A must-read on early childhood care and education in Sarawak
By Rachel Mina KUCHING: If you want to know the history of early childhood care and education (ECCE)in Sarawak, make sure you grab a copy of a new book entitled “Women in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE): Sowing the Seeds for the Future”. The book, published by the Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and […]
Overwhelming attendance at Sarawak Preschool International Convention
KUCHING: The inaugural Sarawak Preschool International Convention 2021, which had a target attendance of 950 people, received an overwhelming response with over 1,000 people signing up. The convention, which runs from Oct 1 to 3, was officially launched by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg virtually via Zoom and Facebook Live yesterday (Oct […]
Learn best practices from ECCE convention
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah hopes participants can exchange ideas and learn from each other the best practices in facing new challenges in early childhood care and education (ECCE) from the three-day Sarawak Preschool International Convention 2021 which ends today. “As Covid-19 evolves from pandemic to endemic, we need to adapt ourselves to the new […]
PBB Women’s Wing welcomes citizenship ruling
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has commended the High Court’s decision on automatic granting of citizenship rights to children born abroad by biological mothers who are Malaysian citizens married to foreigners — the same as those for children born abroad to Malaysian men with a foreign spouse. The Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Women chief […]
Committee to look into quarantine centre issues raised
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that she will contact the Mukah Divisional Disaster Management Committee to immediately investigate the issues raised by Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Mukah regarding the Covid-19 low-risk quarantine and treatment centre (PKRC) there. In saying this, the Dalat assemblywoman noted that the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is very open […]
Fatimah thanks PM for focusing on state’s needs
KUCHING: The 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP) tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri yesterday (Sept 27) is important because it aims to resolve the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) issues as well as provide other developments for Sarawak. In pointing this out, Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah […]
Homeless individuals get vaccinated
BINTULU: Eighteen homeless people around the city received the CanSino Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday night (Sept 25). Three of them were vaccinated at the Bintulu Resident Office, seven at the Bintulu Esplanade while the other eight homeless received the vaccination at Medan Bintulu. Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Child Development, Datuk Seri […]
Fatimah in favour of Khairy’s stand on tracking down anti-vaxxers
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah is in favour of Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin’s firm stand on tracking down people who refused to get themselves vaccinated. “It is high time to be firm after countless explanations not only from the medical but also religious perspectives that were done by the government through social media as well […]
Booster shots should include everyone
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah welcomes the government’s decision to start administering Covid-19 vaccine booster shots. However, the Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family, and Child Development Minister said the shots should also include others in the population besides frontliners and the elderly. “Research has shown that the span of immunity of certain vaccines is […]
Children’s citizenship needs serious attention
KUCHING: Children’s citizenship should be prioritised, said state Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family, and Child Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. At the same time, she acknowledges that the issue has a wide range of context and affecting circumstances and that there are always two sides to every coin. “The best interest of the child […]
