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SK Salak has potentials to produce high achievers

KUCHING: Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Salak is set to adapt to a higher and more advanced level of education to produce more outstanding students. Rural Electricity Assistant Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said this could be seen by more former students of the school pursuing their tertiary education. According to

BGS, a new tourist destination

KUCHING: Rural Electricity Assistant Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi has called on the people of Kampung Boyan, Gersik and Sourabaya (BGS) to sell the uniqueness of BGS to tourists. “Let’s make BGS a must-visit destination,” he said at the closing ceremony of the N4 Pantai Damai Old Kuching Smart

Teacher wins Isuzu D-Max in Maggi contest

KUCHING: Wan Abdullah Wan Abdul Hamid emerged as the winner for the fifth edition of the ‘Jom Masak & Menang Bersama Maggi’ contest, taking home the grand prize of a limited edition Isuzu D-Max X-Series pickup truck worth RM136,000. The 45-year-old teacher from SK Senari was grateful for the chance

Think positive, urges Miro 

KUCHING: Serembu assemblyman Miro Simuh said people should not speculate on the meeting between Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg and Council of Eminent Persons chairman Tun Daim Zainuddin last Friday. He said, “We are looking at this (meeting) as a closed-door discussion between Abang Johari and Tun

We’re one big family

KUCHING: The state government will continue to protect the state’s culture and harmony at all cost, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. Insisting that Sarawak can only be properly taken care of by its own people, he pointed out that Sarawakians are truly understanding and accepting when

CM: It’s just a chit chat, it’s nothing

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has denied any knowledge of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) MPs who wanted Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to stay on as Prime Minister. “I know about the meeting but I do not know what transpired in the meeting,” he told reporters after

New approach

Development of suburbs, city housing among strategies to cope with population increase: CM KUCHING: The next long-term development agenda for Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) and Kuching South City Council (MBKS) is to strategise and plan new housing estates to cope with the state’s population increase in the next 30

No need for special committee on citizenship: Chong

KUCHING: Applications for citizenship do not need a special committee to solve the related problems, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister Chong Chieng Jen. Speaking when Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin visited Kuching Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) here yesterday, he figured that if the issues or

Highlanders get RM1.5 bln

No one is left behind; everyone gets a slice of the cake: CM MIRI: True to his word, no community in Sarawak is left behind. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has set aside RM1.5 bln to develop the highlands in northern Sarawak, including Bario, to uplift the

‘Pepper stop-buy only temporary’

KUCHING: The Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) has recently clarified that the suspended purchase of pepper from July 26 is only temporary, and will resume as usual on Aug 8. Its chairman Larry Sng Wei Shien said this in response to a recent newspaper report that claimed pepper farmers had been