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560 guests at ‘Jom Santai Raya’

KUCHING: Some 560 guests including staff members of New Sarawak Tribune and Utusan Sarawak and their family members, sponsors, senior citizens, disabled children and orphans attended a “Jom Santai Raya” at the Civic Centre here, yesterday. The event organised by New Sarawak Tribune and Utusan Sarawak Welfare Club in collaboration

Conference on ‘Preschool Inclusion’ in Nov

KUCHING:  The Association of Registered Childcare Providers Sarawak (ARCPS) and its main collaborator, National Early Childhood Intervention Council (NECIC), are organising a conference called “Preschool Inclusion: The Way Forward”. The conference takes place from 24 until 26 November, 2017 at the Waterfront Hotel here. Themed, “Advocate Equality, Embrace Diversity &

Gritty Crocs reserves hold T’gganu

KUCHING: Sarawak failed to capitalise of their own homeground advantage to hold Terengganu to a 0-0 draw in Malaysia Cup 2017 match at the State Stadium in Petra Jaya, here, on Tuesday night. Despite the Crocs failure to finish the chances against Terengganu, new head coach Pengiran Bala was delighted

Choral performance among activities at Sarawak Day 2017

  KUCHING: A special 15 minutes choral performance by 50 students will be featured during Sarawak Day celebration at the Kuching Waterfront this Saturday (22 July). The choral performance will start soon after the arrival of the guest of honour, Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud.

RWMF 2017 garners higher ticket sales

SANTUBONG: Rainforest World Music Festival 2017 (RWMF 2017) has shown an increase of eight percent of its total sales of pre-sale tickets from last year’s edition. This year, there were about 20,000 tickets sold compared to 18,000 tickets in 2016. This was revealed by Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) Chairman Datuk

At least 50 per cent varsity entry target

  KUCHING: At least 50 per cent of the children in each family (Malay and Muslim especially) must enter the university either to further their studies for diploma or degrees. This was stated by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan in his speech during the ‘Samarindok Aidilfitri

Calling entries to Sports Toto 3 on 3 Basketball Jamboree 2017

KUCHING: Sports Toto 3-on-3 Basketball Jamboree 2017 is back again this year on 6 August, starting at 7am onwards. Sports Toto (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd as the main sponsor handed over sponsorship totaling RM30,000 to Mayor of Kuching South City Council (MBKS), Dato James Chan in the Mayor’s office at Jalan Padungan

Five villages declared rabies-infected areas

KUCHING: The state government has declared the five villages in Serian District namely Kampung Kerait, Kampung Paon Rimu, Kampung Paun Rimu Bakung, Kampung Remun and Kampung Lebor under Section 37 of Veterinary Public Health Ordinance 1999 as rabies-infected areas by gazette notification. This was disclosed by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar

Head of State pays last respect to Daud

KUCHING: Head of State, Tun Pehin Sri Haji Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife, Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Hajjah Ragad Kurdi Taib were present at the residence of the late Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman at Jalan Matang yesterday to pay him their last respects. Daud was later buried at the

‘Fast internet service is indispensable’

KUCHING: Two months ago, Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Johari Tun Openg announced that state government will increase the number of towers to 5,000 from the existing of 1,200. In addition, Johari when met by reporters after attending an open house of Minister of Works Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof on