PENAN

Date: 6/12/2007

The Sarawak Assemblyman for Telang Usan, Encik Lihan Jok has called on the Penan community in Baram areas to give full cooperation to the National Registration Department (NRD) so that easily for them to obtain birth certificate and MYkad.
He said Penans should grap every opportunity provided by the State Government as the NRD exercise are currently still ongoing in order to help them to register and obtain such documents as well as to get medical services.
Encik Lihan Jok told reporters this in Miri today, after visited Penan resettlement at Ulu Tutoh in Baram District, recently.
He was happy on the good response by the Penans communities in Long Kevok, Long Si-ang and Long Bedian on the exercise.
Encik Lihan urged other Penans community to come forward to Ulu Tutoh where the registration exercise has being conducted especially those adults and babies who doesn't have MYkad and birth certificates.
The programme is jointly organised by the NRD, Sarawak Health Department, Petronas Sarawak and timber company in the areas.