Annual special grant to Sarawak increased to RM300 mln
BY GOH PEI PEI & GABRIEL LIHAN KUCHING: The federal government has agreed to increase the annual special grant to Sarawak from RM16 million to RM300 million. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said an agreement has been reached that the allocation under Article 112D of the Federal Constitution will be distributed based on the […]
Sarawak just received from its oil and gas
SIBU: A former Sarawak DAP assemblyman spoke well of Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh for the latter’s past contributions when he was in the state cabinet. Voon Lee Shan, the former Batu Lintang assemblyman from 2006 to 2011 and now Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president, said Wong was very frank […]
Significant date for all Malaysians
Academicians hope Malaysia Day significance understood by younger generation KUCHING: It has been 59 years since the Federation of Malaysia was formed and September 16 marks the day where four territories joined together under a single umbrella. September 16 is a significant date, not just for public holiday, but a reminder to the people especially […]
Make hope possible by investing in our youth
I was an eight-year-old Primary Two pupil in a village school in Bario, Sarawak when Lyndon B Johnson became the first US President to visit Malaysia in 1966. Not that I knew about it back then, but it was something I learnt about many years later. There is a relational context of this historical event […]
‘Sarawak Premier’; reflection of Sarawak’s provincial status
KUCHING: The use of the titles ‘Sarawak Premier’, ‘Deputy Premier’ and ‘Deputy Minister’ is a reflection of Sarawak’s status as a province. Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) political analyst Dr Lee Kuok Tiung (pic) said this was also an assertion that Sarawak was not one of the 13 states but a partner of Malaya and Sabah […]
‘Premier’ correctly expresses Sarawak’s status
KUCHING: The proposed constitutional amendment to effect the change of title from “Chief Minister’ to “Premier” is to correctly express the status of Sarawak as different from the other states in the country. Minister for Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, when tabling the Constitution of the State of […]
Proper translation crucial to avoid confusion
KUCHING: The term ‘Premier’ needs to be translated in a more focused way so as not to appear as a “duplicate” of the Prime Minister for a country. Political analyst Professor Datuk Mohd Fadzil Abdul Rahman said, the change of the term to Malay is hotly debated, however, if referring to the dictionary, the word […]
Push for restoration autonomous partnerships: MP
KUCHING: Federal ministers from Sarawak are told to push for the restoration or recognition of Sarawak’s status as autonomous partners within the Federation of Malaysia. Selangau MP Baru Bian said this must be done aside from fighting for the restoration of Sabah and Sarawak’s one-third of the total parliamentary seats. “Other than that, they must […]
We are a region: Hasidah
KUCHING: Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, MA63 and Stte-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said that Sarawak should be viewed as a region. She said this was reaffirmed when the constitutional amendment to Article 1(2) and Article 160 was passed in Parliament. “I believe we are a region, forming the […]
Sarawak – State or Region?
Sarawak government to decide state’s status in Malaysia KUCHING: The state government will have to decide whether Sarawak is to be referred to as state or region in the Federation of Malaysia. This follows the consent by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah to the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2022 (Act A1642) effective […]
