KUCHING: The COVID-19 Omicron variant infection is definitely not just mild flu as it will pose challenges to the high risk groups, including the elderly and those with diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said this was based on his personal experience
KUCHING: The Sarawak-Sabah Link Road and Pan Borneo Highway are among the central infrastructure projects that will need to be sped up to improve logistics and communications in the two states. Economics professor Dr Geoffrey Williams of Malaysia University of Science and Technology said these projects would drive regional development
KUCHING: The issue of heavy school bags has been debated at all levels, public, professionals and the authorities but the problem is still haunting the children to date. Sarawak Teachers’ Union (STU) president Adam Parkash Abdullah said it looked like the heavy school bags issue is quite difficult to solve
KUCHING: The issue of heavy school bags is a longstanding problem and can be resolved with the setup of smart classrooms with e-book facilities. President of the Association of Boards of Management for Aided Chinese Primary Schools in Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions, Datuk Jonathan Chai said with such technology
KUCHING: The government and relevant authorities have been urged to improve data transparency in COVID-19 management in releasing the number of daily cases as well as detected clusters in Sarawak. Bandar Kuching Member of Parliament (MP) Dr Kelvin Yii said this was not to instil fear or create panic, but
KUCHING: The restyling of the Sarawak Chief Minister to Premier of Sarawak is timely to reflect the status of Sarawak in forming Malaysia, which is equivalent to the whole of Peninsular Malaysia or Malaya. A Sarawak lawyer, Lim Heng Choo said it was inappropriate and outright wrong to equate Sarawak
KUCHING: Deputy Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring) Dato Gerawat Gala tested positive for COVID-19 yesterday. He had gone for a Reaction Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test yesterday after his self-test’s result on a Rapid Test Kit-Antigen (RTK-Antigen) turned out to be positive. “Prior
KUCHING: The renaming of the chief minister’s post as premier is merely a name change without the devolution of more federal powers to Sarawak under the Federal List. A Sarawak lawyer, Simon Siah, said although this was a beginning to differentiate Sarawak’s status from the other states, more has to
KUCHING: The upgrading work of the existing two-lane single carriageway at Jalan Section C1 in Samalaju Industrial Park to a four lanes dual carriageway is expected to start early next year. Regional Corridor Development Authority (RECODA) said one of the two phases to be carried out, will involve massive utilities
KUCHING: The amendment to the Constitution of the state of Sarawak for the term “Chief Minister” to be restyled to “Premier”, will come into effect today. Sarawak State Secretary Datuk Jaul Samion said the Sarawak state legislative assembly (DUN) on Feb 15 has passed several amendments to the Constitution of
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