PAYA BESAR COMMUNITY CENTRE NEARS COMPLETION, SET TO OPEN FEBRUARY

KUANTAN, Jan 3 (Bernama) -- The Paya Besar community centre, known as ‘Epistemic Investment for Society and Technology’, has reached 94 per cent completion and is expected to be fully completed by February.

Paya Besar MP Datuk Mohd Shahar Abdullah said the community centre, which involves a development cost of nearly RM5 million, is built on four main pillars: technology, humanity, innovation and sustainability.

“After seven years of serving as a people’s representative, we need to integrate all these initiatives under a single theme, which we call ‘Your Better Society 2040’.

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“All the frameworks that we have developed must now be implemented so that the execution truly benefits the community,” he told reporters after officiating the ‘Jom Kembali ke Sekolah’ programme at the MARA Higher Skills College in Kuantan here today.

A total of 574 students from the hardcore poor B40 category received contributions of school supplies through the back-to-school initiative organised by the Paya Besar parliamentary constituency..

Mohd Shahar, who is also Deputy Minister of Economy, said the community centre being developed in Gambang will not only benefit students in the Paya Besar parliamentary area, but will also involve higher education institutions located in the vicinity.

“Paya Besar is home to various institutions of higher learning, and they are not merely beneficiaries but are directly involved in the implementation of community development activities,” he said.

He said that the project is aligned with the Paya Besar New Township Special Action Plan 2070, with construction costs funded through allocations from the Finance Ministry, parliamentary constituency funds and contributions from several government agencies.

-- BERNAMA