BINTULU-Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have been urged to re-look at their approaches so that their efforts will be able to bring long term benefits for the community, particularly those in the rural area. Bintulu Member of Parliament, Dato' Seri Tiong King Sing, said NGOs should harness the skills and expertise of their members to educate the rural folks particularly in the subjects of proper health and safety maintenance. "Rural people like those staying in longhouses need our guidance so that they could lead a better life and this could not be done alone by the government. Everybody including the NGOs have to chip in," he added. Speaking at the Fifth Installation Dinner of Rotary Club of Bintulu Central at Regency Plaza Hotel on Friday, Tiong revealed his own experience of visiting remote longhouses in the constituency where most of the folks were still following the old traditions. According to him, healthy lifestyle and safety were given little concern by the rural people as more efforts need to be injected to change their mindset towards that of a progressive society. He suggested Rotary, who had members comprising professionals, to take a bolder move by travelling deep into the upper reached areas here to experience themselves while identifying the needs that they could fulfill to change the rural people for the better. While praising the club members efforts so far by donating fire extinguishers to several longhouses as well as school uniforms for rural students, the Member of Parliament urged them to look further in order for long term benefits to be extended to the target group. He agreed that Rotary being an NGO need to promote good relationship with the government agencies and departments as a move to ensure their service could be carried out efficiently. Acknowledging the vast areas of opportunities for the club to serve the community, Tiong pledged his support and willing to sit down together with them to chart their future programme, particularly in helping the needy in the rural. Prior to addressing the dinner, Tiong witnessed the installation of Encik James Kator Supeh as the fifth president of the club by the outgoing president, Encik Ong Sing Koon. Earlier, Kator in his speech said the club planned to organise a health awareness programme as one of the projects that they would carry out for the 2002/2003 term. He said that although the membership to the club was by invitation, everyone who are interested to contribute and serve the community are welcomed to join them, where they fixed every Monday evening for their meeting at the Regency Plaza Hotel. Apart from the installation of the club's new board of directors, the dinner also witnessed the induction of two new members, namely Dr Mohd Amin Ujang and Puan Ivy Yek.