State urged to offer lower LPG cylinder price
VIOLET Yong Wui Wui (DAP-Pending) urged the Sarawak government to use the revenue from the oil and gas resources as well as the five per cent sales tax imposed on petroleum products to further subsidise and lower the price of Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders sold through Petros. “Before the state election, the Premier of […]
SHEDA warns of flip side of minimum wage hikes
KUCHING: Increasing the minimum wage without examining the underlining problems and cause of low minimum income will not be a sustainable and viable solution to bring the prices of goods down. Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (SHEDA) president Augustine Wong said in a press statement here on Sunday (Feb 6) that this was […]
Programme allows folk to get daily necessities at lower prices
MUKAH: The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) here will organise a Malaysian Family Sale programme (PJKM) on Jan 25 and Gafu Supermarket has been selected as the venue for Mukah Parliament. Mukah head Salihin Den said Mukah MP Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib had agreed to the programme, which could be held monthly. […]
Government urged to lower prices of essential goods
MIRI: Dayak Transformation Association (Trada) urges the federal and state governments to collaborate and bring down prices of daily goods and essential items in Sabah and Sarawak immediately. President and founder of Trada, Joseph Janting said communities in Sabah and Sarawak have been impacted badly by Covid-19 pandemic. “The youth and people under the B40 […]
Lower housing prices after MCO
KUCHING: Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) Kuching branch chairman Sim Kiang Chiok anticipates that housing prices in Sarawak will stabilise albeit slightly lower once the movement control order (MCO) is lifted. “We had a few poor years prior to the MCO, and presently prices of properties have already adjusted downward with the […]
