DUBS Kapit members visit Masing
KUCHING: A group of 30 Sarawak Bumiputera Entrepreneurs Chamber (DUBS) Kapit members paid a courtesy visit on Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing at his office today (Aug 17). During the visit, the group has raised several issues and among them was to give chances to DUBS Kapit to do […]
New Mukah airport ready next Jan
MUKAH: The construction of the new RM360-million Mukah airport is expected to be completed by January next year. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing said the construction work had been disrupted for three months due to the movement control order (MCO). “Now work has started again,” he told a press […]
Easier travels for Baleh residents soon
KAPIT: The people of Baleh will soon be able to travel to the town area by road; making their lives more convenient. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing said this while officiating at an earth breaking ceremony for a proposed new 37-door longhouse, Rumah Tajai Sanggau, at Nanga Sebiro, Ulu Sungai Baleh […]
Cable-stayed bridge to be completed by September
KUCHING: The construction of the Sungai Mujong cable-stayed bridge in Baleh, Kapit is progressing smoothly and is scheduled to be completed by Sept 2020. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing said the construction started in July 28, 2016 and should have been completed in April 20 this year. He said the delay […]
‘It’s about time’
KUCHING: It’s about time that Sarawak and Sabah work together to get one-third of the 222 seats in Parliament. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing, after hearing the news that Sabah was ready to work with Sarawak to increase the number of Parliament seats for the two Borneo states, said he was […]
‘Art Harun will make a fair Speaker’
KUCHING: Former Election Commission (EC) chairman Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun, who has been elected as the new Dewan Rakyat Speaker, should be a good and fair Speaker, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing. “Being the former chairman of EC, who was taken to oversee a fair general election during his time, which […]
Of dreamers and inexperience
KUCHING: Except for a few, Pakatan Harapan (PH) leaders were dreamers and inexperienced in governing the nation, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing. He said most of the leaders just wanted to gain positions or posts and did not know how to administer the country. “The PH manifesto was conceived during […]
‘Course assessment grades should not be lowered’
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing agrees with the call made by University College of Technology Sarawak (UCTS) vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Khairuddin Ab Hamid that course assessment grades should not be lowered. “We must use the obstacles created by Covid-19 as a challenge to be better students, and not as an […]
Biggest joke yet
KUCHING: Nominating Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal as the prime minister of Malaysia is the biggest joke, said Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing. He questioned whether former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad was joking when he suggested Shafie as the prime minister-candidate and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as deputy […]
Battling two enemies
KUCHING: Malaysia is fighting a battle on two fronts – Covid-19 pandemic and power struggle by greedy politicians. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing, who pointed this out, said the Covid-19 global pandemic was a struggle between life and death, adding, that alone was enough to cripple any nation. He said Prime […]
