SIBU - Sibu's RM220 million flood mitigation programme which was announced in March this year will proceed soon.

Natural Resources and Environment Minister Douglas Uggah Embas said here last night that 99 per cent of the federal-funded project had been tendered out.

"Some decisions have been made while the rest will be made very soon," he said when closing the Borneo Dayak Cultural festival at the Town Square here.

He said he would hand over the sites involved to the successful contractors in a month or two.

Uggah said he hoped that the opposition would stop belittling this effort of the government in looking after the welfare and interest of the people.

On the annual festival organised jointly by the Sibu Municipal Council and various non-governmental organisations, he said it was in sync with Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's 1Malaysia concept as it placed priority on participation by all the races in the state. - Bernama