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Number of KL-Sarawak flights, passengers reduced

KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has decided that the number of flights and passengers from Kuala Lumpur to Sarawak be reduced to help curb Covid-19 pandemic at the state. This is to ascertain that there are enough rooms at designated quarantine centres such as hotel rooms to cater for incoming passengers at any […]

Tamu Muhibbah, Tamu Kedayan hawkers get face masks

MIRI: Miri United Hawkers Association distributed donated face masks at Tamu Muhibbah and Tamu Kedayan here. “Today, I, together with committee members of the Miri United Hawkers Association, visited and distributed face masks to the hawkers at Tamu Muhibbah and Tamu Kedayan,” Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said yesterday. Other distribution locations were Pasar […]

Bigger canopies for MCO enforcers

MIRI: Miri Disaster Management Committee will provide bigger canopies for three movement control order (MCO) roadblocks in this district, said Minister of Transport Datuk Lee Kim Shin on Sunday. Lee, who also the minister-in-charge of Miri Disaster Management Committee, these canopies were for roadblocks at Jalan Bulatan Pujut 3, Jalan Hiltop and Jalan Tanjong. “They are […]

Miri Hospital running out of blood

MIRI:  There is an urgent need to replenish the blood stocks at the Miri Hospital.  The Covid-19 pandemic has reduced the number of blood donors.   Miri Hospital Blood Bank together with the Malaysian Red Crescent Miri District (MRC) have set up a static Blood Donation Centre at MRC Miri District, Jalan Bulan Sabit.  The new […]

94 arrivals in Miri quarantined

MIRI: The Disaster Management Committee here confirmed that 94 people had been quarantined in two hotels. Twenty-six of them arrived at Miri Airport from Labuan while 68 had flown in from Kuala Lumpur. “To date, six hotels in Miri have confirmed their willingness to serve as quarantine centres for those from outside Sarawak arriving at […]

Express boat e-ticket system proposal

SIBU: An e-ticket system which facilitates the purchase and booking of express boat tickets in Sarawak is expected to begin in the second half of this year. Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin said the ministry is in the process of getting approval from Sarawak Multimedia Board (SMA). “For the first phase, e-tickets will cover […]

Miri to upgrade traffic light system

Lee (fourth right) speaking to reporters after the meeting.

MIRI: The state government will begin upgrading the traffic light systems here soon as part of their effort to reduce traffic congestion, especially in urban areas. This was revealed by Transport Minister Datuk Lee Kim Shin yesterday after chairing a meeting on the matter. “We will come up with an integrated traffic master plan to […]