Cottage and village industries to get govt support

KUCHING: The Sarawak Government wants the cottage industry and village industry to be managed well so that they can continue to produce local products especially heritage products to meet demand. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said as such the state government was going to support these industries in terms of […]

Let’s bring pepper industry to plantation level

By Tania Lam & Umie Syazwanie Mohd KUCHING: The pepper industry must be elevated to become a more productive commodity which will bring more revenue to the country, said Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin. “It needs to be elevated to a plantation level. At the moment, it is still at the cottage […]

Woman achieves dream via social media tutorials

Nur Atiqah learns to make handicrafts by learning from YouTube, Pinterest and other social media sites KOTA SAMARAHAN: Handicraft skills learnt through tutorials on social sites have enabled a woman from Kota Samarahan to start a cottage industry. Nur Atiqah Ahmad, 30, said she has been interested in handicrafts since young, but never had any […]