A move towards pedagogy autonomy
YAYASAN SARAWAK INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS KUCHING: Team Dynamic Kuching (TDK) applauded the Sarawak government for building state-owned international schools for Sarawak’s talented children. Its team leader, Eric Tay, described achieving the pledge by the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) government is a felicitous approach that would eventually benefit Sarawakian students. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun […]
Economy, MA63 and development main focus in Sabah election campaign
KUALA LUMPUR: Issues related to the economy, Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and regional development in Sabah will be capitalised by candidates in the upcoming state election. Academy of Sciences Malaysia fellow Dr Madeline Berma said that the issues should not be championed solely for votes in the 16th Sabah state election, but instead should be […]
MA63 exposed
BY NAVIN C NAIDU I refer to the Malaysia Day message by Baru Bian, Ba’Kelalan assemblyman and Selangau MP. His message is inundated with WHAT the problem is. Nobody needs constant reminders and primers of the massive misinformation perpetrated upon Sabah and Sarawak. We need the HOW to get Sabah and Sarawak on the right […]
Five percent not enough
KUCHING: Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) president Lina Soo is of the view that Sarawak should impose 25 percent instead of five percent in state sales tax (SST) on petroleum products, as she believes that the latter is too little. She pointed out that Sarawak was the landowner and had ownership and economic rights over […]
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 […]
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 […]
Patriots want an apology
KUCHING: Sarawak Patriots Association (SPA) has condemned the remarks made by Pasir Puteh MP Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh about the Bible in Parliament to be thoughtless and careless. The Parti Se-Islam Malaysia (PAS) lawmaker’s remarks were made during the debate on the Road Transport (Amendment) Bill 2020 to propose harsher sentencing for drink driving offenders […]
Talks ongoing to reclaim S’wak rights
SEMATAN: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has asserted that discussions are still ongoing with regard to reclaiming Sarawak’s rights under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). “(This) will be pursued. There are some outstanding issues that we need to discuss. When it comes to that, then I will consult the State Legislative Assembly […]
Special Council on MA63 suffices
KUCHING: Yayasan Perpaduan Sarawak (YPS) said the Special Council on Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) is sufficient to monitor the review implementation of the agreement and efforts to restore the rights of Sarawakians. Its chief executive Datuk Aloysius Dris said the discussion on MA63 should be left to the special council instead of establishing another parliamentary-level […]
Composition in Special Council on MA63 implementation in final stage
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is in the final stage of finalising the composition in the Special Council to review the implementation of the 1963 Malaysia Agreement (MA63), the Parliament was told today. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib said the matter would be brought to the […]
