Johor Regent agrees to donate hybrid grass for national stadium pitch
KUALA LUMPUR: His Royal Highness Tunku Mahkota Ismail Sultan Ibrahim, Regent of Johor, has agreed to donate hybrid grass for the Bukit Jalil National Stadium’s pitch. The development was shared on the official Johor Southern Tigers Facebook page, and that the Regent made the decision following a meeting with Youth and Sports Minister Hannah Yeoh […]
Focus on food security; hybrid rice seeds promising
THE Sarawak government will set aside RM22.65 million under the 2024 State Budget to step up measures to enhance food security. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said a sum of RM1.15 million will be allocated next year to continue the rehabilitation and upgrading of the paddy planting drainage and irrigation infrastructures at […]
Expert from China may assist Sarawak in hybrid paddy cultivation, says Premier
KUCHING: Hybrid paddy seed experts from Wuhan, China, may extend assistance to Sarawak for its paddy cultivation project following the success of a pilot project in Lubok Punggor, Gedong. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said the pilot project covering a one-hectare site yielded an impressive eight tonnes of harvest from the […]
MATRADE targets RM1.9 bln sales at MIHAS 2022
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) aims to achieve sales of RM1.9 billion during the 18th Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) from Sept 7 to 10. MATRADE chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Mustafa Abdul Aziz said the inaugural virtual MIHAS 2021 resulted in an impressive RM2.13 billion in sales from both the exhibition and […]
No hybrid parliament sitting, all MPs allowed to attend
KUALA LUMPUR: All the 220 Members of Parliament (MPs) are allowed to attend the special meeting of the Third Session of the 14th Parliament which begins tomorrow, said Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun. He said the proposal to conduct a hybrid meeting had been deferred, and the matter regarding hybrid sessions would not […]
Prime Minister wishes Sarawakians happy Sarawak Day
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin wishes Happy Sarawak Day 2021 to all Sarawakians celebrating it today. “The celebration must truly be meaningful to all the Sarawakians as it was on this date 58 years ago that Sarawak was officially attained self-government,” he said in a post on his official Facebook page. Muhyiddin […]
Guidelines on hybrid operations in states entering phase two of NRP tomorrow
PUTRAJAYA: Chief Secretary to the Government (KSN) Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali today issued guidelines on the approach to be used for the hybrid operations of government offices, involving attendance at the office and working from home (WFH), in five states which will enter Phase Two of movement control under the National Recovery Plan (NRP) […]
Changing the perception that PdPR is only via online
By Maizatul Jamny Muhammad Rosli KUALA LUMPUR: While the nation is under movement control due to a spike in Covid-19 cases, the home-based learning and teaching (PdPR) method is seen as the best way to ensure lessons continue at a time when face to face learning cannot be conducted. However, many still have the misperception […]
Matrade allocates more than 750 booths, physical and virtual for Mihas 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) is allocating more than 750 booths comprising both, physical and virtual at the Matrade Exhibition and Conference Centre (MECC) here for the 17th Malaysia International Halal Showcase (Mihas) from Sept 9 to12. In a statement today, Matrade said for the first time the showcase will be […]
Rural folk assured of reliable power supply
KUCHING: Sarawak’s rural communities are assured of Sarawak Energy’s commitment to providing reliable power supply during the movement control order (MCO). “While our urban customers are well served as they are grid-connected to our major power plants and can access quick response by technical teams, we are also ensuring that we keep the lights on […]
