More fire extinguishers for villages in Lawas
LAWAS: Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan attended the Singgah Sahur programme as well as officiated at the fire safety campaign here. The campaign’s launch saw the presentation of fire extinguishers to chairman of Persatuan Bomba Sukarela (PBS) Punang and Pukat Jaya, Pemukat PBS, Kuala Lawas and chairman of Bomba Komuniti RKB Banting, […]
Awang Tengah leads delegation to Indonesia
JAKARTA: The Deputy Premier of Sarawak, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan today leads the Sarawak delegation to meet Indonesia’s Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR), Arifin Tasrif. The meeting was part of the two-day mission in Jakarta to meet the Government of Indonesia to confirm Sarawak Government’s support for the development of the […]
‘Sarawak wants its representatives appointed in LHDN’
KUCHING: Sarawak will continue to pursue its request to have Sarawak representatives appointed in the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN). Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said this is very critical to ensure Sarawak can have a say in any decision made by the LHDN. He said Sarawak has also requested federal funding […]
Banking facility launched in Gedong
SIMUNJAN: The community in Gedong can breathe a sigh of relief as they now have access to financial services with the placement of an automatic teller machine (ATM) located at the Anjung Usahawan here. The facility provided by Agrobank is expected to benefit 20,000 residents in the surrounding area. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang […]
RM7.76 mln approved for 652 youth entrepreneurs
MIRI: Up to August this year, the state government had approved a total of RM7.76 million for 652 youth entrepreneurs throughout Sarawak via the Graduates Towards Entrepreneurship (GERAK) and Technical and Vocational Entrepreneurships (USTEV) programmes. This was revealed by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan who is also the Minister of International […]
Don’t be greedy, NCR land owners told
MIRI: Native Customary Right land owners (NCR) have been told not to let their greed control them when asking for their land to be surveyed. “Please, do not make false claims over the boundaries just because you want to have a bigger size of land when the perimeter survey is carried out. “If the size […]
Investors eager to conduct geotechnical study in Sarawak
KUCHING: Investors are eager to proceed with the Lawas Petrochemical And Refinery Integrated Project, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. The International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Minister said he was informed that Beijing BECA Sci-Tech Co Ltd and Sinopec Engineering Incorporated of China were looking to conduct […]
Take post down and apologise, says DCM’s office to netizen
KUCHING: The office of Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan has urged a Facebook user by the account name of ‘Pemanca Nombor Satu’ to take down a post made against the deputy chief minister and apologise immediately. “The post made by the individual is fake and malicious. Any post with evil motivations […]
Awang Tengah bids farewell to Indonesian Consul General
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan received a courtesy call from Consul General of the Indonesian Consulate General in Kuching, Yonny Tri Prayitno at Wisma Sumber Alam yesterday (Sept 27). The aim of the courtesy call is to bid farewell to Yonny who will move to Jakarta soon. Hence, Awang Tengah […]
Awang Tengah receives courtesy call
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan received a courtesy call from the Public Works Department (PWD) at the Ministry of Industrial Development on Sept 10. The courtesy call is aimed to brief Awang Tengah on the implementation of the Sarawak Link Road (SLR) which is known as the Kuala Melinau-Limbang-Lawas Line. […]
