New frontier for sago and nypa cultivation
DALAT: A new sanction was endorsed by the state government recently. A plan proposed three years ago by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah to form a sago industry development board was accepted and approved by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. In addition to the […]
Over 80pct of Dalat folk received vaccine first dose so far
DALAT: As of Thursday (July 22), 10,943 people or 84.1 per cent of the district’s population have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine while 8,907 (68.5 per cent) have completed their doses. Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said another 120 people had their first dose […]
Villagers receive land titles
DALAT: Residents of Kampung Brunei, Kampung Baru and Kampung Seberang received their land titles under Section 18 of the State Land Code. Present to hand over the grant on Friday was Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. Speaking to our reporter after the programme, she said the same […]
Sharing and giving during the MCO
OYA: The current movement control order (MCO) is a blessing in disguise. It has provided opportunities for the simple act of sharing and giving among the people here and in nearby areas. Recently, thousands of unsold pineapples produced by the farmers in the Dalat areas near here were left unsold. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family […]
800 inoculated in Dalat PPV
DALAT: A total of 800 people from Dalat and Oya received their Covid-19 vaccines at the Stadium Perpaduan Dalat vaccination centre (PPV) on Wednesday (July 14). Of the number, 280 persons received their first dose and 520 others the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. A spokesman for the Dalat District CITF which organised the […]
Rural residents receive vaccine under outreach programme
DALAT: A total of 186 of the 213 residents of Nanga Baoh here registered as vaccine recipients under an outreach programme held in the village today. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister and Dalat assemblywomen Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah participated in the programme held at Nanga Baoh Health Clinic located 16 […]
Needy family receives financial aid
DALAT: An underprivileged family here received financial assistance amounting to RM300 through the Tabung Bantuan Segera on Monday (Jul 5). Dalat Welfare Department assistant officer Mohd Nazri Mohd Sharkawi, who was present to hand over the aid, said on June 30, the department was informed about a family that had ran out of food and […]
Dalat reaches 74 percent first dose vaccination, 14 percent fully vaccinated
DALAT: A total of 14,136 people have registered as vaccine recipients under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme in Dalat district as of on Sunday (July 4), said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. “To date, 9,477 people (74.1 percent) have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, […]
Cobbler happy with new kiosk
MUKAH: A cobbler identified only as Alik was all smiles when he began his first day of operation at a new kiosk in the old town here today (July 2). He said he moved from the old location at the five-foot-way of Dalat and Mukah District Council (MDDM) dry market nearby on Thursday. Alik, who […]
Dalat water woes solved
KUCHING: The water woes involving a storage pond in Dalat have been resolved by the Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB). Minister of Utilities Datuk Seri Stephen Rundi Utom stated that JBALB, as the agency responsible for water supply management in the Mukah division, had successfully overcome and solved the turbid water problems following the Dalat […]
