KUCHING: Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said there was a need to refine the open tender system for government projects. He raised the issue on the back of disappointment over the delay of a safety concrete barrier project along part of Jalan Batu Kawah which is a
SARIKEI: Nearly 700 needy primary and secondary school students here will receive new school bags. The new bags were donated by Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii and were symbolically handed over to some of the recipients at the Repok Service Centre on Sunday (Mar 6). Huang called upon
KUCHING: The Stadium Muhibah in Bintulu has been converted into a low-risk Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) in preparation for a surge in COVID-19 cases. Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said that with the increasing cases in the town, and once the occupancy at the hospital reached maximum,
KUCHING: The federal government has been urged not to allow only a single private healthcare company to provide COVID-19 screening tests at Malaysian airports. Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing said that the screening test service at the international airports in Malaysia had been monopolised by one company only.
KUCHING: The Sarawak government is looking to acquire Pfizer’s oral antiviral drug, Paxlovid, to treat COVID-19 infected patients. Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said this following an announcement by the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) conditional approval for the use of the medicine on March 3. “Thanks to
GEDONG: Premier of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg wants youth in the state to stay strong in mind and body so that they contribute to achieving a developed state status by 2030. He said this could be achieved by continuing to inculcate a healthy and active
KUCHING: The newly launched RM323 million Borneo Cultures Museum (BCM) is a long term investment by the Sarawak government to boost the state’s economy. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg was confident that the new museum would create the desired spin-off effects because of its strategic location in the heart
KUCHING: One of the state government’s objectives is to enhance its education and twenty first-century abilities. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg Tun Openg said that these include critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and digital literacy. “The state government through its agencies, primarily the Sarawak Museum Department,
KUCHING: Last night’s official opening of the state-of-the-art Borneo Cultures Museum (BCM) was what many Sarawakians were waiting for. Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud officiated at the opening ceremony of the museum, which is largest in the country and second largest in Southeast Asia. Also present
KUCHING: Sarawak should be able to apply the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) new policy where asymptomatic close contacts who have received their booster shots need not undergo quarantine. In stating this, Dr Helmy Hazmi, an associate professor attached to Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (UNIMAS) Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences explained
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