KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (PMC) will wait for an official directive from the state Ministry of Local Government and Housing (MLGH) on the issuance of compounds to violators of the pandemic standard operating procedures (SOPs). PMC chairman Lo Khere Chiang said although the directive has been in effect since March
SEBUYAU: A total of 172 homes here have been repaired through the Sarawak Poor Housing Improvement Project (PPRMS) so far. Infrastructure and Ports Development Assistant Minister and Sebuyau assemblyman, Datuk Julaihi Narawi, said the state government led by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) is always concerned about the living conditions
ASAJAYA: A total of 4,057 people in three villages in this district have been quarantined after a Covid-19 active case detection (ACD) was implemented recently. The villages involved are Kampung Asajaya Laut, Kampung Asajaya Tengah and Kampung Asajaya Ulu. According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas),
THIS year marks the 20th year of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development (KWKPK) Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah’s involvement in politics. Fatimah who is of Chinese and Melanau parentage first came into the political arena as a Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) candidate for Dalat constituency in
SADONG JAYA: The Sadong Jaya Village Expansion Scheme (SPK) will be able to meet the growing population in the district especially in the traditional villages. Sadong Jaya assemblyman Aidel Lariwoo said the crowded and disorganised village conditions are deemed to disturb the landscape and ambience in the village. “When we
SADONG JAYA: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan welcomed the allocation of RM1.01 billion from the Ministry of Rural Development (KPLB) for the rural development in Sarawak. He recalled that during the previous Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government’s tenure, the funds allocated for the state were not
SADONG JAYA: A Village Expansion Scheme (SPK) project here worth over RM34 million is nearing completion with 91.17 percent of the works done. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said upon completion, the scheme will be able to provide a total of 290 residential lots including public
SADONG JAYA: The upgrading and rehabilitation of Sadong Jaya/Sungai Buluh Road Section 1 here costing RM9,348,576 is expected to complete by October this year. Infrastructure and Ports Development Assistant Minister Datuk Julaihi Narawi said the road project which stretches over 8 kilometres long is a package under the proposed upgrading
SADONG JAYA: The upgrading and rehabilitation works of the coastal road network are not ‘sweets’ to lure voters in light of the coming state election, said Infrastructure and Ports Assistant Minister Datuk Julaihi Narawi. He took note that certain quarters would have such thought when the ministers and elected representatives
KUCHING: Slightly over 50 percent of the eligible population of Serian division had registered for the Covid-19 immunisation programme through their village heads and community leaders (KMKK). On the other hand, 3.2 percent of the population had rejected or declined the vaccination offer. “However, some had given it a second
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