Screening of Sri Tanjung residents' forms stalled

KOTA KINABALU, March 17 (New Sabah Times) -- The Rural Development Ministry is still unable to settle the screening process of about 2,238 forms containing the details of Sri Tanjung resident’s near here.

This was due to the delay on the part of the National Registration Department (NRD) to screen all the forms, said Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Pairin Kitingan during a press conference held on the matter yesterday.

Pairin, who is also the Rural Development Minister told that the forms contained data’s collected by the City Hall from February 10 to February 12, this year.

“The 2,238 forms were then submitted to the NRD,” he said.

However, yesterday, NRD sent the ministry a letter informing the Sri Tanjung Screening Committee that they haven’t completed the screening process on all the names of residents submitted to them, he said.

“But they promised that the screening would be completed soon. So we are hoping that by next week, they would be able to complete the screening of all the names,” he said.

Pairin added that once they get they get the screening resluts from NRD, they will conduct another meeting before the matter is brought before the Cabinet.

He also informed that the houses built for the qualified residents will be completed this coming May.