Finally a place to call home

KUCHING: Hamsiah Abet, a widow and her children have expressed their sincerest appreciation to the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) state government and those involved in helping them to construct a new house at Kampung No.4, Jalan Patinggi Ali here. Hamsiah, 75, and her three daughters have been living in a temporary house on a site […]

Not resettlement but extension

KUCHING: Resettlement does not apply to villages in Bau. Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep yesterday said there will only be village extensions and plans are afoot to do this. “We recognise how we should let people with extended families, for instance the villagers of Kampung Melayu Bau, to have their own extension. “It […]

Over 500 attend housing briefing in Dalat

DALAT: Some 580 people attended a briefing by the Housing Development Commission (HDC) at Stadium Perpaduan Dalat here. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah welcomed the initiative by HDC in providing housing for the people here. However, she said HDC’s housing programme catered for those in the B40 […]