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Anya’s Dream

Anya and his eldest son, Bungin, were on their way to their planned farming site, and they had just entered the third day of their ‘nebas’ (clearing of undergrowth and smaller trees) at Ulu Kedap, a tributary of the Melupa Basin in Krian, Saratok. This was during the early days, long before the Brooke rule. […]

Sikie responds to queries from Krian, Lingga

PLANS for a new Nanga Budu Sub-district Office building are in the pre-contract stage and construction is expected to begin in the middle of 2024. Minister in the Premier’s Department Datuk Seri John Sikie Tayai said this includes preparation of detailed building designs and tender documents. “The tender is expected to be issued in the […]

32 RTP projects for Krian this year

BETONG: Thirty-two Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) projects will be implemented this year for the Krian constituency. In a Facebook post, Krian assemblyman Friday Belik said many more projects planned to be approved in the constituency for 2023 and reminded all the implementing agencies involved to speed up its implementation. He made this remark when chairing […]

Krian rep, JBALB discuss solution to Lubok Renit water woes

KUCHING: Krian assemblyman Friday Belik and Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB) have plans to build a new pipe that would connect the Lubok Renit area from the Sg Antu/Temudok junction stretching 2.3km as an absolute solution for water supply issues there. In a post on the assemblyman’s official Facebook page on Thursday (Jan 27), it […]

Krian to set up education devt committee

KUCHING: A body known as Education Development Committee will be formed in Krian, said its newly-elected assemblyman Friday Belik. The committee will be initiated by taking its Layar’s counterpart (Education Development Committee of Layar or LEDC in Betong as an example. He explained that the establishment of organisations such as Kelab Raban Iban Sebelak (KRIS) […]

Krian looks to GPS for way forward

SARATOK: Support for the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) will be translated to development which the Krian state constituency here has been missing out on for the last ten years. Friday Belik, a prospective Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the 12th state election said it was therefore important for voters to chart a new direction. […]

Candidacy for Krian remains a question mark

SARATOK: “In politics, one should have principles to avoid a split,” asserts Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) political veteran Datuk Abdul Wahab Aziz. He depicted such a scenario when alluding to Datuk Ali Biju, who is supposedly expected to defend the Krian state constituency seat in the upcoming 12th State Election. As such according to […]

PBK announces candidate for Krian

KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) on Monday (Sept 21) announced its member Kuan Sam Sui as the party’s candidate for Krian in the next state election. PBK president Voon Lee Shan said Kuan, who was a contractor working in Singapore and Brunei, had been actively engaged in the PBK’s move to seek freedom and independence […]

PDP candidates for Krian, Ba’Kelalan

KUCHING: Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) has picked engineer Jeffery Jimbun as its potential candidate for the Krian constituency and lawyer Sam Laya as its potential candidate for Ba’Kelalan constituency in the upcoming state election.PDP Youth chief Robert Ayu said both Jeffery and Sam had been endorsed by PDP president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing to […]