Konsortium Bumi goes overseas, inks MoU with India-based consultancy firm
KUCHING: Konsortium Bumi Consultants & Services Sdn Bhd has entered a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Intercontinental Consultants and Technocrats Pvt Ltd (ICT) from India. Konsortium Bumi managing director Datuk Janang Bungsu stated that the strategic partnership will allow both parties to identify and jointly participate in infrastructure projects in various sectors. He said the […]
LePaPa Hypermarket creates jobs for local people
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The establishment of LePaPa Hypermarket here has led to the creation of jobs for more than 80 locals. LePaPa managing director Lee Chin Teck is glad to have helped the locals, saying that throughout Sarawak the hypermarket has about 400 workers. “We opened the first outlet in Serian in August 2019. To date […]
Job vacancies — Scaffolders
Hope Place and Socso collaborate to help B40 get jobs
KUCHING: Non-governmental organisation (NGO) Hope Place and Social Security Organisation (Socso) are working together to help more B40 people get employment through Socso’s My Future Jobs Drop Box programme. Hope Place founder Kelvin Wan said Hope Place and several NGOs had been chosen by Socso to be the location of the drop boxes — the […]
Give priority to locals for jobs
COMPANIES that want to hire foreign workers must first open the job opportunities to locals through advertisements in local newspapers or career portals. Minister in the Chief Minister’s Office (Integrity and Ombudsman) Datuk Talib Zulpilip said the state government had always prioritised locals when opening up job opportunities at every level or sector. “Companies and […]
Give more jobs
Sarawak contractors want O&G jobs KUCHING: The Sarawak Petroleum Contractors Association (SPCA) has once again urged the national oil company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) to give more oil and gas jobs to contractors in Sarawak. Its president Datuk Rahman Lariwoo said most of its members who are experienced in the oil and gas industry have […]
Pos Malaysia trying hard to prevent job and salary cuts
KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia Bhd is trying its best to prevent job and salary cuts following the Covid-19 pandemic, which has been affecting supply-chains worldwide, causing the weakening or closing of businesses and the loss of livelihoods. The postal delivery service provider said it will continue to protect the livelihood of over 15,000 frontliners and […]
Transit centres for the homeless
KUCHING: Homeless individuals in the state have an opportunity to return to society as they will be given a place to stay including having jobs. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said her ministry and the State Welfare Department were preparing a Social Intervention Directory for the homeless […]
11.2 mln jobs at risk in Asia Pacific with airlines shutdown
KUALA LUMPUR: Some 25 million jobs are at risk of disappearing due to plummeting demand for air travel amid the Covid-19 crisis, with the bulk of job losses amounting to 11.2 million are in the Asia Pacific, warned the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Airlines are calling on governments to provide immediate financial aid to help airlines […]
Yes, it is hard to find jobs
KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg recently expressed his concern over the increasing unemployment rate in Sarawak. He said the rate increased by 8.7 per cent from 2017 to last year. The state’s main challenge, he added, was to reduce unemployment, especially in the youth segment. In this article, New Sarawak Tribune […]
