Learn from India, avoid crowds
BINTULU: The people here have been urged to cooperate, comply with the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) and learn from what is happening in India. Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing today warned that the state could not afford to see more Covid-19 positive cases as the quarantine and treatment centres and hospitals now […]
99 percent complaints, only one percent compliment
Public response to drive-through Covid screening facility KUCHING: The Batu Kawa Health Clinic is the only public healthcare clinic that provides a drive-through facility for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swabs for Covid-19 every day, with 200 swabs taken per day. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said the facility […]
No network issue in Kampung Batu Perak
KUCHING: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has acted on a complaint regarding poor internet coverage in the suburbs of Kampung Batu Perak, raised by Kuching MP Chong Chieng Jen recently. The MCMC conducted a survey in Kampung Batu Perak, including coverage assessments, which revealed that connectivity was satisfactory and equipped with 4G technology. […]
Selangau folk dismayed with traders displaying goods on footway
SIBU: Members of the public are seeing red when some traders at the commercial shophouses in Selanggau Bazaar displayed their goods on the five-foot ways of their shops. As it has caused much inconvenience, the Sibu Rural District Council (SRDC) which received the complaint said such act may cause severe obstructions to Fire and Rescue Department in the event of a fire. SRDC […]
Ministry receives over 70k complaints during MCO
KUCHING: Since the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO from March 18 up to Dec 17, the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has received a total of 70, 689 complaints. Of these, 5,142 of them were about price control of essential goods. Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said a total […]
Suhakam frequently receives complaints on land use rights
KUCHING: Complaints pertaining to the rights to land use by the Orang Asal (natives) is one of the most frequently received issues by Suhakam Sarawak, said its commissioner Datuk Dr Madeline Berma. “Suhakam Sarawak has been receiving complaints that these rights were continuously violated even though both the Malaysian constitution and the Sarawak Land Code provide […]
Socso receives 345 complaints on wage subsidy programme
KUALA LUMPUR: The Social Security Organisation (Socso) received 345 complaints against employers regarding payments under the Wage Subsidy Programme (PSU), with 155 cases involving false claims and misuse of PSU. Deputy Minister of Human Resources Awang Hashim said, as of Oct 30, 331,950 employers’ applications for under PSU were received involving 2.7 million employees. “Socso […]
Government needs info, documents to help
KUCHING: While the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Public Complaints Bureau (PCB) is always ready to assist the public, it cannot do so in situations where complainants failed to comply with requirements laid down by the government departments or authorities concerned. Its chief Wilfred Yap said that in order to prevent processing and approval delays […]
Tell the school, not the media
KUCHING: Any complaint on the lack of a school’s management in handling Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) should be forwarded directly to the school concerned. Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) president, Ahmad Malie, said this in response to a member of a public whose complaint was in a newspaper claiming that several primary schools especially […]
Builders ordered to make good defects
HOUSING PURHASHER CLAIMS TRIBUNAL BY AINA AZIZAH YEO & ALVERDTEKOSTER ANYAP KUCHING: Two housing developers were ordered by the Sarawak Housing Purchaser Claims Tribunal to rectify all defects and delays in handing over vacant houses of six complainants on Thursday (Sept 16). The cases were handled by panel president Robert Elone Sireng together with two […]
