Health clinic relocates to multipurpose hall
LONG LAMA, Miri: The Long Lama health clinic will be relocated temporarily at Long Lama multipurpose hall and will be operational starting July 20. The relocation is to facilitate the Public Works Department (JKR) to carry out comprehensive soil tests at its current location which is compromised by continuous soil erosion. “They (JKR) are given […]
Ex-Miri mayor praises effort to revive citizenship committee
MIRI: Former Miri mayor, Datuk Lawrence Lai, lauded the effort made by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Dato Sri Fatimah Abdullah to revive the Sarawak Special Committee on Citizenship Status. “With its revival, this would expedite applications for citizenship as the committee is responsible for screening and reviewing applications before submitting […]
Fireman’s widow receives RM28k from department
MIRI: Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department director Khirudin Drahman @Hussaini early yesterday presented a cheque worth RM28,000 to Maria Suhaini, widow to PBK II Zainal Suhaili at Miri Fire and Rescue department quarters. During his visit to Maria, Khirudin was accompanied by State Fire and Rescue assistant director PgKB I Tiong Ling Hii and PgKB […]
Hazard: Homestay fined RM10k
MIRI: The proprietor of a homestay at North Yu Seng road here last Wednesday, was fined RM10,000 in default of five months imprisonment for failing to comply with fire hazard abatement as required under Fire Services Act 1988. A Magistrate’s Court here meted out the sentence after the 56-year-old female accused, who appeared before Magistrate […]
Clinic can now detect Covid-19
Samling Resources donates medical equipment MIRI: Tudan Health Clinic can enhance its Covid-19 testing capability soon with its gift of Biological Safety Cabinet (BSC) Class 2 equipment from Samling Resources Sdn Bhd. Another clinic which received a similar gift was Miri Health Clinic. One unit of the equipment cost RM35,000, disclosed Transport Minister Datuk Lee […]
Sarawak focusing on domestic tourism
MIRI: The Tourism, Art and Culture Ministry will continue to strengthen the Visit Sarawak campaign while promoting a new post Covid-19 campaign with the tagline ‘Rediscover Yourself In Sarawak’. Assistant Minister for Tourism, Art and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting disclosed yesterday that the campaigns aimed to reach out to domestic tourists and encourage them to […]
Museum renovation to finish by August
MIRI: The renovation of Petroleum Museum Sarawak at Canada Hill is scheduled to be completed this August. The renovations, which involve the installation of an energy saving air conditioning system, are fully funded by the Sarawak government at a cost of RM1.1 million. According to Assistant Minister of Tourism, Art and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting, […]
Hard times for hawkers, traders
MIRI: After the movement control order (MCO) following the Covid-19 pandemic, many hawkers or small-time traders are struggling to survive. For the past three months, since March 18, Malaysia had been under partial lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19. During this period, most business activities were banned and forced to temporarily close down. Dayang […]
Aggression lands man in hot water
MIRI: A 47-year-old man from Kampung Kejapil, Bekenu, landed himself in trouble with the law for throwing obscenities and injuring two policemen on Saturday. The suspect used a slingshot to attack the police who came to his house around 2.10pm. “He began shooting pebbles using the slingshot at the policemen when they were questioning him […]
APM rescues trapped macaque
MIRI: A long-tailed macaque has been rescued by the Civil Defence Force (APM) Miri after being trapped in a sauna and it was surrendered to Sarawak Forestry Corporation (SFC) on Wednesday. SFC chief executive officer Zolkipli Mohamad Aton, who is also the Controller of Wildlife, said that long-tailed macaque habitats had been fragmented by human […]
