Kota Samarahan, Sepang are red zones

KUALA LUMPUR: Two more areas are categorised as Covid-19 red zones, bringing the total number of red zones to 23, according to the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC). According to statistics posted on MOH’s Twitter today, the latest locations involved Sepang district in Selangor with 46 cases and Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, with 42 cases […]

Roadshow participants urged to come forward

KUCHING: Those who attended the Sarawak Islamic Council’s Wawasan Ummah Gemilang roadshow at Dewan Suarah, Kota Samarahan on March 10 are urged to be assessed and tested for Covid-19.  Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Dr Sim Kui Hian shared a notice from the Samarahan Divisional Health Office on its Facebook page which called on […]

Hundreds go for Covid-19 screening

KUCHING: Hundreds of people went for Covid-19 screening at Dewan Suarah, Kota Samarahan yesterday.  This followed an announcement by the Samarahan Divisional Health Office calling on those who  attended the Sarawak Islamic Council’s Wawasan Ummah Gemilang roadshow at Dewan Suarah, Kota Samarahan on March 10, those who had contacts with the SMK Kota Samarahan cluster, […]

Samarahan declared red zone

KUCHING: After 41 positive cases have been detected in Samarahan as of yesterday the division has been declared a Covid-19 red zone. “The areas with the positive cases include Desa Ilmu, Tanjung Bundong, Muara Tuang, Uni Garden and Sadong Jaya,” said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) deputy chairman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah yesterday during […]

Walikota feels for ‘deserted’ town

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Kota Samarahan is almost deserted, which is so abnormal. “I could almost feel tension and some fear in the air after Covid-19 claimed a life in Samarahan. Only at the market did I see people lining up with long faces to buy provisions, with local council enforcement officers directing, advising and guiding them […]

Cops call for all-round cooperation

KUCHING: Kota Samarahan district police chief DSP Lee Chong Chern said good cooperation from the community, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and local communities are needed to address social issues, especially the issue of substance abuse. “Such problems have become more challenging day-by-day due to rapid development taking place in Kota Samarahan. “With increasing population, traffic, social […]

Teraju visits upcoming virtual park in Kota Samarahan

KUCHING: Bumiputera Agenda Steering Unit (Teraju) yesterday visited and attended a sharing session of D-Virtual Park, the first virtual park with hologram in Malaysia by Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad in Kota Samarahan near here. D-Virtual Park is also the first in Malaysia to have a digital-concept incubator for business start-ups. Teraju’s visiting delegation was led […]

Bigger things coming Samarahan’s way

INTERVIEW Datuk Peter Minos has high hopes and expectations for Samarahan’s rapid development in the coming years. First appointed as Walikota of Samarahan District Council (SDC) in 2015, he later became chairman of the Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) upon Samarahan’s upgrade in 2016. Located approximately 30km from Kuching city, the area was once a […]

Borneo’s first for Samarahan

VIRTUAL REALITY THEME PARK KUALA LUMPUR: Borneo’s very first virtual reality (VR) theme park is expected to be launched in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak by Serba Dinamik next month. Serba Dinamik group managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Dr Mohd Abdul Karim Abdullah believes that D-Virtual Park has enough content to entertain visitors of […]

War on drugs continues

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Police have successfully seized drugs worth RM1.5 million since early January. Sarawak Police Commissioner CP Datuk Ramli Din said the drugs were confiscated as a result of arrests made in Miri and Kuching. “At the start of 2020, we seized nine kilogrammes of syabu, 20,000 ecstasy pills worth RM1mil in Miri, and last […]