Chiew announced that the new contractor will take over the remaining work, with the project expected to be completed by early 2026.
MIRI (March 7): A rescue contractor will be appointed in the first half of this year to complete the long-abandoned SMK Tudan secondary school project, which has been stalled for seven years.
Miri MP Chiew Choon Man announced that the new contractor will take over the remaining work, with the project expected to be completed by early 2026.
“It is currently in the tendering process. The contractor may be appointed in either May or June,” he told The Borneo Post.
The prolonged delay of the SMK Tudan project has been a major concern for residents of Permyjaya and Tudan, where demand for secondary schools continues to grow.
In response, Sarawak Transport Minister Dato Sri Lee Kim Shin, who is also the Senadin assemblyman, has urged the Education Department to expedite the school’s completion, stressing the urgent need for additional secondary schools in the Senadin area.
The two existing secondary schools—SMK Merbau and SMK Pujut—are already overcrowded, forcing students from SK Tudan Jaya to seek placements at schools further away, including SMK Lutong and SMK Baru.
SMK Tudan was initially approved under the 4th Rolling Plan of the 10th Malaysia Plan, with a budget of RM48.2 million for 36 classrooms, an administrative block, laboratories, and other facilities.
Construction began in 2016 and was originally scheduled for completion in 2018.
However, the previous contractor failed to deliver, leading to the termination of the contract in 2022.
Chiew, who visited the site in November last year, assured the public that he will continue monitoring the progress of the project, along with two other delayed school projects—SK Syed Othman and Kolej Vokasional Miri—in his constituency.
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