JPJ to monitor traffic rule compliance during CNY
KUCHING: Sarawak Road Transport Department (JPJ) will intensify its efforts during the Chinese New Year (CNY) period to increase awareness and compliance of traffic rules and regulations among motorists. Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen said this was to ensure the safety of road users during the festive season, especially considering the increased traffic volume where […]
Significant improvements in labour law compliance for 2023
KUCHING: The Sarawak Labour Department (JTK) recorded 4,964 new job placements, with inspections conducted on 5,857 employer premises across Sarawak. JTK director Awang Raduan Awang Omar stated that 5,690 were scrutinised for compliance with the 2022 Minimum Wage Order, and assured that legal action was taken against non-compliant employers to ensure the wellbeing of workers. […]
ESG compliance by furniture industry still low
KUALA LUMPUR: The environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance within the Malaysian wood products and furniture industries is still relatively low at 15 per cent, an academician said. University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Faculty of Forestry and Environment, Department of Wood and Fiber Industries head Prof Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam said this was based on a scoping study […]
MAHB asserts all its procurement processes undergo strict compliance
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) has asserted that its procurement process for all its tenders were conducted in strict compliance with the procurement standard operating procedures (SOPs), with the Anti-Bribery Management System (ABMS) serving as an additional safeguard to provide another layer of control within the company’s processes. It said these controls were […]
No one flouted visiting SOPs: Police chief
KUCHING: No one flouted the Raya visiting SOPs on the first day of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, which only allowed immediate family members to visit each other. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail no compounds were issued on the first day. “As of 8 pm last night (May 13), we have inspected a total of 173 […]
Public complying well with inter-zone travel ban
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas is pleased that the public is complying well with the inter-zone travel ban. “There is a smaller number of private vehicles travelling along the highway despite the coming Hari Raya celebration and public holidays beginning this Thursday,” he said. Uggah, who is […]
SOP compliance in retail, distribution sector reaches 98 percent
KUALA LUMPUR: The level of compliance with standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the movement control order (MCO) in the retail and distribution sector is excellent at 98 per cent. Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said out of 417,492 inspections carried out through enforcement operations between May 13 last […]
New SOPs for CMCO soon
KUCHING: Activities in night clubs or pubs, theme parks, karaoke, indoor playground, cinemas including massage parlours, spas and reflexology are still not allowed during the extended conditional movement control order (CMCO) period in Sarawak from Mar 2 to Mar 15. In the updated standard operating procedures (SOPs) dated Feb 26, released by the Sarawak Disaster […]
Cooperation needed to end cluster
SIBU: Residents of the eight longhouses put into lockdown in Pasai Siong, including Rumah Langi Ambau, are advised to comply with the restriction order from the authorities. This was said by Penghulu Richard Ampi, who is in charge of the Pasai Siong area, when contacted on Sunday (Jan 10). He said this is to break […]
Cuepacs urges departments to comply with PSD instruction
KUALA LUMPUR: The Congress of the Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) has urged all heads of departments to comply with the instruction to only have a maximum of 30 per cent staff present issued by the Public Service Department (PSD) for Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Selangor, Labuan and Sabah. Its president […]
