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Sarawak to propose Sibu and Miri hospitals for upgrade to regional status

SIBU: The proposal to upgrade two government hospitals, namely the Sibu and Miri hospitals, to regional hospitals is part of the Sarawak government’s agenda under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). Deputy Minister of Health Lukanisman Awang Sauni said that the government will present the proposal to the Ministry of Health (MoH) through the MA63 Committee. […]

IRB state representative’s name to be finalised soon

KUCHING: The name of the state representative in the Internal Revenue Board (IRB) will be finalised soon, said Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Law, MA63 and State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali. She said the matter is still awaiting finalisation in a meeting, probably in the next one or two weeks. “The […]

Appointments to honour MA63 

KUCHING: Having representatives from Sarawak and Sabah as members of the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) shows an effort towards honouring the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), opines Datuk Dr Madeline Berma. The honorary professor of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) agreed that by having representatives from both states as members of IRB, the members would also represent […]

Sarawak has waited too long

MALAYSIA AGREEMENT 1963 KUCHING: The federal government must cut the red tape and return Sarawak’s rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) without delay. A political observer said Sarawak had been waiting for far too long for this. Datuk Peter Minos said sadly, it looked like another committee would be coming up to oversee the […]

Things moving in the right direction

SERIAN: It should not be a problem for the state government team to lead negotiations at the federal level, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He was replying to Bukit Assek assemblywoman, Irene Chang who said that Abdul Karim, who as the chairman of the Malaysian Agreement 1963 (MA63) Consultative […]

Special committee to study MA63

KUCHING: A special committee to conduct a systematic study on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) is to be set up, said Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (MEDAC) Minister Datuk Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar today. He said a working paper on the establishment of the coordinating committee on the constitution and MA63 was tabled at […]