ALOR GAJAH: The Melaka government, through the Melaka Housing Board, has repaired 136 houses and built 77 new ones costing more than RM7.8mil under the Wakil Rakyat Untuk Rakyat (WRUR) programme across all 28 state constituencies over the past two years.
Melaka Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh said more than 84 projects were implemented during the period, involving a combined allocation and assistance of RM4.2mil under the Melaka District and Land Office.
He said 2,300 recipients had also received direct assistance from the Social Welfare Department during the WRUR programme across the 28 state constituencies, involving a total of RM345,000.
“We also implemented 1,981 programmes and activities, recording almost 100,000 public attendances throughout the WRUR programme across all state constituencies in Melaka.”
He was speaking to reporters after officiating the closing ceremony of the Melaka WRUR programme and Tanjung Bidara Beach Festival, as well as the Melaka Straits and River Arts Festival 2026 here on Saturday night.
Ab Rauf, who is also the Tanjung Bidara state assemblyman, said during the period, 5,170 public complaints were received, of which 3,789 or 73.29% have been resolved.
He said during his three years leading the Melaka government, 212 development projects worth RM41.16mil had been implemented in the constituency.
These included repair and upgrading works involving buildings, infrastructure and engineering systems at Masjid Tanah Health Clinic, costing nearly RM800,000, and a RM1.3mil project to install a suction tank and pump connected to the existing Tanjung Bidara tank.
A coastal erosion control project at Pengkalan Balak was also implemented, involving an allocation of RM21.5mil, Bernama reported.
