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Coffee shops still experiencing dwindling business

KUCHING: Coffee shops in the city have yet to see an increase in their earnings. Kuching Coffee Shop and Restaurant Owners Association general affairs officer Richard Chong said business had gotten worse since the Covid-19 pandemic hit last year with no sign of improvement yet.  “One of the major causes is due to the public’s […]

625 foreign workers checked, 58 detained

KUCHING: As of today, 58 illegal foreign workers from Indonesia have been detained in Ops Jala operations. Sarawak Security and Enforcement Unit deputy director Datuk Mohamad Morshidi Mustapha said the detainees were among 668 local and 625 foreign workers from Indonesia, Pakistan, India, the Philippines, China and Myanmar checked. “To date, 22 construction sites and […]

Pandemic fear forces coffee shops to temporarily close

SIBU: Following concerns over the Pasai Cluster, several premises here, especially coffee shops, have closed for the time being. Sibu is currently a red zone and undergoing conditional movement control order (CMCO) following a high number of Covid-19 cases. A survey found that some coffee shops were closed today while those that opened had experienced […]

Illegal lottery ticket agent nabbed

KUCHING: A 29-year-old man was nabbed on suspicion of being an illegal lottery ticket agent in an operation codenamed Ops Dadu. Padawan police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said the raid was conducted at a coffee shop in Matang Jaya here on Wednesday.  He added that the police also seized RM216 cash, a piece of paper […]

Stall owner suffers injuries in attack

KUCHING: A stall owner was assaulted using a helmet by three men after a misunderstanding. This occurred at a coffee shop in Jalan Pending on Friday (Nov 7). District police chief ACP Awang Din Awang Gani said the victim was taking out the trash behind the premises around 9.25pm when he was assaulted. Apart from […]

The Brew Crew: Start small, Aim high

Starting from the five-foot-way of Miri’s Wireless Walk night market, The Brew Crew developed from a street coffee to a nationwide coffee-to-go joint. Aiming to provide quality coffee at affordable prices, co-founder Mohammad Adib shares the journey of the roadside stall that manages to penetrate the Malayan market. Quality coffee at an affordable price From […]

Coffee shop owner arrested after fight

PADAWAN: A coffee shop owner was arrested by police after he was involved in a clash with an enraged customer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           at a coffee shop in Mile 10 town on Friday. District police chief Supt Aidil Bolhassan said that according to the coffee shop owner, the customer became furious out of the blue around 10am and […]

Customers return to favourite coffee shops

MUKAH: Regular customers who missed their favourite food and drinks when coffee shops were closed during the movement control order (MCO) enforced since March 18 are now back at the dining tables as eateries have been allowed to operate under the conditional movement control order (CMCO). It may be a relief to some as the […]

Public prefer takeways

BY NUR SHAZREENA ALI KUCHING: Despite the easing of the movement control order (MCO), people are still reluctant to dine at restaurants and coffee shops in Petra Jaya here. New Sarawak Tribune noticed at a few coffee shops and cafes at Matang Jaya that tables and chairs were spaced widely and floors were marked with […]

Police warn errant coffee shop operators

SIBU: Police here have given warning and will continue to do so to operators of coffee shops to comply with the movement control order (MCO) until March 31. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said that his men had given verbal warning to several eatery outlet operators for allowing their customers to dine […]