The road project will also give access to the recently inaugurated Women’s and Children’s Center in downtown Jolo. Mayor Hussin Amin, of Jolo, and other provincial and municipal officials attended the inauguration. Provincial engineer Abdurasad Baih said more projects are to be inaugurated soon.
Tan also donated a pump boat engine to the Kabukan Elementary School off Panglima Tahil town.
Teachers have requested a pump boat engine that they can use for their wooden boat in transporting students and faculty members from the town to the island of Kabukan.
Tan saidthe projects are part of the government’s peace and development efforts and anti-poverty programs that will benefit the locals.
“We are concentrating on many development projects and there are still more projects pending inauguration,” he told the Mindanao Examiner.
Last month, Tan also donated 10 computer sets for the Kawmpang Elementary School in the town of Patikul in an effort to promote Information technology among the young students in the southern province.
Gabir Sarajali, the school principal, praised Tan for the donation, saying “it was a dream come true” for students and teachers. “It was really a dream come true to all of us in Kawmpang Elementary School and we thanked our beloved and hardworking Governor for donating these computer sets,” he said.
Tan handed over the computer sets, including tables and chairs, to the teachers and students headed by Sarajali in a ceremony attended by over a hundred students, who cheered to the sight of the donation.
“I challenge all of you to be competitive and productive in today’s computer world,” Tan said to the students and teachers at the school compound.
Tan also told provincial engineers headed by Abdurasad Baih to draw a plan for the school’s covered court where students and teachers can hold their important activities comfortably. Some of the students were moved to tears by the generosity band support of the governor as they chanted Tan’s name and thanked him for his benevolence.
Kawmpang is only one of many government-run schools in Sulu that Tan donated various equipment and supported. He also built many schools that benefit thousands of Muslim students. (Mindanao Examiner. Ahl Salinas)
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