Sarawak’s first Islamic Radio mobile app now available
IRIS BY NOOR SYAHHIRA HADY & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA KUCHING: Sarawak State Mosques Welfare Trust Board (LAKMNS) is the first agency to have a mobile application for its online radio, said Datuk Abang Abdul Wahap Abang Julai. The LAKMNS chief executive officer said the mobile application for Internet Radio Islamic Sarawak (IRIS) was one of […]
BookBear service is now available
SIBU: The State Library is offering free BookBear service here via the Angka.sa2 application. In support of reading programmes and activities during the Covid-19 pandemic, the library is providing this service to its users. The BookBear is a direct-to-consumer book-borrowing service through the Angka.sa2 application, which can be downloaded from Google Play Store and App […]
Users flock to get double rewards
SARAWAK PAY KUCHING: Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) had to limit the number of users who logged in to the Sarawak Pay application in conjunction with the Sarawak Day double rewards campaign on Wednesday. According to SMA general manager Dr Zaidi Razak, the application’s server did not suffer any damage. “We have 400,000 Sarawak Pay users […]
Malaysians profit an average Of RM1,396 through Carousell during MCO
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians on average derived a profit of RM1,396 by selling on Carousell during the movement control order (MCO) period till June 2020. In a statement, Carousell said Malaysians had sold used goods on the platform valued at RM640 million. It also said Malaysians conducted 690,000 transactions through the platform where proceeds were used […]
Aid for mothers goes digital
MIRI: Two postnatal aid programmes for mothers, namely Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS) and ‘Bantuan Ibu Bersalin (BIB)’, will go online on July 3, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah on Wednesday (July 1). She revealed that initially, the digitalisation process would be on a trial basis. Information on […]
State Library launches free book delivery service
MIRI: The State Library has launched ‘BookBear’ — a free book borrowing delivery service for those residing within the city area which started from June 16. According to a statement, the service was launched in support of the reading programmes and activities during this Covid-19 pandemic by delivering books to members of the public. To […]
Sarawak Pay to go international
KUCHING: The Sarawak Pay e-wallet application will go international soon. SiliconNet Technologies Sdn Bhd’s general manager Chin Zan Kiun said China’s UnionPay could be used in the Sarawak Pay application soon. “Technical works have been completed and we have submitted them to Bank Negara for approval,” he said during the JOM DIGITAL @ Sarawak Productive […]
20pct discount for first 1,000 Halal2Go users
KUCHING: SD Impex Sdn Bhd is offering a 20 per cent discount for 1,000 users of the newly launched halal food delivery application Halal2Go to be used for the purchase of menu items from Asian Taste and JM Bariani House. SD Impex Sdn Bhd group chief executive officer Nor Iskandar Naini Hanifah said that due […]
Preqin Anywhere — Programme to access Preqin data wherever
KUALA LUMPUR: Preqin has launched Preqin Anywhere, a programme that enables clients to access the alternative assets industry’s most powerful data and insights in any way that best suits them. To that end, Preqin has provided remote-access tools and collaborated with other providers to offer Preqin data directly through other CRM and research platforms, giving […]
Pay zakat through Sarawak Pay
KUCHING: Muslims in the state can pay their zakat (tithes) through the state’s e-wallet mobile app — Sarawak Pay. According to an announcement by Sarawak Pay on its Facebook page yesterday, payments can be made now. It encouraged the public to go cashless, especially during the movement control order (MCO) period. There are three methods […]
