Pujut assemblyman Andy Chia gave a total of RM35,400 of his minor rural project (MRP) fund to 13 associations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) from his urban constituency yesterday morning.
While Pujut is an urban constituency with the majority of the constituents are Chinese, the distribution of the fund from the assemblyman covers all races in his constituency.
This can be seen from the list of the recipients. Among the notable bumiputera recipients are the Bisaya Association of Sarawak, Piasau Jaya Phase One Rukun Tetangga and Kg. Pengkalan Lutong Cempaka Tabika Perpaduan.
Two Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) are the recipients namely SMK Dato Permaisuri and SMK SK. St. Joseph Miri.