10 longhouses receive federal food aid
DALAT: A total of 192 people at 10 longhouses in Nanga Boah near here recently received their share of federal food aid. Baskets containing essential food items were delivered by river, Batang Oya, and coordinated by Mukah Division Disaster Management Committee. It took the delivery team one and half hours using speedboat from Dalat bazaar […]
Food baskets distributed in Dalat
DALAT: A total of 1,578 households from 14 villages here received special assistance from the Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in the form of food baskets last Saturday. The recipients are Kampung Medong Hilir with 153 households, Kampung Medong Hulu (192), Kampung Seberang (160), Kampung Kekan (91), Kampung Kekan Seberang (65), Kampung Sungai Kut […]
99 households in Dalat get food aid
DALAT: A total of 99 households in two remote villages here received State Food Aid on Friday. The villages were Kampung Klid with 53 households and Kampung Narub with 46 households. Dalat assemblywoman Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah stated that the two villages were about 45 km from Dalat town. “The two kampung can only be […]
Hats off to Dalat police
KUCHING: Dalat was the first district in Sarawak to impose fines on people disobeying the movement control order (MCO) in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister and Dalat assemblywoman Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said her constituency has been implementing very strict measures to ensure that its people […]
Rep hopes riverfront project will finish soon
DALAT: Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family, and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah hopes that Phase Two of the RM4.1million riverfront project here would be completed before July this year. She said in July, the Sago Carnival and Dalat Regatta will be held here and the riverfront, when completed, would definitely provide a more […]
Council to implement 7 RTP projects
MUKAH: Dalat and Mukah District Council (MDDM) is expected to implement another seven projects worth RM655,000 this year. The projects, under the rural transformation programme (RTP), are located in Kakus district of Mukah Division. MDDM councillor Nelson Chuat Galong accompanied by MDDM engineer Jasmeer Zaisufir Sufian, Mukah District Office staff Zaidi Basli and MDDM assistant […]
Projects to change Dalat landscape
DALAT: Three ongoing projects here, which are expected to complete before July this year, will add beauty to the development landscape of this district. Dalat Riverfront phase two project is an extension of phase one and when completed, the waterfront would be much longer and spacious, and more attractive. The multi-million ringgit project began about […]
Longboats: A favourite mode of transport
DALAT: Longboats are here to stay in this district although road connectivity has been in place some years ago. The longboats are still a necessity for most, if not all of the people here. A survey by New Sarawak Tribune recently found that some local folk especially those staying across Dalat bazaar still use longboats […]
Dalat IPD ranks third out of 156 nationwide
OYA: Dalat police headquarters (IPD) was ranked the third best in Malaysia in the recent Ops Selangau. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said she was informed of the news by Dalat OCPD DSP Saga Chunggat. She said this was the key performance index (KPI) “we wish to […]
RM180,000 for 2 chapels
DALAT: The state government through Unit For Other Religions (Unifor), presented two cheques worth RM180,000 for two chapels in Dalat constituency on Thursday. The first cheque worth RM80,000 was presented to St Nicholas Chapel in Kampung Sungai Kut Muara while the second cheque valued at RM100,000 was given to Our Lady of Fatima Chapel in […]
