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Platform to express views on turbulent world

SIBU: The Lions International Peace Poster drawing competition provides a platform for the young minds to express their views on the turbulent world out there. President of the Lions Club of Sibu Pahlawan (LCSP) Dr David Ling Sien Ngan said similarly, how peace need to be promoted, encouraged and sustained for, the communities, nations, humanity, […]

Encourage anti-vaxxers, beware of mental health crisis

KUCHING: Alliance For Safe Community chairman Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye is of the opinion that it is not necessary to make Covid-19 vaccines compulsory. Noting that every eligible population must be inoculated, he said it would be better to take an approach of convincing the people particularly those who are eligible but do not […]

Get them to recite Rukun Negara

KUCHING: Early childhood education institutions (IPAKK) are encouraged to get students to recite the Rukun Negara. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this was part of the National Unity Action Plan (PTPN) 2021-2025 proposal. “At present, there are 2,872 early childhood institutions with 77,539 students in the […]

‘Encourage wearing of masks among children’

KUCHING: Sarawak Bumiputera Teachers Union (KGBS) would like parents/guardians to encourage their children/charges to wear face masks in schools. KGBS president Ahmad Malie said although the government had not made wearing of face masks compulsory, it was not prohibited either. “KGBS welcomed the government’s decision to not make it an obligation for students to wear […]