TYT pays glowing tribute to the late Masing
HEAD of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud on Tuesday paid tribute to Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing who died several months ago, describing his passing as a great loss to the state. He said Sarawak had lost a leader who was people-centric and who always worked for the progress of […]
Cheshire Home received RM5k in donation
KUCHING: A total of RM5,000 was donated to the Sarawak Cheshire Home by the wife of the late Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing, Puan Sri Datin Amar Corrine Masing here on Tuesday (Feb 15). The home’s manager Jane Sebastian said the money will be put to good use, especially in view of the current pandemic. “For the past three […]
Last of the great Dayak politicians
My day has been too long. In the morning, I saw the sons of the Unarms happy and strong; and yet, before the sun has come, have I lived to see the last warrior of the wise race of the Mohicans. — James Fenimore Cooper, American writer When deputy chief minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar […]
Nanta recalls Masing’s good deeds for Kapit
BY HASNAH JUSID It is never easy losing a good friend, let alone to accept his sudden departure, especially if the individual was a mentor and a political partner who had contributed significantly in developing a parliamentary constituency together. That would probably best describe how Kapit Member of Parliament, Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, was […]
A doting father dearly missed
KUCHING: While the late Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing has undeniably left behind a meaningful legacy for Sarawak and its people, on a more personal level he is remembered as a doting father and family man, an advocate for education, an inspiration, and one with a great sense of humour. This was […]
Gone, but not forgotten
KUCHING: During his extraordinary life, the late Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing touched the lives of many people. And some of these people were among those who paid their respects to him at his state funeral service held at the Christian Ecumenical Worship Centre, Association of Churches in Sarawak […]
Opposition’s fond memories of Masing
KUCHING: Members of opposition parties who paid their last respects to Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing today (Nov 3) had a lot of good words to say about the late Deputy Chief Minister. They remember the Infrastructure and Ports Development Minister, Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) president as well as Baleh assemblyman for […]
A precious gem that can’t go unnoticed
PRS Women chief deliver a fitting eulogy for Masing KUCHING: Despite his humble roots from far deep in rural Baleh, the late Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing shone like a precious gem which cannot go unnoticed not only in Sarawak but throughout the nation. This was Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) vice-president and […]
Stop the political headhunting!
When you make a choice, you change the future. — Deepak Chopra, author I was happy that Parti Raykat Sarawak (PRS) deputy president Datuk Joseph Salang acted immediately to pull the party together in the wake of the passing of president Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing last Sunday. As deputy president, Salang knows his […]
Salang dismisses reports of him taking over PRS leadership
KUCHING: PRS deputy president Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum has squashed reports that he would take over as president following the passing of Tan Sri James Jemut Masing. “We are all still mourning the loss of Tan Sri James Masing, and this press conference today is to clarify that there’s no truth to the reports. “I […]
