Women’s petanque tournament draws enthusiastic participation
BALINGIAN: The women’s petanque tournament, recently held at Balingian Riverbank, witnessed enthusiastic participation from local residents. The event was collaboratively organised by the Sarawak United National Youth Organisation (Saberkas) Balingian Branch and the Balingian Boules Sports Club. Balingian Boules Sports Club secretary Abdul Faeizwan Daud explained that the primary goal of the tournament was to […]
Sarawak requires more hotels, centres due to high demand for business events
KUCHING: Business event planners have been urged to continue designing programmes that enable meaningful encounters and create an environment of participation for their delegates. Minister of Tourism, Creative Industry, and Performing Arts Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said industry suppliers must also continue designing initiatives that support a planner’s sustainability and legacy goals. “My ministry will […]
Women can play bigger role in economy
KAPIT: Women are still under-represented in the country’s economy and Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi who pointed this out wants something done about it. He believes the Sarawak United National Youth Association (Saberkas) can play a bigger role in contributing to boosting women’s participation in the economy. Saberkas’ exposure to this issue may […]
Deputy minister: Everyone’s duty to realise environmental sustainability vision
SIBU: The participation of everyone is needed to achieve environmental sustainability in Sarawak, which is one of the three main pillars under the Post Covid-19 Development Strategy 2030 (PCDS 2030). Sarawak Deputy Minister for Public Health and Housing, Michael Tiang said this could be achieved by carrying out various educational programmes on 3R (reduce, reuse […]
Getting a fair share of the economic pie
BY ALVERDTEKOSTER ANYAP KUCHING: State Secretary Datuk Amar Jaul Samion has suggested that large development projects should be broken down into smaller components to allow smaller contractors to participate. “This is to allow for inclusivity,” he said when speaking at the workshop on administration of contracts towards project delivery excellence for Sarawak government projects at […]
DBKU to continue reforestation support
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Kuching North City Hall (DBKU) will continue to support effort towards reforestation. Its director Dr Morshidi Ahmad said DBKU would continue to provide assistance for tree-planting programmes to encourage more participation from the community. “We have organised many programmes such as Program Rakan Taman whereby all villages can organise their own committee for […]
