KUCHING: The resignation of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as prime minister is expected to affect the country’s economy. “It will also have direct effects on efforts to address the impact of Covid-19 on socio-economic issues including poverty,” said Fellow of Akademi Sains Malaysia Associate Professor Dr Madeline Berma told New
KUCHING: A progressive plan is needed to restructure the public transportation system in Sarawak, says newly-appointed Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (LPKP) Sarawak chairman Wong King Wei. He said as such, LPKP played an important role to ensure public bus service providers not only ply routes deemed profitable but all routes
KUCHING: The Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (LPKP) Sarawak is looking forward to work with the state government to improve the state’s public transportation service. In welcoming the state government’s initiative to provide free school bus service, its new chairman Wong King Wei assured that LPKP Sarawak would support any good
KUCHING: Muslims must embrace technologies that have enabled the Industrial Revolution 4.0 such as artificial intelligence and Internet of Things. While pointing out to them the importance of embracing digital technologies and learning the knowledge accumulated by western countries, Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department Datuk Dr Datuk Dr
KUCHING: Without a shadow of a doubt, drinking and driving is never a good idea. Drunk drivers are only putting their lives at risk but also the lives of others. Figures showed that between 2010 and 2015, 618 deaths were due to drunk drivers. Based on the statistics, Malaysia is
KUCHING: The state government has approved RM50 million this year for the repair and construction of longhouses. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas revealed that Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg approved the amount since the federal government had yet to allocate the budget for this
PUTRAJAYA: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan attended the 136th meeting of Chief Ministers and Mentri Besar here yesterday morning. Awang Tengah, who represented Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg, was accompanied by Deputy State Secretary Datuk Seri Mohamad Abu Bakar Marzuki. The deputy chief
MIRI: Several roads near Permaisuri Imperial City Mall will be closed and traffic will be diverted in conjunction with the Wireless Walk event on Feb 26. The committee announced in a statement yesterday that the full road closure would begin at 7pm. The road along Jalan Merpati in front of
KUCHING: E-commerce should be seen as an incredible opportunity for Sarawakians to venture into the business sector and improve, said International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development (Mintred) Assistant Minister Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais. Naroden, who was representing Mintred Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, said the
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas yesterday stressed that social media posts discrediting the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government were bound with lies, slanders and instigations. He said the allegation on the enactment of Section 6 of the State Land Code to seize NCR (native customary rights)
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