Sheda involved in registration drive for migrant workers

KUCHING: Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers’ Association (Sheda) is now actively involved in a mass recalibration programme for migrant workers in Sarawak. “It is part of the association’s initiative to relieve the current shortage of workers in the construction industry,” said its president Augustine Wong Chung Ho. “Sheda is now embarking on a registration […]

Migrant link claim untrue

MIRI: No migrant worker was involved in the Ladang 3 fighting incident that happened last Sunday afternoon (Feb 7). This is contrary to the claim by certain people, said Sarawak police commissioner Datuk Aidi Ismail. He disclosed this today (Feb 16) in a statement to the media. Claims of migrant workers’ involvement in the fight […]

TB deaths high due to late treatment

By Kurniawati Kamarudin KUALA LUMPUR: Tuberculosis (TB) claims about 1,500 to 2,000 lives annually in Malaysia, with an average of six deaths occurring every day. Head of TB/Leprosy Sector at the Health Ministry’s Disease Control Division Dr Mohamed Naim Abdul Kadir, who revealed these statistics, said about 20,000 to 25,000 new TB cases are recorded […]