Author: Tania Lam

New cases in Sarawak surge to 836, two deaths

KUCHING: Sarawak saw a surge in new positive Covid-19 cases today (Tuesday) — 836 cases compared to 589 yesterday (Aug 9). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement today, said with that, the state’s case tally was now 82,753. It added the state also recorded two new deaths,

350 food baskets for Rela members in Bintulu

KUCHING: The Bintulu Parliamentary Service Centre today (Aug 10) distributed 350 food baskets to the People’s Volunteer Corps (Rela) members in Bintulu “I hope this will bring them some relief,” said Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing in a Facebook post today (Tuesday). He said since the Covid-19 outbreak

New book on Bau history out soon

KUCHING: A new book, entitled ‘Quintessence of Mau San’, written in Mandarin by Persatuan Hwa Gong Bau, will soon be available to the public who wants to know more about the history of Bau. On Monday (Aug 9), members of the association briefed Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep

Going beyond our comfort zones

KUCHING: Newly appointed Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) chief executive officer (CEO) Amelia Roziman always encourages her team members to step beyond their comfort zone in order to gain as much experience as they can, as this is what has led her to where she is today. She said if a

Allocation of financial assistance practical and realistic

KUCHING: There is no perfect mechanism for the allocation of financial assistance apart from being practical and realistic, said Sarawak Business Federation (SBF) secretary-general Jonathan Chai Voon Tok. He was commenting on Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen’s statement that the RM10,000 one-off financial aid for active

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Chong chided for negative remarks

KUCHING: Despite the state government’s best efforts to ease the burden of Sarawakians during the Covid-19 pandemic, Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman, Chong Chieng Jen will always have something negative to say. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said this in response to Chong’s

GPS govt caring to SMEs

KUCHING: The special one-off financial aid of RM10,000 for active businesses registered in Sarawak provided under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 7.0 package shows that the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government is caring and was sympathetic to the plight of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In saying this,

EMCO for five localities

KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) yesterday (Aug 6) declared that the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be imposed at five localities in the state. They said the EMCO would be enforced at Grace Million Workers’ Quarters in Bintulu District from Aug 4 to 17; Rumah (Rh) Joseph

Embrace digital technology

KUCHING: The creative industry must embrace the digital technology and apply new approaches with regard to the production of works and materials with the advent of social media. Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said social media had overtaken the conventional media as the mainstream media. “It (social media)

Finas, SMG ink MoU on creating talents

KUCHING: National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) and Sarawak Media Group (SMG) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Creative Industry Immediate Economic Action Plan (Pelaksana) in a virtual ceremony held via Zoom on Thursday (Aug 5). Signing for Finas was its chief executive officer (CEO) Dr Ahmad Idham