Expand your businesses to world market

MIRI: Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) entrepreneurs are urged to expand their businesses to the international market. In making the call, Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan pointed out that SMEs were the backbone of the country’s economy. “As such, for the business industry, they need to be export oriented in order to […]

Lawas to host Sarawak Nuzul Al-Quran

KUCHING: Lawas will host the upcoming Sarawak Nuzul Al-Quran, themed ‘Sarawak Maju Makmur’. Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said the ceremony will be held at Darul Ma’amur Mosque, Lawas on April 7. “The ceremony is expected to begin at 5.30 pm on Friday and we will also invite delegations from Brunei Darussalam […]

State to work with Brunei on Pan Borneo highway

KUCHING: Sarawak will collaborate with Brunei Darussalam on the continuation of the Pan Borneo highway project, Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said today. “We told them that we will continue the project which is connected to our coastal road within northern Sarawak. “We also briefed them during a recent visit by a […]

Sarawak chalks RM3.95 billion in timber products export

KUCHING: Sarawak managed to earn a total of RM3.95 billion in its timber products export in 2022. In disclosing this, Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan pointed out that the timber industry has emerged as one of the largest producers and exporters of tropical plywood in this region. “Despite the volume of the […]

Digitising urban development and natural resources for sustainability

KUCHING: Sarawak intends to explore the use of ESRI ArcGIS technologies for urban development planning and mapping of natural resources for a sustainable future. ESRI ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) technology that provides tools to capture, view, edit, manage, analyse, and share data in the context of location. This was expressed by Deputy […]

Call to support programmes that improve govt services

KUCHING: Civil servants under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Urban Development (MUDNeR) have been urged to continue supporting innovative and creative programmes aimed at enhancing services to the people. Its Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan said these programmes helped resolve the problems faces when delivering government services. The outcome of this innovation […]

Studying coastal management, devt, urban renewal

KUCHING: A delegation from the Sarawak government led by Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hassan is now in Los Angeles, United States of America (USA) to study coastal management and development and urban renewal.  Awang Tengah, who is also the Minister of Natural Resources and Urban Development, said the official working visit from […]

Kuching to host 1,500 delegates for Muslim business forum

KUCHING: More than 1,500 international and Malaysian delegates will gather here for the two-day Global Muslim Business Forum 2022 from Oct 19 to 20. Themed ‘The Rise of the Global Islamic Economy: Refocusing, Resetting and Recovering in the Post-Pandemic Era’, the Borneo Convention Centre Kuching (BCCK) has been picked as the venue. Forum organising chairman […]

PETRONAS asked to provide more CSR assistance in Lawas

LAWAS: Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan hopes that Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) will provide more Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) assistance to the community in Lawas District. According to the statement by UKAS, Awang Tengah pointed out that PETRONAS had provided a lot of CSR assistance in education, skills, small and medium businesses […]

SHUT OUT SOCIAL MEDIA HEARSAY, MUSLIMS TOLD

LAWAS: Muslims should not be influenced by heretical teachings and hearsay on social media as it will tarnish Islam itself, said Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. He called on them to move forward and stand on the same level as other communities in line with changing times and the advent of technology […]