Upgrading work begins on markets, tamu
MIRI: Miri City Council (MCC) has commenced upgrading work on Tamu Muhibbah/Tamu Khas and Pasar Besar Krokop. Work, which began on March 1, would be carried out in phases. For affected stallholders, MCC would arrange for them to trade temporarily under canopies erected in front of the Tamu and market. In a statement on Monday […]
DBKU markets allowed to operate
KUCHING: Markets under the Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) jurisdiction are allowed to operate. In a statement on Monday (Feb 22), DBKU said the markets include farmers’ market, tamu, night market and bazaar (Uptown and Downtown markets). It said the permission for the operation is in line with the implementation of the conditional movement control […]
Busy weekend for council
KUCHING: It was a busy weekend for Kuching South City Council (MBKS) mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng as he and his councillors have been distributing face masks at markets and hawker centres under the council’s jurisdiction. Among the markets Wee visited last Saturday were Kenyalang Market, Stutong Market, Hui Sing Hawker Centre, Pending Seafood Centre […]
All traders under MBKS screened
KUCHING: All traders at the three markets under Kuching City South Council (MBKS) have taken their Covid-19 tests since last Wednesday. The three markets involved are Sungai Apong Market, Petanak Market and Kenyalang Market. This was said by MBKS mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng in reply to a query during a live session conducted on […]
Asia stocks mostly up on lockdown easing but Hong Kong extends losses
HONG KONG: Most Asian markets rose Monday as a further opening up of economies from lockdown offset worries over worsening China-US tensions, while Hong Kong sank again after the city was rocked by protests at the weekend over a controversial proposed security law. While Donald Trump has limited travel from Brazil as the Latin American […]
Free face masks for hawkers
KAPIT: All hawkers trading at the Teresang Market along Jalan Penghulu Geringang and night Street Market at Kapit New Bazaar here received free face masks as a precautionary and preventive measure against the spread to Covid-19 virus. Kapit District Council (KDC) walikota Lating Minggang led his councillors and council staffs in distributing the face masks […]
Sagah visits PPK Siburan
SIBURAN: Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn yesterday visited the Siburan Farmers’ Organisation (PPK Siburan) here. The purpose of the visit was to address the concerns faced by smallholders in marketing their agricultural products, especially during the movement control order (MCO) period. The PPK Siburan has been […]
MBKS planning to disinfect its markets
KUCHING: Kuching South City Council (MBKS) is identifying markets within its area of jurisdiction to be disinfected with the help of the state Fire and Rescue Department. MBKS mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng said the council was planning how to go about doing it. “We should not disinfect the markets just for the sake of […]
MPP carries out disinfection process
KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) yesterday carried out thorough cleaning and disinfecting efforts at major wet markets and other trading venues in their area as a precautionary measure against Covid-19. The operation was carried out at all three popular wet markets, namely those at 3rd Mile, Kota Sentosa, and Kota Padawan, as well as the […]
