Focus on developing Sarawak
KUCHING: The Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government is focussed on developing Sarawak and finding solutions to challenges caused by Covid-19 rather than delving on petty politics. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the Covid-19 pandemic has affected lives and the economy worldwide. In such challenging times, politicians must spend their time to […]
Covid-19 among challenges causing RTP delays this year
KUCHING: Out of 2,721 approved Rural Transformation Projects (RTPs) for this year, only seven projects or 0.3 percent have been completed thus far due to the Covid-19 pandemic, among other challenges. In comparison, Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing said that in 2015, 99 percent of approved RTPs for that […]
Stay united to overcome challenges
BY NATASHA JEE & NIA NATASHA HASENAN KUCHING: The people have been urged to continue to remain united in order to remain strong and be able to face challenges ahead. Senior Minister (Infrastructure Cluster) Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said when Malaysia was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic the people remained strong together to curb the […]
Small contractors facing challenges
KUCHING: Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) Kuching branch chairman Sim Kiang Chiok thinks small contractors working on Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) projects in Sarawak may be facing several challenges. He said good and successful contractors in the state could possibly be experiencing a lack of working capital, technical and supervisory staff. “When […]
Remain resilient in facing challenges
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has urged Malaysians to remain resilient and to face challenges with great determination while safeguarding the country’s independence. In a three-minute video clip posted on his Facebook page today in conjunction with the 63rd National Day celebrations, the prime minister called on Malaysians to embrace the new […]
How to be caring teachers during Covid-19 pandemic
KUCHING: The Covid-19 pandemic has posed great challenges for students, teachers and parents when schools in the state had to be temporarily closed. But in spite of all the challenges, St Joseph’s Private Secondary School principal, Father Francis Lim said his teachers still continued to connect with their students online. “We keep going. Why? It […]
Malaysia’s glove industry undeterred
KUALA LUMPUR: When Covid-19 first started to send cataclysmic waves through the global equity market, glove maker counters were among those that had bucked the trend and skyrocketed due to a sudden surge in demand for disposable rubber gloves from both the medical and non-medical sectors. Shares of homegrown rubber glove manufacturer, Top Glove Corporation […]
Virtual education and its challenges for teachers
KUALA LUMPUR: The Covid-19 pandemic has changed education dramatically as it has increased the use of personal telecommunications gadgets such as smartphones which prior to this were prohibited from school grounds, for learning and teaching purposes. This global crisis has made an impact on the conventional teaching and learning as well as on the responsibilities of educators, […]
RM500m in Contingency Fund: Uggah
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, in response to a challenge by Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh, has stated that there is an allocation of RM500mil in the Contingency Fund 2020. On Monday, Wong had challenged Uggah to show that a Contingency Fund for the State Budget […]
Sacrifice of Malaysia’s ‘Florence Nightingale’ immeasurable
KUALA LUMPUR: While some nurses in a few counties are lamenting over the new challenges in their workplace due to the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of Malaysia’s ‘Florence Nightingale’ are tirelessly doing their job with dedication, despite constraints and the new normal at work. “There are news reports of nurses overseas quitting their job, some held protest due […]
