(Asajaya, 4th) The Sarawak government, through the Integrated Regional Samarahan Development Agency (IRSDA), has allocated RM680 million for expanding the Sebangan Bajong coastal dike network.
IRSDA Chairman Abdul Karim stated that the Asajaya Peninsula now boasts Sarawak’s largest irrigation network, with multiple ring dikes extending from Beliong to Tanjung Apong and then to Sadong Jaya, traversing Sadong Jaya itself.
“Recently, through IRSDA’s allocation of RM680 million, a ring dike will be constructed from Sebuyau to Sebangan Bajong.
“Half of the allocation from IRSDA is for constructing the ring dike in the Sebuyau section,” he said at the closing ceremony of the 2026 Asajaya Ambal Festival held at Asajaya Square last night (January 3).
Abdul Karim, who also serves as Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts, as well as Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development, further pointed out that before the dike was built, villages like Asajaya Ulu were flooded with each high tide, rendering the land unusable for cultivation.
“Now, thanks to the dikes, previously idle land has become fertile and arable. Even durian trees—which could previously only be planted in hilly areas—can now be grown in coastal regions.
“All this is thanks to the irrigation network built decades ago, based on the vision of former leaders in the 1970s, aimed at developing the land and providing tangible economic benefits for the people of Asajaya,” he explained.
IRSDA Chairman Abdul Karim stated that the Asajaya Peninsula now boasts Sarawak’s largest irrigation network, with multiple ring dikes extending from Beliong to Tanjung Apong and then to Sadong Jaya, traversing Sadong Jaya itself.
“Half of the allocation from IRSDA is for constructing the ring dike in the Sebuyau section,” he said at the closing ceremony of the 2026 Asajaya Ambal Festival held at Asajaya Square last night (January 3).
Abdul Karim, who also serves as Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts, as well as Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development, further pointed out that before the dike was built, villages like Asajaya Ulu were flooded with each high tide, rendering the land unusable for cultivation.
“Now, thanks to the dikes, previously idle land has become fertile and arable. Even durian trees—which could previously only be planted in hilly areas—can now be grown in coastal regions.
“All this is thanks to the irrigation network built decades ago, based on the vision of former leaders in the 1970s, aimed at developing the land and providing tangible economic benefits for the people of Asajaya,” he explained.