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276 RIVERS, LAKES & THE SEA
Malaysia’s World No. 1 squash player Datuk Nicol David has been appointed as United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Goodwill Ambassador and helps to promote the value and importance of Sarawak’s rivers.
Water Transport (IWT) Masterplan reaching beyond 2020. At the same time they have worked hard to promote the
value and importance of Sarawak’s rivers, both to local communities through various social, educational and economic activities, and to the wider world through the appointment of UNDP Goodwill Ambassadors such as world No. 1 squash player Datuk Nicol David, and through the publication of an impressive coffee table book, Reflections From Sarawak’s Rivers.
VISITING SARAWAK’S RIVERS
Recreation
Rivers provide a major source of recreation for many people in Sarawak, as the large number of rowing and boating regattas and festivals will testify. River recreation is also becoming increasingly popular with
DEVELOPING SARAWAK’S RIVERS
The Sarawak Rivers Board (SRB) was set up in 1993 to develop and sustainably manage all of Sarawak’s inland waterways. Its
tasks include control
and regulation of river traffic, construction
and maintenance of
ports and docking facilities, protection
and restoration of river banks, implementation of safety measures and river
environment management. The SRB and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
have together created a masterplan to develop transport and many other aspects of Sarawak’s rivers as the state’s “Streets of Tomorrow”. Working together with other government agencies and local communities they have produced an impressive long term Integrated
Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Patinggi Alfred Jabu ak Numpang launching Reflections From Sarawak’s Rivers, a coffee table book by the UNDP and Sarawak Rivers Board (see cover, right), at Hilton Kuala Lumpur, July 2008. Accompanying him is former Deputy Tourism Minister Malaysia, Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib.