Rep lauds internet improvement initiative
MIRI: State’s Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Assistant Minister Datuk Rosey Yunus is hoping that the newly launched Sarawak Rural Broadband Network (MySRBN) in Long Terawan today (Apr 6) will also be established in Bekenu to accelerate internet connectivity there. “It’s (MySRBN) a good initiative by the Sarawak government. Since the outbreak […]
PBB vice-president lauds PN presidential council
KUCHING: The setting up of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) presidential council is a good move, said Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. “It (presidential council) is a good move. There is no charter or agreement being signed. But it is a presidential council where once in a while the party […]
Residents applaud assemblyman for developments
KABONG: Since its elevation into a full district in 2015, Kabong has witnessed a better development landscape with various projects being actively implemented. Many residents have attributed the latest developments in the constituency to its assemblyman Mohd Chee Kadir, who was elected in the 2016 state election. Kampung Sessang Penghulu Kamalludin Rambli said the demarcation […]
Former UN special rapporteur praises Putrajaya for raising poverty line
KUALA LUMPUR: Former United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, has applauded the Malaysian government following its commitment to raise the poverty line to RM2,208 from RM980. In his Twitter account recently, the law professor and chair of the Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice at the New York […]
