Help will be given, assures state government
LIMBANG: The state government gave its assurance that help will be given to those affected by the movement control order (MCO) and are in dire need of food aid. According to Sarawak Public Communication Unit (Ukas) in a news report today (July 6), Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan, in responding to […]
Families eke out living selling home-grown vegetables
KUCHING: A group of nine families who live at a workers’ quarters at Batu 9, Matang near here are selling their home-grown vegetables in order to survive during the current pandemic. Even though they only earn around RM30 per day, for them, it is enough to buy food for the whole family. Our reporter was […]
BKSS 6.0 food baskets handed out
MUKAH: Another 45 food baskets under the Bantuan Khas Sarawakku Sayang (BKSS) 6.0 package were distributed to residents at Taman Mutiara Indah here recently. Tellian constituency Yussibnosh Balo handed over the contributions to Siri Dani, who represented the recepients. Yussibnosh said the contributions were part of a total of 4,973 food baskets prepared for the […]
Ngemah completes food aid distribution
KANOWIT: The distribution of food aid under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0 for the Ngemah constituency was completed on June 17. Its assemblyman Alexander Vincent on Sunday (June 20) said it took more than a week to fully distribute the food aid to the residents in his constituency. He added that the distribution […]
Food aid for needy Iban households
SIBU: Eighty-seven heads of Iban households received food baskets from the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government on Saturday (June 19). The Sarawak Dayak National Union (SDNU) Sibu Branch said in a statement on its social media page that the food baskets under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance Package 6.0 (BKSS 6.0) were handed over at […]
Coffeeshop owners grateful for aid
KUCHING: Local business owners are grateful to the state government for the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance Package (BKSS 6.0) which aims to ease the burden of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and movement control order (MCO). Coffeeshop owners will soon be included in the package because they are […]
Food aid for more than 6,000
BINTULU: More than 6,000 households within the Kakus constituency affected by the movement control order (MCO) from June 6 to 13 received food baskets under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0. Nearly 40 longhouses in the area have been identified as collection points to enable villagers to collect their food assistance without having to […]
380k rural households to get food help
KUCHING: Another round of aid in the form of food baskets from the state government will be delivered to 380, 568 deserving households throughout Sarawak, including those in Telang Usan constituency. “There is no denying that Telang Usan is one of the most challenging areas in delivering the food aid to the rural people,” said […]
49 polytechnic students get food aid
BETONG: A total of 49 students of Politeknik Metro Betong Sarawak (PMBS), who are on campus, received food aid under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 6.0 today (June 17). PMBS director Suhaili Aleh expressed his gratitude towards the Layar service centre for providing the assistance to the students. “This contribution can help ease the […]
Food aid for 49 Betong polytechnic students
KUCHING: Forty-nine students of Politeknik METrO Betong Sarawak (PMBS) recently receive food assistance under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Aid package (BKSS) 6.0. PMBS said the food assistance was delivered through a representative from Layar state constituency. Its director Suhaili Aleh expressed his gratitude for the aid on behalf of the students. “I thank all the […]
