S’wak BN fielding two new women candidates in state polls
The Sarawak Barisan Nasional (BN) is to field at least two new women candidates in the coming state election expected before June next year.
Chief Minister Adenan Satem, who is the state BN chairperson, said this was in recognition and appreciation of the important role women played in society.
"This is only fair. Sarawak BN has now four women state legislative members. Come the next state election, we will probably have another two more, provided the people give them the support.
"I will make sure that out of the 11 new state seats that hopefully we can use for the coming election, two will be given to them," he said.
He was answering questions from the floor at a youth forum organised by Tegas, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting technical education among bumiputera students in the state, at the Borneo Convention Centre in Kuching today.
Meanwhile, Adenan again stressed his administration would continue to give more focus on rural development.
"In the state legislative assembly sitting next month, I am going to ask for another RM500 million to carry out rural development projects and programmes.
"In the last sitting, the RM500 million that was approved had been used, among others, to build bridges in Long Lama, Limbang, Bako, and Sibuti," he said.
He said there were still many poor people in the rural areas who needed the government assistance to help them raise their standard of living.
Touching on his recent decision to allow English as another language used in official correspondence and communication in the state administration besides Bahasa Malaysia, he said under the constitution technically Sarawak could do so.
"English is a very important international language. It is unwise for our young people not to master it in order to take up employment opportunities generated by the private sector," he said.
- Bernama
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