Bottom-up approach key to Recoda's high-impact development projects, says Awg tengah
MIRI (June 26): A bottom-up approach driven by community feedback is essential for implementing development projects under the Regional Corridor Development Authority (Recoda), said Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan.
He emphasised that proposed projects should be innovative, have long-term impact, and be well-coordinated among all government agencies and departments in Sarawak.
'Projects that involve grassroots needs should be prioritised and evaluated for project implementation which is in accordance with the strengths and uniqueness of the location.
'We want to involve the community to see what the priorities are based on the needs, based on the strengths that exist in each area covered by the agencies and we don't want to go from top to bottom, but rather involve the bottom up,' said the State Minister of International Trade and Industry and Investments.
Awang Tengah, who is also Second State Minister of Resources and Urban Development, and Northern Region Development Agency chairman, was speaking when officiating at a lab session organised by Recoda through NRDA in Lawas yesterday.
The lab gathered key stakeholders to refine and prioritise high-impact initiatives under Rolling Plan 1 of the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP) for the Limbang and Lawas districts.
The session focused on ensuring that proposed projects are strategic, practical, and responsive to community needs.
Recoda CEO Datuk Ismawi Ismuni reminded participants to emphasise cost-effectiveness and avoid overlapping with initiatives already funded by other ministries or agencies.
Also present were Deputy State Minister of Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Ismail; Lawas MP Dato Henry Sum Agong, Batu Danau Assemblyman Dato Paulus Palu Gumbang; NRDA director Datu Ubaidillah Latip; Limbang Division Resident Unus Tambi; and political secretaries to the Sarawak Premier Awangku Jinal Abedin Pengiran Jawa and Sam Laya. Awang Tengah bottom-up approach development projects Recoda
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