The Sarawak Government will be building a new Astana Sarawak.
Rumours of the new Astana Sarawak surfaced at the end of June 2023, with a new portal citing their source that the site had already been confirmed.
Today, a report by both Borneo Post and DayakDaily cited Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry & Performing Arts, Minister of Youth, Sports & Entrepreneur Development Sarawak, Dato Sri Haji Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah as confirming that the rumour is true.
DayakDaily’s report said that the project will be implemented by the Sarawak Premier’s office.
They quoted Karim as saying that the new Astana will have an interesting design which would make Sarawakians proud.
The site of the new Astana Sarawak had also been identified both reports by the Borneo Post and DayakDaily said.
Fate of the current Astana
Meanwhille, the fate of the current Astana was also mentioned.
The Borneo Post’s report cited that the minister also gave assurance that the current Astana will not be abandoned or demolished.
Instead, the government plans to use the current Astana as another museum.
This museum will be used to showcase a lot of artefacts related to the past Governors and head of state.
No date on the completion had been mentioned so far.
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