BAU: The Sarawak government will explore new ‘gold’ to develop the district, rather than rejuvenating the antimony and gold mining activities which are no longer economical today. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg revealed that although Bau was active in these activities in the olden days as far
BAU: The district has the potential to become a tourist attraction when Sarawak is ready to open its doors to foreigners, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said the lifestyles of the Bidayuhs including their dances, traditional costumes and food could be promoted as
BAU: The state government was called upon to review the areas under the ‘mining lease’ here in order to make way for development. Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep said gold mining and trade activities flourished in Bau from 1820 until 2014. As of now, gold mining activities have
BAU: Construction of the first phase of Tasik Biru Resort City will commence soon, said Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep. The implementation of the project is possible because it is located on state landm he pointed out. “Other development projects are not on state land because they fall
KUCHING: Thirty-one close contacts to a positive case identified at Rumah Uming, Sg Mador, Meradong on Dec 30 were admitted to quarantine centres in Sarikei and Sibu to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), the active case detection activity was done by the state
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new positive Covid-19 cases in Miri today, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 1,117. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), case 1,116 is a local man (non-Sarawakian) who works as an aircraft pilot at a regional airline operating rural air
KUCHING: Sarawak has reached an astounding 1.1 billion audiences throughout 2020 with digital stories and initiatives to promote its beauty to the world, despite the global pandemic. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said such achievement was possible due to tremendous support from the media in
KUCHING: Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar hopes for the country’s politics to be stable as we move forward into the new year. He said political stability was important to ensure the country’s economic stability. “It will also enable the government’s machinery to smoothly
KUCHING: The Malaysian Cooperative Institute (IKM) will be able to give a boost to the cooperatives industry in the country once it is upgraded to university college status soon. Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the ministry has come up with a forward-looking system
KUCHING: Two Indonesian men had gone off the radar after testing positive for Covid-19. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), the men (Cases 1,107 and 1,108) underwent screening at a private health facility in Serian last Monday (Dec 21) prior to starting new jobs. “They were offered to work
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