TAWAU: Tawau is ready to welcome the arrival of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah today (Sunday) for Their Majesties’ first-ever “Kembara Kenali Borneo” tour through the Land Below the Wind.
The issue of street beggars involving ethnic Pala’u group, who are sea nomads without any citizenship, needs a long-term solution to curb the matter before it gets out of hand.
Checks found that these groups usually beg around the city, especially at the intersection of Jalan Pesisiran near Al-Kauthar mosque, with many of the children begging from vehicle to vehicle in a dangerous manner, including leaning or clinging to the vehicles
The State Government has approved land grants to two villages in the Tanjung Batu constituency, namely Kampung Budaya Pasir Putih and Kampung Tanjung Batu Laut, here