KUCHING: The proposal that there be only one mayor for Kuching City was among matters raised during the two-day City of Unity workshop, organised by the Yayasan 1Malaysia (Y1M), also known as 1Malaysia Foundation.
Y1M chairman Prof Dr Chandra Muzaffar said he felt the proposal should be given attention and studied carefully as it would face certain challenges before implementation.
Chandra said the issue was inevitable as having two mayors for one city was quite strange. The same issue was raised by several groups during the workshop yesterday.
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“The issue will definitely be raised when the Y1M presents a motion to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for Kuching to be recognised as a City of Unity,” he said after the closing of the workshop by Kuching North City Mayor Abang Abdul Wahap Abang Julai, here, yesterday.
Chandra said all proposals and conclusions from the workshop would be submitted to the state government for consideration.
Currently, the Kuching City administrative area is divided into the Kuching North City Hall and Kuching South City Council.
Chandra said several issues were raised during the workshop by think-tank groups and he had summarised them to only five points to be forwarded to the state government.
The fifth Sarawak Chief Minister, the late Tan Sri Adenan Satem, declared Kuching as a City of Unity on Aug 1 2015, the result of ideas and research carried out by Y1M.
Meanwhile, Abang Abdul Wahap said he agreed with the proposal to have only one mayor for the entire city of Kuching, but emphasised that further studies should be conducted first by the state government. — BERNAMA