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Many hands make light work of keeping city clean

KUCHING: The overwhelming participation of people in the Kempen Kebersihan Bandaraya Kuching reflects the willingness of all parties to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining cleanliness in the city centre. Utilities and Telecommunication Deputy Minister Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said the participation of private bodies, traders, voluntary bodies, welfare clubs and private individuals in the […]

MBKS launches cleaning-up drive

KUCHING: Kuching City South Council (MBKS) has kicked off its cleaning-up campaign with an aim to keep the city clean. It was also meant to revive the spirit of gotong-royong among the public. About 60 MBKS staff together with 30 local residents and shop owners joined hands in a collaboration for the cleaning-up campaign at […]

100 participate in gotong-royong

SIMANGGANG: About 100 Sri Aman District Council (MDSA) members and shop owners participated in a ‘gotong-royong’(communal work) at Light Industrial Area, Jalan Padri here today. Community Wellbeing Assistant Minister cum Simanggang assemblyman Datuk Francis Harden Hollis was also on-the-ground to join the group in cleaning works. The programme was co-organised by Chinese Village Development and […]

Hand gets broken after stuck in machine

SIMANGGANG: A bakery worker had to endure a full 40-minute of suffering when his hand got stuck in a mixing machine while doing cleaning work here, yesterday. Sri Aman zone three Fire and Rescue Department chief Ramlan Marajan said the incident happened at the Pertama Bakery factory involving an employee named Mohd Arif Ahmad. “Firefighters […]

Toilet’s wall fan needs urgent cleaning

MUKAH: A functioning wall fan inside a male public toilet here needs cleaning badly and urgently too. New Sarawak Tribune on Friday (July 3) discovered that it was covered by thick and sticky dust, despite still functioning. Looking at the nature of the dirt, the last time the fan was cleaned could be many months […]

Mosques, surau committees urged to clean premises proactively

KUCHING: The management committees of mosques and surau in Sarawak have been urged to take proactive measures to carry out cleaning and disinfection activities and not wait for directives from the Ministry of Health. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Islamic Affairs and Kuching North City Hall) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi said this was to ensure the […]

PNS disinfects premises, CCM to follow suit

KUALA LUMPUR: Perbadanan Nasional Bhd (PNS) has been proactive in preventing the spread of Covid-19 among its employees, tenants and visitors by undertaking disinfection and cleaning activities at its premises at Menara PNS in Bangsar South. In a statement issued yesterday, PNS said the disinfection and cleaning was undertaken from March 5 to 8. The agency has also implemented […]