Flying doctors to visit four divisions

KUCHING: The flying doctor service (FDS) for Simanggang (Sri Aman), Samarahan, Miri and Kapit divisions will be available from Sept 10 to Sept 18. According to a statement by the State Health Department issued on Monday (Sept 7), the service will be conducted at 30 longhouse villages throughout the four divisions. In Simanggang, the FDS […]

Flying doctors to visit three divisions

FDS

KUCHING: The flying doctor service (FDS) for Kuching, Bintulu and Kapit divisions would be made available as scheduled, the State Health Department said. The visits are planned between today (August 26) and August 31, the department said in a media statement today (August 25). Tomorrow (August 26), the FDS team will visit Kampung Muk Ayun […]

Ample supply by 2030

TIMBER, TIMBER PRODUCTS KUCHING: Sarawak will have sufficient raw materials to cater for its timber industry including for exports by 2030. The state Forest Department Sarawak (FDS), however said this would only become a reality if its plan to develop forest plantations goes on smoothly. According to the department, since the beginning of 2020, it […]

Flying doctor service to go on

FDS

KUCHING: The State Health Department on Sunday informed that the flying doctor service (FDS) for Sri Aman, Miri, and Kapit would be made available as scheduled. The visits are planned from June 15 to 19 as confirmed in a media statement on Sunday. On June 15, the FDS will be made available at Rumah Lidom, […]

Flying doctor service from April 22-28

FDS

KUCHING: The flying doctor service (FDS) for Kuching, Miri, Bintulu and Kapit will be available from April 22 to April 28. According to the State Health Department, it will be available on April 22 at Kampung Sapit and Kampung Rejoi Nyegol in Kuching; Apau Nyaring in Miri and Long Jawe and Long Kebuho, Naha Jalei […]

Flying lemur video under probe

KUCHING: A video that showed what looked like a flying lemur at a residential area went viral on social media recently. In the one-minute-seventeen-second video, it looked like the animal was tied to a tree branch, and was making painful sounds as if it was struggling to escape. The video had been forwarded to the […]

Flying doctor service for the interior

FDS

KUCHING: The State Health Department yesterday informed that the flying doctor service (FDS) for Miri, Kapit, Sibu, Sarikei and Sri Aman divisions, weather permitting, would be made available as scheduled. The visits are planned between April 8 and April 14, it confirmed in a media statement yesterday. The department reminded the people to stay put […]

Flying doctor service to go on

FDS

KUCHING: The flying doctor service (FDS) in Sarikei, Sibu, Miri and Limbang divisions, scheduled from April 2-7, will go on as planned if weather permits. The State Health Department confirmed this in a media statement issued yesterday. The department said the FDS would be made available at Rh Enggie Kemalih in Sarikei, Rh Gayut Nanga […]

50 years and going strong

KUCHING: About 100 members of Sarawak Forest Department Workers Union (Ufes) attended its 26th biennial general meeting in a local hotel here, yesterday. The members comprised workers from State Forest Department (FDS) regional offices in Miri, Limbang, Lawas, Bintulu, Sibu, Mukah and Kuching. According to Ufes president Mohammad Ali Yacob, the union, established over 50 […]

Work closely, NREB, Forest Dept urged

KUCHING: The Forest Department Sarawak (FDS) and Natural Resources and Environment Board (NREB) have been told to work closely together in looking after the forest and environment in the state. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said there will be many physical developments in the coming years which could affect the forest landscape, […]