THE Sarawak government will conduct a port master plan study in the first quarter of 2023, with the Miri Port Authority serving as the pilot. The Minister for Sarawak Port Infrastructure and Development Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas stated that the port master plan study aims to improve the efficiency
BY NATASHA JEE & GABRIEL LIHAN Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has clarified the rationale of imposing State Sales Tax (SST) on tyres is to defray the expenses of disposing used tyres throughout the state. He stressed this is a part of the industries’ contribution towards the conservation
BY LEE SHAW WEI, NATASHA JEE & MA CHEE SENG From the RM7.5 billion allocated to the Development Budget, 60 per cent or RM4.5 billion, is targeted for development in rural areas. Deputy Premier and Second Minister for Finance and New Economy Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said that in
What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. – Helen Keller, American disability rights advocate I always wondered what love really meant. No one can really define it exactly now, can they? It means many things for many people.
KUCHING: MYAirline’s much awaited inaugural flights officially touched down yesterday at three destinations in Malaysia, arriving here, Kota Kinabalu and Langkawi from Kuala Lumpur. The flight to Kota Kinabalu recorded a load factor of over 80 per cent showing encouraging demand for travel. Its chief executive officer, Rayner Teo said
KUCHING: A team of students from Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus won the first runner-up spot at the Smart Uni IoT Hackathon National Edition 2022 on Sept 3 this year with their award-winning idea ‘Non-Zero: An IoT-based Personal Energy Harvesting Ecosystem’. Organised by Digital Internet Association Malaysia and supported
KUCHING: A family in Kampung Haji Baki here called for urgent assistance from Hope Place Kuching for much-needed milk powder supplements. Mohd Zairol Mu, 20, had contracted Leptospirosis, a type of bacterial disease. When Hope Place interviewed the family, they said that Zairol used to have a promising career as
By Goh Pei Pei & Alexander Lorna KUCHING: Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg has announced a special payment of one-and-a-half-month basic salary or a minimum of RM2,000 for Sarawak civil servants. He made the announcement in his winding-up speech at the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly sitting
BY LEE SHAW WEI, NATASHA JEE & MA CHEE SENG KUCHING: The third session of the first term of the 19th Sarawak Legislative Assembly (DUN) adjourned sine die at 4.45pm today (Dec 1) after eight days. On the first day, the sitting started with the first reading of six Bills
BY ALEXANDRA LORNA & GOH PEI PEI KUCHING: The first regulated forest carbon project will commence in Sarawak in the first quarter of 2023. He said the initiative will be driven by the private sector entities with the technological know-how and financial resources to ensure the success and sustainability of
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