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KUCHING: Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) will have an additional office building with well-equipped facilities besides providing a more conductive working environment for the staff.

Construction works are expected to begin in March next year, and the building is expected to be completed in May 2016.

To be built on a 6.46-acre land, it will comprise six components namely a five-storey administration block including main server room for information communication technology (ICT), service counter block and gallery, landscape, parking lot for cars and motorcycles, a futsal ring and football field.

Datuk Bandar Datuk Abang Abdul Wahap Abang Julai who revealed this also mentioned that the cost of the new building is about RM15 million, adding the buildings modern design is based on green building concept which includes natural air ventilation system and rain water storage system.

It will also be equipped with smart energy, whereby it will use light-emitting diode (LED). The new buildings design will also be user-friendly for the disabled, he said at the earth-breaking ceremony at the project site, situated at Jalan Depo in Petra Jaya, yesterday.

Assistant Minister in the Chief Ministers Office (Islamic Affairs) Datuk Daud Rahman officiated at the ceremony.

Abdul Wahap further said six divisions would be transferred to the new building namely Infrastructure Maintenance Division, Safety Division, Enforcement Division, Environment Division, Business Development Division and Licensing Division, and would involve 453 employees.

On another matter, he expressed his gratitude to various government departments and agencies that had helped DBKU to make their activities and events successful.

Meanwhile, he announced a contribution of RM1,000 the Dyslexia Association of Sarawak under DBKU Cares programme.

This programme is part of the DBKU corporate social responsibility (CSR) and we hope this contribution can help to ease some burden to help Dyslexia students, he said.

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