SIBU, Jan. 20 -- Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee has proposed for the long-awaited cancer centre be built in Sibu, rather than in Kuching, based on logistical grounds.
The Sarawak Education, Innovation and Talent Development Deputy Minister opined that Sibu's central location within Sarawak makes it the most suitable place for establishing this health facility.
"Some might not agree with it, but this is just my personal view. It is not because that we do not favour for the cancer centre to be built in Kuching or anything like that. This is because Sibu is strategically located in the centre of Sarawak.
"And as you know, patients travel frequently for follow-up and for treatment to a cancer centre. It's not a one-off treatment.
"Therefore, in ter...