Primary, Secondary schools receive PPE

MIRI: A total of 44 Primary schools and 16 Secondary schools in this division last Friday (July 24) received personal protective equipment (PPE) donated by Pertubuhan Ikram Malaysia (Ikram) Miri branch, in collaboration with Miri District Education Office and Sew4Frontliners Miri. The simple handing over ceremony was held at Miri’s education office, and receiving on behalf of […]

Face shields for two Mukah schools

MUKAH: The Mukah Polytechnic Department of Mathematics and Computer Science have donated 550 face shields to SK Mukah and SK Agama Mukah here. Present were SK Mukah’s principal Burhanuddin Kaderi and SK Agama Mukah’s principal Mukah Nazri Mohtar. The distribution of the masks is part of the corporate social responsibility (CSR) programme of the polytechnic […]

Govt aid soon for fire victims

BINTULU: Fire victims from Rumah Lanting Depong Sungai Arip Balingian in Tatau will be receiving RM18,000 from the state government, revealed Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Kakus acting chief Nelson Mujah Giri. He added Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas would be presenting the aid soon.   Mujah said this during his visit […]

Thermal scanners for four schools

SPAOH: Monitoring the body temperature of 1,638 students will be a breeze with thermal scanner sets donated by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah. According to a statement issued today, the sets were presented to four schools through his service centre here today. The schools that received the sets were SK Chung Hua, SK […]

43 receive aid from Red Crescent

KUCHING: A total of 43 members of the Kuching Spinal Injury Association (Kusia) received donations from the Malaysian Red Crescent (MRC) Sarawak Branch yesterday. According to MRC Sarawak Branch director Chai King Sing, the contributions consist of basic household items such as rice, cooking oil, and sugar. He said 24 of them were present at […]

Giving back to frontliners

KUCHING: Hope Place donated food items worth RM3,000 to frontliners at the Malaysia Medical Welfare Fund Sentosa Hospital branch yesterday. The local non-governmental organisation (NGO) presented the donation as a token of appreciation for efforts in battling the Covid-19 pandemic. The donation included biscuits, mineral water, noodles, malt drinks, and cereals. Founder Kelvin Wan said, […]

Face shields for students

MUKAH: Politeknik Mukah (PMU) distributed 550 face shields to selected schools and kindergartens here last Thursday. The recipients were Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Mukah, SK Agama Mukah, PASTI Al-Wafi Mukah branch, 3Q MRC Mukah branch, Pemaju Masyarakat Taska S29 and Taska Permata Kemas PMU. PMU director, Dullah Muluk said it was PMU’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) […]

Yayasan Petronas donates hand sanitisers, dispensers to schools

KUCHING: Yayasan Petronas has donated hand sanitisers and manual dispensers to 16,634 students in Miri and Bintulu. The items were distributed through the districts’ Education Department offices to five primary and secondary schools in Miri and six schools in Bintulu, it said in a statement yesterday. “Among the recipient schools in Miri are SMK Lutong, […]

21,500 face masks from Yunan govt

KUCHING: The Yunan Provincial Government, China has donated a total of 21,500 face masks to Sarawak as a symbol of support to the state in battling the Covid-19 pandemic. Of the total, 1,500 of them were N95-type face masks while 20,000 were surgical masks. The face masks arrived in Kuching on Wednesday (July 15) and […]

Companies donate sanitisers to 40 schools

SIBU: Two companies yesterday jointly contributed epidemic prevention materials worth RM200,000 to selected primary and secondary schools in the state. They are Sonic Hardware (Sarawak) Sdn Bhd (Sonic) and Guangdong Theaoson Technology Co, Ltd (Guangdong) which donated 31,200 bottles of sanitiser sprays to 40 schools, benefiting about 57,000 students. Director of Sonic, Branda Wong, and […]