Lee hopes board can expedite approval
KUCHING: The Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board (CVLB) Sarawak, under its new chairman Lambir assemblyman Ripin Lamat, can now speed up the approval of 252 outstanding applications. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said that with Ripin’s appointment, it was important that the CVLB board commence its monthly meeting and execute its functions as there were […]
3.5 million EPF contributors getting I-Lestari money
KOTA KINABALU: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has approved withdrawals from Account 2 totalling RM1.66 billion by 3.5 million contributors under the i-Lestari initiative launched last month, said Deputy Finance Minister I Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri. The money would be credited into their bank accounts via electronic transfer between May 4 and 18, he said in a […]
Resounding YES to Prihatin
ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE KUCHING: Sarawakians have generally given a resounding approval to the RM250 billion Prihatin economic stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Friday. The initiative included payment of RM1,000 for households earning between RM4,000 to RM8,000 a month with RM500 paid in April and the balance in May. This […]
Make sure to get valid permits
GAS DISTRIBUTION IN SARAWAK KUCHING: Companies or persons involved in the O&G industry must have the necessary licences, leases and approvals required by the Distribution of Gas Ordinance 2016 (DGO 2016) which will be fully enforced in Sarawak from Jan 1 next year. As stipulated in Part 3 Section 7 of the DGO 2016, […]
