Author: Henry Siyu

Dad’s cooking contest draws neighbourhood together

MUKAH: A cooking competition was successfully held by the Area Neighbourhood Watch Committee (KRT) of Taman King Sum and Hung Liong at Jalan Desa Merpati here. Dubbed `Dad’s Yummy Cooking’, the event received encouraging response from the community. Participants were in pairs of either ‘father and son’ or ‘father and

Call to set up health clinic at Sg Kut Muara

  DALAT: The residents of Sungai Kut near here hoped that the authority concerned would set up a health clinic at Sungai Kut Muara in the near future. A villager, David Bin Ulis said if the clinic were to materialise it should be similar to the 1Malaysia clinic which charges

Four residents receive compensation cheques

MUKAH: Four residents here yesterday afternoon received compensation cheques from Etiqa General Takaful Berhad (EGTB).  They were  the Village Chief (KK), Mohamad B Kassim of Kpg Sg Ragei Mukah who received RM1, 725, Hanny Marshal of Kpg Siteng (RM770), Talip Sebli of Kpg Pulat Balingian (RM1,800) and KK Tai Ki

70 Mukah APM members cast their postal votes

MUKAH: Seventy members of Mukah District Civil Defence Force (Mukah APM) participated in the ‘Undi Pos’ (Postal Voting) at Mukah Disitrct Office at Menara Pehin Setia Raja near here on Monday morning. The group comprised senior officers and staffs of the local APM including volunteers headed by Officer-in-Charge of Mukah

DSSPA supports Hanifah

DALAT: Members of the Dalat District Smallholders Sago Planters Association (DSSPA)  support  the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for Mukah, Dato Hanifah Hajar Taib. According to its Chairman, Benedict Pon  Akie, they hope she will win with a handsome majority in the 14th General Election (GE14). He added that they believed

20 benefit from Organic Polybag Planting Course

MUKAH: About twenty participants took part in the Organic Polybag Planting Course held in this district on Labour Day (May 1), recently. Staged at Petanak Beach Chalets & Cafe (PBCC) Mukah, the speaker of the day was Haji Awang Othman Awang Hamsawi. Being the first course on the Polybag Planting

Mukah FRD celebrates World Fire Brigade Day

MUKAH: The Mukah Division Fire and Rescue Services Department (Mukah FRD) celebrated its World Fire Brigade Day yesterday. Commencing with the arrival of guests at about 8.10am, the celebration was officiated at by Zakaria Bin Aini, who represented Sibu Zone 4 FRD Chief. On hand to welcome the guest of

Tengah: 47,532 house lot ownership letters issued

DALAT: A total of 47,532 house lot ownership letters have been issued throughout the state. This was disclosed by Deputy Chief  Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan in his speech at the presentation ceremony of Traditional Village Landownership Letters for Kampung Balan, Kampung Sungai Ud and Kampung Medong at

Tengah confident BN will win Mukah

DALAT: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan is full of confidence that the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for P.213 Mukah will deliver. He said it is because Dato Hanifah Hajar Taib inherits the blood of a leader that has contributed tremendously to Mukah and Sarawak as a

Hanifah a winnable BN candidate, says Yakub

BALINGIAN:  Developments are taking place in Balingian and Mukah, thanks to the Barisan Nasional government, according to Balingian State Assemblyman, Abdul Yakub Haji Arbi.  “In the old days, people from the longhouses would take long boat rides to go to Balingian Bazaar and Mukah Town. Rural areas like Balingian need