Women’s rights champion Sukumari Sekhar dies
KUALA LUMPUR: Puan Sri Sukumari Sekhar, one of Malaysia’s earliest champions of women’s rights, died yesterday, which was International Women’s Day. Sukumari, wife of the late Tan Sri B. C. Sekhar, who revolutionised Malaysia’s rubber industry, died at 11.20 pm at the Cardiac Vascular Sentral Kuala Lumpur. She was 87. “It is with deep sorrow […]
‘Datuk’ title a great motivation
KUCHING: Saratok MP Ali Biju, who has been conferred the Panglima Mahkota Wilayah award, which carries the title ‘Datuk’, says this will motivate him more to work harder for the nation and the people. Ali, who is Federal Energy and Natural Resources Deputy Minister, was conferred the award in conjunction with Federal Territory Day, celebrated […]
SMK Sibu Jaya students come out tops
ECO-GREEN TECH CONTEST SIBU: Students of SMK Sibu Jaya won Gold Award in the recent regional Eco-Green Tech competition. Their victory was attributed to their innovative invention in the contest organised by the Environmental Conservation Association of Malaysia with the support of the Ministry of Education and other non-governmental organisations. They have Senator Robert Lau […]
Les’ Copaque Production awarded by YouTube
KUALA LUMPUR: Les’ Copaque Production YouTube has been awarded the Diamond Creator Award from biggest video streaming platform YouTube for hitting 10 million subscribers. In a statement today, Les’ Copaque Production Sdn Bhd managing director Burhanuddin Md Radzi said with 10.3 million subscribers, Les’ Copaque Production has become the first YouTube channel in Malaysia to […]
Swinburne wins award in good ethics
KUCHING: Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus (Swinburne Sarawak) has won the ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) ‘YES Malaysia’ award in promoting the practice of good ethics. ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) launched a two-month-long ‘YES Malaysia’ campaign in its effort to champion trust, ethics and professionalism which included an online vote […]
Successful year for Naim
KUCHING: Naim Group of Companies (Naim) ended the year on a high note after being crowned the BrandLaureate Iconic Brand of the Decade Industry Champion for property and infrastructure during the BrandLaureate Brand Icon Leadership Award in Kuala Lumpur. Receiving the award was Naim’s group deputy managing director Christina Wong. “We are grateful to Asia […]
SeDidik Mukah wins Best Overall award
KUCHING: SeDidik Mukah was crowned as the Best Zone for the Best Overall award during SeDidik Excellence Award Ceremony held at Grand Margherita here on Monday. SeDidik Mukah successfully met the six requirements for the Best SeDidik Zone, namely the number of SeDidik centres, total number of students’ enrolments in the year, standard curriculum marks […]
