KUCHING: The state’s Sikh community is not being neglected in terms of development despite being a small ethnic group. The Sarawak Sikh Temple Association president Dr Kalwinder Singh Khaira noted that the ethnic group is made up of fewer than 1,000 people scattered throughout the state, especially in Kuching, Sibu
KUCHING: He maybe the state’s No. 1 politician and that makes his schedule a hectic one. But that does not stop Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to make time visiting leaders of the local Indian community on Deepavali. “Sarawak is special. We are unique people. We grow
KUCHING: The state government will review the next step ahead by year-end to mop up and find ways to ensure Sarawak is rabies-free. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas revealed that the state government is still collaborating with its counterparts in Indonesia, Brunei and Sabah to contain the
KUCHING: The coming State Legislative Assembly (DUN) will table amendments to the Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance 1993 and allocate a good amount of fund to support their application. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg stated that the purpose was an effort to preserve the state’s Malay heritage. “We
KUCHING: Yesterday 1,001 hadrah players at a Temasya Warisan Old Kuching Smart Heritage (OKSHE) 2019 ceremony at Padang Merdeka successfully entered the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) for the ‘Highest Number of Hadrah Players’. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg witnessed the presentation of a certificate for the
KUCHING: Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak echoed a recent call by the Congress of the Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) to urge the government to formulate a national stress management policy. Its chairman Mohamad Ibrahim Hamid said policy might not solve the problem totally
KUCHING: Hexagon Highs Transport Sdn Bhd yesterday soft-launched the prototype of Malaysia’s first safety trailer truck (SST). It was developed with In-Cab Camera Streaming Projection (ICCSP) module system. A camera is mounted on a truck dashboard to record the road ahead. The road scene is projected to a large monitor
BETONG: Researchers from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) were in Pusa assisting producers of gula apong (nipa sugar) to enhance their products. Kampung Tambak and Kampung Serabang in Pusa are well-known for producing much high quality gula apong as they have big areas of cultivated and wild nipa palms. Considering this,
KUCHING: The Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) has called on the Ministry of Education (MOE) to conduct in-depth studies and consult all stakeholders prior to implementing the non-streaming system in the upper forms of the country’s secondary schools. Its president Macky Joseph said consultation between the ministry and the stakeholders such
KUCHING: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) is encouraging convenience stores and supermarket chains in the state to take part in its Consumer Economic Shop Initiative (i-KeeP). Its deputy minister, Chong Chieng Jen, stated that the state-level initiative was recently launched at the ‘Buy Malaysian Products Campaign
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