PTPTN LOAN REPAYMENT KUCHING: The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) borrowers are generally grateful if repayment of their loans could be deferred. PTPTN chairman Wan Saiful Wan Jan was recently quoted saying that the deferment of payment by borrowers with a monthly salary below RM4,000 is the fourth and
KUCHING: Parents are flocking to shopping malls and outlets to purchase school uniforms and other necessities as they prepare for their children to enter the new school session on January 2, 2020. While most parents have already prepared much earlier during the school holidays, some were seen doing last minute
KUCHING: The New Year Countdown 2020 Fiesta will be held from December 29 to 31 at the Square Tower Waterfront Kuching here, featuring nightly musical fountain presentations. Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) in a statement released yesterday said that on December 28, 29, and 30, the fountain would be on
KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kuching Branch will be holding a ‘Padungan Night’ dinner function on February 28, 2020. It will be held at 6.30pm on the third floor of Thian Court, Crown Square here. SUPP Kuching Branch deputy chairman Bong Lian Huan said that the dinner would serve
KUCHING: Harbour Music Café & KTV and Emperor Kingdom KTV & Lounge here yesterday donated to the less fortunate as part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR) and in the spirit of Christmas. Seven charities and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) each received donations of RM1,000 during a simple ceremony held at
KUCHING: Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) has estimated that the increase in minimum wages would add RM2.5 billion yearly in remittances to home countries, adding about seven percent to the estimated RM34 billion per year currently being remitted by foreign workers. “It is obvious that higher remittances made by foreign workers
KUCHING: SMK Jalan Arang here sent two teams to participate in the MakeX Robotics World Championship 2019 in Guangzhou, China from November 28 to December 1. Sarawak Blue Team, represented by Joel Kwoh Lik Xun and Hii Tuong Jing, emerged champion in the MakeX Starter: City Guardian category. It managed
KUCHING: The critical service allowance is necessary in order to compete for medical manpower in the public sector, said Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Talib Zulpilip. He said that currently, the private sector was attracting many nurses and doctors. He was referring to a recent
MIRI: The practice of respecting elders among the Orang Ulu community, especially those appointed by the state government to hold certain responsibilities such as community leaders, must be upheld and applied in life – especially by the current and future young generation, said Telang Usan assemblyman Dennis Ngau. “It cannot
KUCHING: Climate change on a global level has made its palpable impact on the environment such as accelerated rising of sea levels, more intense heat waves, elevated temperatures, and shrinking glaciers, to name a few. While this in itself is sufficiently unsettling, another aspect to consider is this devastating phenomenon’s
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