Ministry chided as “insensitive” for ignoring Gawai holiday

KUCHING: Datuk Henry Harry Jinep has expressed his disappointment over the action of the federal government especially the Ministry of Education (MOE) for omitting the Gawai Dayak as a public holiday in the school academic calendar. The Assistant Minister for Transport II said that omitting or deliberately ignoring the Gawai Dayak holiday from the school […]

Road sign stunts by Dapsy insensitive

KUCHING: The Sarawak Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) breached the law and was insensitive when its members affixed Mandarin characters onto some road signs in the city. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) Information Chief, Datuk Idris Buang said that in doing what they did they were not mindful of multi-racial harmony in the state […]

‘Don’t be insensitive’

KUCHING: Another local politician has expressed his objection to Malaysian Islamic Party’s (PAS) call for the government to suspend production and sale of alcohol. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang would like to remind PAS leaders that Malaysia is a multiracial, multicultural and multireligious country. “We must be sensitive to each other’s religious beliefs and […]