Internet banking fraud: Chong goes to parliament
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen who has been vocal about internet banking fraud is taking it up to the next level. Chong, who is Stampin MP, said due to banks’ refusal to take responsibility for such fraud cases, he had submitted three parliamentary questions on this issue for the coming […]
Education fair targets school leavers in Kuching
KUCHING: Education fair will provide Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) leavers with a better grasp of the courses they will be taking. Padungan assemblyman Chong Chieng Jen made the point that youngsters needed to take courses at the higher education level to better prepare them for the workforce. “The Stampin Service Centre had allocated a fund […]
High cost of material
THE state government should allow its contractors to adjust their prices in view of the hike in the price of construction material. Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Padungan) said that in the last one year, prices of construction material had increased tremendously with steel prices increasing twofold. “Even the prices of locally produced cement, sand, and gavels […]
Chong shies away from commenting DAP-PSB negotiation
By Natasha Jee, Allan Jay & Ma Chee Seng KUCHING: Sarawak DAP Chairman Chong Chieng Jen has shied away from disclosing anything about the talks between his party and Sarawak and Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) on working together in the next general election. He said he would leave it to the three-man-committee led by his […]
Porridge, dates for Muslims in Padungan
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak on Friday distributed savoury porridge or bubur lambuk and dates to Muslims in the Padungan constituency. Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen disclosed that the distribution was conducted together with DAP Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen. “Besides that, we provided some Raya food aid to 12 families […]
State DAP offers RM1,500 dialysis assistance fund
KUCHING: A total of 100 kidney patients from the Bandar Kuching and Stampin parliamentary constituencies are now eligible for a RM1,500 dialysis assistance fund. According to Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Chong Chieng Jen, the programme aims to alleviate the financial burden of kidney patients who are currently receiving dialysis therapy. “The candidate has […]
Ensure big-scale sago plantation do not affect environment, gov’t told
BY NATASHA JEE & ALEXANDRA LORNA KUCHING: An opposition member has argued that while sago plantation is environmentally friendly, large-scale cultivation coupled with widespread fertiliser usage, however, will harm the environment. Chong Chieng Jen (DAP-Kota Sentosa), admitting that sago plantations do absorb carbon particles contained in the air, introducing large-scale plantations can be detrimental to […]
Chong chided for negative remarks
KUCHING: Despite the state government’s best efforts to ease the burden of Sarawakians during the Covid-19 pandemic, Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman, Chong Chieng Jen will always have something negative to say. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice-president, Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said this in response to Chong’s recent statement that the RM10,000 […]
Fazzrudin chides Chong for malicious remark
KUCHING: Claims by Democratic Action Party (DAP) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen alleging that the Sarawak government purposely withheld Covid-19 aid until the election nears has irked Tupong assemblyman Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman. He said it was uncalled for, malicious, baseless and only served to trivialise the state government’s efforts to keep the economy going amid […]
GPS Backbenchers Club slam Chong for unsavoury remarks
KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) Backbenchers Club have slammed Sarawak Democratic Action Party chairman Chong Chieng Jen for his recent remarks. “Chong, in his now too often outbursts against the Sarawak government, has ignored the facts to rally his support base to create a negative perception of the state-federal relationship between GPS and Perikatan Nasional. […]
