Property Hunter Magazine Issue 63- February 2015 | Page 22
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Sri Aman Town Booming With New Shops
will be shortened by 50 km. This
will further boost the economic
potential of Sri Aman town in the
very near future,” Francis told The
Borneo Post here recently.
S
ri Aman town is booming
with new shops with the
improvement in the people’s
purchasing power due to better
prices of rubber, palm oil and paddy.
This is despite the fact that the
town is isolated from the main
trunk road from Kuching to Sibu,
Bintulu and Miri, said Assistant
Minister of Housing and Assistant
Minister of Rural Development
Datuk Francis Harden.
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Sri Aman Town
He said under phase I of the
town extension project, the
Land Custody and Development
Authority (LCDA) had constructed
44 shophouses and a hotel and it
planned to build another 120 units
of shophouses under phases II and
III of the project soon.
“Although Sri Aman town seems
to be quite isolated from the main
trunk road, it’s actually quite vibrant.
Now with the people’s purchasing
power greatly improved with better
prices of rubber, oil palm and
paddy, the shophouses which were
built by LCDA have all been sold.
“With the purchasing power of the
people greatly improved, many of
them are now able to purchase the
shophouses which cost between
RM680,000 and RM750,000 per
unit. The trend shows that there is
a healthy growth in the property
sector as well,” he said.
“And with the government’s
plan to build a bridge across
the Batang Lupar near the town
area, the journey to Betong town
On the proposed Batang Lupar
bridge, Francis disclosed that
he had forwarded the proposal
to the Ministry of Works and
hoped the RM80 million project
would materialise under the 11th
Malaysia Plan.
“The proposed bridge
project across Batang
Lupar near Kampung
Ulu, Sri Aman town
will also include the
upgrading of certain
parts of the road from
Sri Aman town to Lidong,
Ng Skrang a distance
of 10 km. And another
13 km from Ng Skrang
to Betong Town will
certainly shorten the
journey from Sri Aman to
Betong,” said Francis.
Sri Aman District has a population of
about 70,000 people, including more
than 10,000 residing in the town.