Tebedu rep hands over project sites  

TEBEDU: Tebedu assemblyman Dr Simon Sinang Bada handed over four project sites in his constituency recently totalling RM650,000. The projects include the upgrading of agricultural roads and the construction of new roads to newly settled areas under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP). Dr Sinang said the purpose of constructing new roads is to assist rural […]

300 telco towers built, handed over to SDEC

By Alverdtekoster Anyap & Neville Timothy Sanders SEBUYAU: Three hundred telecommunication towers built by Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) have been handed over to the Sarawak Digital Economy Corporation (SDEC). This was revealed by Minister for Utility and Telecommunication Datuk Julaihi Narawi, adding that it is for SDEC to install telecommunication equipment onto the towers that […]

Jamilah hands PBB Lundu helm to Azizul

LUNDU: Former Tanjung Datu assemblywoman Datuk Amar Jamilah Anu has handed over duties as Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Tanjung Datu division chief to the new assemblyman, Azizul Annuar Adenan. According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (UKAS), this was done in a ceremony at the Mahligai Gading Lundu Multipurpose Hall here […]

Masing hands over oxygen tanks to Kalimantan tomorrow

KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing is expected to symbolically hand over oxygen tanks from Sarawak to West Kalimantan, Indonesia tomorrow. According to a news report by the Sarawak Public Communication Unit (Ukas) on Monday, Masing will be representing Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg at the event. The […]

Completed RTP projects in Mukah handed over

MUKAH: Another two more projects here under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) that were completed last year were handed over to the beneficiaries on Tuesday (Jan 26). The projects involved constructing a new neighbourhood watch building costing RM180,000 at Kampung Petanak Jaya, and rebuilding an operations room costing RM120,000 at Kampung Penat. The respective contractors […]

It’s Mahathir’s call

I made a promise to hand over and I will, accepting that I thought that a change immediately before the APEC summit would be disruptive. Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, sixth Prime Minister Sometime in May Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was quoted in a Bloomberg report as saying he expected to take power from Tun Dr […]