KUCHING: President of State Reform Party Sarawak (Star) Lina Soo (pic) is supporting the Sarawak government’s resolve to carry on with its 5% sales tax on for-export petroleum and petroleum products, and its proposal to the federal government to lower the 38% Petroleum Income Tax. Soo was referring to an
KUCHING: The storks were kept busy on New Year’s Day. Two babies, one of them a girl, were among the first to arrive in 2019. They were born after midnight at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here. The healthy Bidayuh baby girl was born at 12.13am, weighing 2.79kg. A Dusun baby
KUCHING: In this New Year, it is hoped that there will be less political nonsense and clumsiness among politicians and high-level leaders on both sides. Chief Minister’s Office (Corporate Affairs) Assistant Minister Abdullah Saidol, said that people’s expectation are reasonable, that is, they want to be assured that the nation
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas (pic) said beginning today (Jan 1) his duty would be to put greater effort into transforming the state’s agricultural sector. He said for this year, the state has allocated RM355 million, and modern programmes and projects had been identified to boost
KUCHING: A flood mitigation project at Kampung Sinar Budi Baru, Jalan Desa Wira is expected to be completed by end of January next year. A political secretary to the Chief Minister Tan Kai said the project cost RM850,000, and the fund was a special allocation from the Sarawak government. “The
BAU: Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep told Mas Gading MP Mordi Bimol not to make a mountain out of a molehill but should instead focus more on how he could help the community. Henry said this when referring to the accusation made by Mordi recently that he did
BAU: News about a sports arena to be built in Bau is great news for the community here. Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep said that he is confident about Bau having a sports arena, but for now the people just have to wait for the official announcement by
One single drug that sends most addicts to Kuching rehab centre KUCHING: Syabu or methamphetamine seems to be the main reason why addicts end up making a rehab centre here their home away from home. According to a statistics with the Narcotics Addiction Rehabilitation Centre (Puspen) Kuching, which houses these
KUCHING: Food and beverage (F&B) manufacturers and players in Sarawak who want to import refined sugar from overseas can now apply for the permit from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry. Its deputy minister Chong Chieng Jen said to date one F&B manufacturer in Sarawak had successfully obtained the
KUCHING: A total of 6,079 applicants from Sarawak will soon be called for interviews and training to be firefighters. There are 1,096 female and 4,983 male applicants. Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) director Khirudin Drahman said the 6,079 are among the 57,000 candidates throughout Malaysia who are waiting to
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