MCC gets tough with local hawkers
MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) enforcement personnel seized various goods from three local hawkers during a by-law enforcement operation in Tamu Muhibbah on yesterday morning. MCC in a statement said, these hawkers were obstructing the movement of pedestrians on the five-foot ways and the flow of traffic. The two-hour operation kicked off at 8.30 am, […]
Special fund to help Downtown Taman Selera Baji Jaya hawkers
SARIKEI: The Sarawak government has allocated a special fund to help the management of Downtown Taman Selera Baji Jaya here. According to a Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas) report, Tanjong Manis assemblyman Yusuf Abdul Wahab said the Tanjong Manis Service Centre would pay 40 per cent of the cost of every canopy while the rest […]
‘I only wanted to help the hawkers’
KUCHING: Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing has told Sibu Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Clarence Ting that he was not attempting to politicise matters under the local authorities. Instead, he was just voicing out certain issues for local hawkers and the Sarawak Hawker Association in order to find solutions to their problems. “As a […]
New hawker centre in Mile 7 soon
KUCHING: A new hawker centre that can house about 30 hawkers in Mile 7 will be constructed very soon, said Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang. He explained that Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg approved an allocation of RM2.5 million for the purpose. “This project is a short-term plan where […]
