Federal government urged to review CNY SOPs
KUCHING: The federal government has been urged to quickly review and amend the standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew described the SOP for CNY which was announced by Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob on Thursday […]
Federal govt urged to review nation’s sexual, reproductive policies
KUCHING: The Federal government has been urged to seriously review the country’s sexual and reproductive policies in order to prevent pregnancies among adolescents. Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) president Lina Soon said that Health Ministry; Women, Family and Community Development Ministry, the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) and the Education Ministry need to […]
Sarawak committed to success of tree planting campaign
KUCHING: The state government is committed to the “100 million Trees Planting Campaign” which is one of the federal government’s greening programmes. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan gave this assurance during the 78th National Land Council Meeting held via online platform today. The meeting, also attended by leaders from other states, […]
Eight vaccine freezers for Sarawak
KUCHING: Out of the 55 ultra-low temperature freezers that will be purchased by the federal government to store the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from the United States, eight will go to Sarawak. This was revealed by Sarawak Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing. “Yes. We (Sarawak) are getting eight units,” he told New Sarawak Tribune when […]
Get fed govt to fund border walls
KUCHING: Should the Sarawak government proceed with the construction of walls or fences at strategic locations along the Sarawak-Kalimantan border, it is hoped that the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government could help by providing funds. Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) Southern Zone director of political affairs Raymond Thong questioned that if there are no funds from the […]
Sarawak doing great job against virus
KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) under the chairmanship of Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has done its job well in trying to flatten the curve of Covid-19 pandemic. The fact that the movement control order (MCO) has been enforced in all states except Sarawak indicates that the federal government believes the Sarawak government is […]
Reactivate Sarawak Rangers to strengthened border security
KUCHING: The Sarawak Community Policing Association (SCPA) is appealing to the federal government to consider reactivating Sarawak Rangers to assist in patrolling the state’s border with Kalimantan, Indonesia. SCPA chairman Datuk Seri Victor Hii said by reviving Sarawak Rangers it would create more employment opportunities for Sarawakians while simultaneously strengthening border security as the locals […]
Consider wage subsidy scheme
KUCHING: The Sarawak government should consider filling in the void in the federal government’s Malaysian Economic and Rakyat’s Protection Assistance Package (Permai), that is, the wage subsidy scheme which is only applicable to states under the movement control order (MCO). “I hope that our State government can consider providing the wage subsidy scheme for Sarawak-registered […]
Use Emergency Ordinance responsibly
KUCHING: The federal government has been urged to use the Emergency Ordinance (EO) responsibly, and not as a means to bully or twist the arm of the private healthcare sector in order to use its resources. Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) president Prof Datuk Dr Subramaniam Muniandy said the EO should be used for a collaborative […]
State’s CMCO to follow SOP of federal CMCO
BY NUR ASHIKIN LOUIS & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: Schools situated in red zones undergoing the state’s conditional movement control order (CMCO) will follow the same standard operating procedure (SOP) set by the federal Ministry of Education (MoE). Senior Minister of Education, Dr Radzi Jidin, took note of the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee’s (SDMC) decision […]
