KALABAKAN: The Home Ministry (KDN) has approved the construction of the RM150 million Kalabakan District Police Headquarters (IPD) to enhance the security in the area, said Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (pix).
He said the ministry needed the cooperation of the Kalabakan District Office for land and site-related issues, development permits and other matters to facilitate the construction process.
“…we can complete (the IPD) with adequate personnel, then (staff) quarters to ensure that police personnel can truly serve the villagers,” he said when officiating the Kalabakan National Registration Department (NRD) Office and the department’s ‘Menyemai Kasih Rakyat (MEKAR)’ programme here, today.
Saifuddin Nasution said the construction of the IPD was crucial for Kalabakan because the district would be the country’s strategic getaway with the opening of the Serudong Customs, Immigration, Quarantine and Security Complex.
On the Kalabakan NRD Office, which began operating on Dec 1, he said it has received and processed 150 applications, an average of 10 cases per day.
Meanwhile, NRD director-general Zamrin Misman said as of Nov 30, the department carried out 1,791 MEKAR programmes to facilitate the registration process for the people.
“For Sabah, as of Nov 30, a total of 125 MEKAR programmes were implemented involving 2,785 applications and 6,278 advisory services were provided. We carried out two programmes in Kalabakan this year,” he added. –Bernama
