New halls to promote community spirit

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BATU PAHAT: Two multipurpose halls will soon be built in Taman Wawasan and Taman Batu Pahat for residents to conduct activities in and strengthen their community spirit.

MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek said that the multipurpose halls would allow the residents to conduct numerous activities.

“Both residential areas were built more than 30 years ago and yet do not have a place for residents to converge and conduct activities together.

“Due to the lack of such facilities, there is less interaction between residents here,” he said in his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony at Taman Batu Pahat here recently.

All ears: Dr Chua (second from left) meeting with Batu Pahat residents during the groundbreaking ceremony multipurpose hall in Batu Pahat.

Dr Chua also added the lack of these facilities made it harder for the party to meet all the residents in one place.

He said that the cost of building the two multipurpose halls in both areas was funded by the Housing and Local Government Ministry which allocated about RM150,000 for the project.

“Once completed, these multipurpose halls would see residents coming together in one place, making relationships between them much closer,” he said.

Getting things started: Dr Chua (fourth left) and Koh (fifth left) at the multipurpose hall ground-breaking ceremony in Batu Pahat.

Penggeram assemblyman Datuk Koh Chee Chai who was also present during the ceremony urged the residents to make full use of the multipurpose halls.

“Both of the multipurpose halls will benefit the residents tremendously as there were no such facilities before this.

“Residents in both areas should take this opportunity and conduct numerous activities at the multipurpose halls every month,” he said.