Vital new methods
KUCHING: New methods such as digital economy and technology have to be applied in the agricultural sector to ensure sufficient food supply in the future. Assistant Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais pointed out that as the world population increased, there was a corresponding increase in […]
Also considered for help
KUCHING: Those in the informal sector are also considered in the state government’s assistance schemes such as the micro-credit scheme as long as they are cooperative members in their villages, said Assistant Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais. He said that Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang […]
Plastic waste can kill turtles, crocs
KUCHING: Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) deputy chief executive officer I (Management and Conservation) Oswald Braken Tisen has urged the public to dispose their clear plastic wastes properly. “In Sarawak, when we find dead turtles and conduct a necropsy to check why they died, in past years we have found turtles with their stomachs full of […]
A virtual Women’s Day this year
KUCHING: The State Women’s Day in August this year will be held through live conferencing via Zoom apps, said Sarawak Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister, Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She added only 100 participants, including women ministers and eminent personalities, would be invited to attend the annual event at Borneo Convention […]
Ustaz to hold community talk at Pustaka Sibu
KUCHING: Sarawak State Library (Pustaka) in Sibu and Kuiscell Sdn Bhd will collaborate to hold a community talk entitled ‘Covid-19: Muhasabah Diri’ at 10.30am on June 12. It will be held live via Sarawak State Library official Facebook page. In a press statement issued on Tuesday, Pustaka Sibu said the Covid-19 pandemic hadforced people to […]
Ramadan virtual talk on May 22
MIRI: Pustaka Miri is organising a Ramadan virtual talk to be held on May 22. The talk will be given by Imam Mohamed Magid, executive director of All Dulles Area Muslim Society and former president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Schools and higher education institutions have been forced by the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Students prepared for new normal
KUCHING: The State Library in Sibu will be holding a motivational talk titled ‘Belajar Dari Rumah: Persediaan Normal Baharu’ (Learning from Home: Preparation for the New Normal) live via their official Facebook page (@pustaka.sarawak). The talk will be streamed live on Monday (May 18) at 2.30pm, delivered by Ahmad Faizal Osman, also known as Cikgu […]
Christians can live stream Holy Week mass
KUCHING: This year’s Holy Week will be different – for the first time, the church congregation will not be in the premises due to the movement control order (MCO) to contain the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Association of Churches in Sarawak (ACS) chairman Archbishop Simon Poh said he was thankful for technology as churches […]
