MYAirline ticket promotions until Feb 19
KUCHING: Booking for MYAirline low fare ticket promotions for all its destinations is open from Feb 13-19. In a statement, it said with the Syawal season round the corner, the airline is making it easier for guests to travel to their destinations with a range of affordable flight options to eight local destinations. It stated […]
Festive programme cheers 250 poor families
KUCHING: Some 250 underprivileged Sarawakian families have received essential food packages from Yayasan PETRONAS (YP) under its ‘Sentuhan Kasih Festive’ programme in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration. According to a statement by PETRONAS, 150 families received food items such as rice, cooking oil, sugar, flour, canned sardine, tea, milo, peanuts, noodle, sesame oil, […]
School fetes 300 students at CNY do
SIBU: The SJK(C) Uk Daik here held a Chinese New Year celebration event at its hall with spectacular lions dance performance and presentation of angpow or red packets to more than 300 students yesterday. Its school board management chairman Albert Lau Pek Kii was in attendance to launch the event. Also present was the school […]
Memorable Chinese New Year BBQ party
‘Being a family means you are part of something very wonderful. It means you will love and be loved for the rest of your life.’ – Lisa Weed, American author. IT is raining heavily as I write this column. I am at a resort in Lundu and trying hard to meet the deadline. I am […]
1,591 accidents nationwide on eighth day Ops Selamat 19
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) recorded a total of 1,591 road accidents nationwide on the eighth day of Ops Selamat 19 yesterday (Jan 25). Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department director Datuk Seri Mat Kasim Karim said it involved 1,891 vehicles with cars recording the highest number of cases at 1,341. “This […]
Ops Selamat registers more road mishaps and deaths
KUCHING: More accidents and deaths were recorded by police during the state-wide ‘Ops Selamat’ held in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration this year. The 10-day operation which started on Jan 18 and will end on Friday (Jan 27) has already registered a 23.3 per cent increase in accident cases. Sarawak Police Commissioner Datuk […]
Taib, wife visit Dr Chan, JC Fong, Steve Ng on first day of CNY
KUCHING: Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Raghad Kurdi Taib made their rounds of Chinese New Year visits to prominent Chinese leaders in Kuching today (Jan 22). Their first visit was to the Sarawak Legal Counsel Datuk Seri JC Fong, at his residence at Legenda […]
Fatimah, relevant agencies spread CNY cheers to underprivileged
KUCHING: The underprivileged and disadvantaged groups in Kuching are not excluded from the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebration’s spirit of sharing. The Women, Early Childhood, and Community Wellbeing Development Ministry, together with its related agencies, Kuching South City Council (MBKS), the Society for Urban Poor (SKUP), and the Kuching Bring It On Association, have spread […]
Chinese New Year in Scotland
Being in a foreign land can be daunting and lonely. Despite this, Malaysians living in the UK never lose sight of their roots. This year, Kholyn and her friends are celebrating Chinese New Year 11,327 kilometres away from home. Celebrating Chinese New Year away from home The distance between Kuching, Sarawak and Scotland, UK is […]
Ready for leap into Year of Rabbit
ON the Lunar New Year, lanterns are hung at the front door of most Chinese homes, red ornaments adorn many houses, and food is displayed on the tables. In the months prior to the special occasion, households will carry out their chores and prepare for the celebration. The annual chore of spring cleaning, which involves […]
