Panggau Dayak twin towers expected to be completed by end of this year, says Uggah

 KUCHING, March 7, 2022 - Construction of  the nine- storey high "Panggau Dayak"  twin towers project is on course for  completion  by end of December this year.

Picture: Panggau Dayak twin towers are a joint venture projects between Dayak Culture Foundation and Dayak Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Dayak Cultural Foundation Board of Trustee chairman and Sarawak Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said this after visiting the site at Ong Tiang Swee Road here today.

Joining him were DCF Board of  Managing Trustee Tan Sri Leonard Linggi Tun Jugah and its member Datuk Sri Dr  Stephen Rundi Utom.

He said the projects, on a two hectare site,  are a joint venture development between the foundation  and the Dayak Chamber of Commerce  and Industry (DCCI).

Each will have its own tower as their headquarter offices.

He added the project  including its  residency components cost RM103million.

"On behalf of DCF and the Dayak community, I would like to again express our gratitude to the state government under the leadership of Sarawak Premier Datuk Patinggi  Abang Johari Tun Openg.

"Firstly, the state government had alienated a prime site in the city to us  for this project.

"Then it had graciously allocated a sum of RM28million to support the construction.

"These had allowed us to carry out this project on time," he explained.

He was also very happy to note the project management had managed  its construction to proceed  on time despite the constraints brought by the Covid-19 situation in the last two years.

"This Panggau Dayak is  a symbol of the Dayak community participation in  the development of Kuching," he said.

Abang Johari  had officiated at the towers launching ceremony on  October 20, 2020.

Meanwhile according to the Panggau Dayak Sendrian Berhad  general manager Allistar Hilton Smith, the  project  had its  residency components  known as the PD Residence.

It consists of the "Kapitan" for the apartment and "The Grange", for the  condominiums blocks.

He said the "Kapitan"  is a  five-storey block  of 30 units of apartment.

He said its construction was expected to begin by the first quarter of next year.

For the 80 units  condominium, Allistar said  its construction was targetted toward   the  end of 2023.

"We are looking at a 30-month construction period for the apartment and the condominium blocks." he said.