Kota Samarahan – home to first-class green neighbourhood
KUCHING: Sarawak’s latest housing estate, The Precinct Grande by Hock Seng Lee Sdn Bhd, under construction in Kota Samarahan has been lauded as a first-class green neighbourhood. Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos said the housing estate which is part of HSL’s La Promenade property development has various alluring features. “You have […]
Entry only for vaccinated individuals mulled
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The municipal council here may be implementing the policy of allowing only vaccinated individuals to enter public markets in this district. Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos, who hinted at this, said the council will discuss and obtain advice from the Local Government and Housing Ministry and the State Disaster […]
Open more polling stations, increase voting time
KUCHING: The Election Commission should open more polling stations and increase voting time in order to reduce crowding and queues once the State Election is held. A political observer Datuk Peter Minos said although the election might be held next year during which over 80 percent of Sarawakians would have been fully vaccinated, it was […]
No walk–in-the-park for councillors
KUCHING: Covid-19 pandemic or not, it is certainly no rest and no walk-in-the-park for the local councillors, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. “Whether we are in Covid-19 times or not, the local councils must, by law, handle public wastes, cut the grass, do street-sweeping and street lighting, desludging, road repairing, […]
Community Pantry to help feed 2,000
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) is working with 10 supermarkets in the area to hand out food assistance to residents affected by the movement control order (MCO) here. The Kongsi Rezeki Community Pantry organised by MPKS is expected to benefit more than 2,000 individuals in need in this district throughout its implementation […]
Vaccine registration forms pulled out
KUCHING: Google Forms, which were created by the Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) to register residents in Kota Samarahan for vaccination at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas), were withdrawn as of yesterday (June 20). MPKS chairman Datuk Peter Minos said the forms will no longer be distributed because they were misused. “The improper use of the […]
Flout and be fined
KUCHING: There are no two ways about it, flouters of the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) will be fined, asserts Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. He said this is particularly when dealing with deliberate and repeated offenders of the SOPs laid out to curb the Covid-19 pandemic. “Those who go against […]
Vaccine critics are goners
By Nurin Yusrina KUCHING: The Covid-19 vaccine critics and cynics are no longer listened to as more people are aware of the benefits of vaccination. Bung Bratak Heritage Association president, Datuk Peter Minos noted that the public is becoming more knowledgeable of what is best for them, and that even those who are less articulate […]
Unimas thanked for helping to speed up vaccination
By Nurin Yusrina KUCHING: Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos on Monday (June 14) thanked Universiti Malaysia Sarawak for helping the government to speed up the vaccination process in the district and state. A vaccination centre has been set up at the university’s Dewan Delima to conduct at least 3,000 vaccinations every […]
Umno working with PH is desperado politics
KUCHING: The idea of United Malay National Organisation (Umno) working together with Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition will not impact Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS), said a political observer. Datuk Peter Minos stated that the previous experience of being treated badly and shabbily by the likes of Lim Guan Eng and Democratic Action Party (DAP) when they […]
