiing, Limbang MP Hasbi Habibollah, and Sarikei divisional PWD engineer Tiong King Wei.
Source : The Borneo Post

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