Aaron promoted to National Unity Minister
KUCHING: Since being elected as the Kanowit Member of Parliament (MP) in 2004, Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has been moving up the political ladder, leading to his appointment as National Unity Minister in the new government. Aaron is among five MPs from Sarawak who were appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister […]
Fadillah as DPM means bigger say for Sarawak in federal government
KUCHING: The appointment of Petra Jaya MP Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof as the first ever Sarawakian to be the country’s deputy prime minister will give Sarawak more say and have stronger representation in the federal government. In stating this, former Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku […]
Maintain four GPS ministers in federal Cabinet: Abdul Karim
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah expressed his hope that four full ministerial posts will be maintained and given to Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) in the new Cabinet line-up. In stating this, the Tourism, Creative Industry, and Performing Arts (MTCP) Minister pointed out that in the last Cabinet line-up, four of the party’s MPs […]
New UK PM Rishi Sunak appoints Cabinet
LONDON: Britain’s new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday announced his new Cabinet, with the unity of his increasingly fractured party his top concern, reported Anadolu. Jeremy Hunt, a centrist, will remain Chancellor, with James Cleverly, an ally of former prime minister Boris Johnson, also keeping his post as Foreign Secretary as Sunak sought to […]
Port managements told to employ new technologies
KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas wants the state port managements to be prepared to modernise, innovate and adopt new technologies. He said with Sarawak hoping to become a high income state by 2030, the ports would be having increasing and more important roles. “The plan is for us to export more […]
Wan Junaidi happy with Cabinet post
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said his appointment as Federal Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister was an unexpected but welcomed surprise. “I expected to be associated with the Ministry of Rural Development or the Ministry of Works, which I consider to be important for the infrastructural development of Sarawak as we are […]
Smart move not to have deputy prime minister
KUCHING: Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Youth chief Datuk Snowdan Lawan believes that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin made a smart manoeuvre by not appointing a deputy prime minister. “This move stopped all lobbying for the post,” he told New Sarawak Tribune yesterday when he commented on the new federal Cabinet which Muhyiddin announced last […]
GPS was right all along
That was quite a surprise – no deputy prime minister but four senior ministers in lieu. Some netizens say Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is reserving the post for Datuk Seri Zahid Hamidi if and when the Umno president can shake himself free of his corruption charges. Others say the prime minister is keeping it aside […]
PM needs to put house in order
KUCHING: Serving as the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia in a politically-divided nation, Tan Sri Muhyuddin Yassin must not take for granted the appointment of new Cabinet ministers. Fellow of Akademi Sains Malaysia, Assoc Prof Dr Madeline Berma emphasised that it was vital for the Prime Minister to appoint the right people with integrity, and […]
Caveats on Sarawak-Sabah Affairs Ministry
KUCHING: Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (Aspirasi) welcomes Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s noble intention to resolve issues affecting the Bornean regions through the creation of Sarawak-Sabah affairs portfolio. Its president Lina Soo, however, has a number of caveats. She said as the spirit of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) allude to equal partnership, there […]
