KUCHING: Estonia is an excellent country for Sarawak to emulate as the little European nation is known for its high integrity and transparency. In raising this, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said that Estonia had undergone a great technological transformation which has made its administration very accessible
KUCHING: The city’s free hydrogen bus service officially starts today, running from 7am to 7pm along two routes. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the buses would for all locals and tourists. “The routes are the Downtown Heritage Loop of about 14 km and the Damai Loop
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg will come up with a formula to help the poor in Sarawak in terms of public transportation. “I am still finding the formula. I will announce it later. We have to study it first,” he said when officiating at Integrity Day
KUCHING: In the first three days of implementing the e-Tunai Rakyat initiative, 800,000 of the one million applications received were approved with a total of RM24 million spent thus far via the three e-wallet operators. “We want to encourage digital payments, which is why we introduced the RM30 free shopping
KUCHING: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has refuted claims that the e-Tunai Rakyat initiative is a means to intrude upon a person’s personal information. He said the programme was implemented and coordinated under Khazanah Nasional Bhd. “They have set up all the safeguards,” he assured during his visit to The
Stateless children KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang has urged the federal government to ‘buck up’ regarding the many cases of stateless children in Sarawak without identification cards (ICs). “If you (the federal government) cannot do it, give us (the Sarawak government) back the autonomy to deal
Amendment to Article 1(2) KUCHING: Sarawak should be very cautious regarding the amendment to Article 1(2), especially the part on financial implications, said Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang. He pointed out that the part on financial implications under Article 1(2), reads, “This Bill will involve the government
KUCHING: Stepping into the new year, Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) has featured Sarawak to the world during the Matka Nordic Travel Fair 2020, launching three of its key tourism products catered for the Nordic market. The travel fair is being held from January 16 to 19 at the Helsinki Exhibition
KUCHING: Hope Place is seeking contributions such as special milk powder required by needy individuals under its care. One such individual in need of this special milk powder is Marina Ha Shui Moi, a 60-year-old achalasia patient from Semeba Road here. A Sarawak General Hospital medical social worker had referred
KUCHING: State Reform Party (STAR) president Lina Soo has taken to task Batu Lintang assemblyman See Chee How for inferring that she is advocating lawlessness, hostilities and violent confrontation. She said it is reckless of See to tarnish her character and political party. Lina was responding to a press statement
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