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Celebration in ‘new normal’

KUCHING: The Sarawak Day celebration this time around with the theme “Sarawak Cemerlang” will see it to be held in strict adherence to the “new normal” phenomenon due to the Covid-19 pandemic.  Sarawak Teachers Union (STU) hopes that all teachers will continue to be given perfect health and continue their efforts to fight in the […]

New normal: Ukas to help

MUKAH: Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo described the establishment of Sarawak Public Relations Unit (Ukas) in the Chief Minister’s (CM) Department as important because it helps to disseminate relevant information pertaining to the state. Ukas was set up at the end of 2018 after the defeat of former Barisan Nasional (BN) federal government by Pakatan Harapan […]

Malaysians need to adapt fast to new normal for economy to recover

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians need to adapt quickly to the new normal in order for the economy to recover from the fallout caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a recent finding by a market research company, IPSOS. The findings indicated more than one-third of Malaysians felt they were still in a reaction phase of establishing […]

Never waste a good crisis

Te whetu Orongo

When everything is going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it. — Henry Ford, American industrialist and business magnate There are many who curse and condemn the Covid-19 pandemic as a pestilence that has ruined their daily lives. Then, there are those who feel it is time to […]

No ‘balik kampung’? No big deal! We bring Gawai to city folk

Proud indigenous ladies serve sushi in traditional costumes KUCHING: So you cannot return to your hometown for Gawai. So what? Why not adopt a new normal? Bring Gawai to the workplace! That was exactly what the managers of Sushi Jiro restaurant in Vivacity Megamall here did when they chose to bring Gawai to their workplace. […]

No ‘balik kampung’ is the new normal

KUCHING: Movement restriction is the new norm and the people of Sarawak have no other choice but to swallow that fact — especially the inability to celebrate Gawai with their loved ones in kampungs. Tellian assemblyman Yussibnosh Balo said as the people celebrate Gawai in the form of the new normal scenario following Covid-19 pandemic, […]

AI, the economic rescue from a disruptive pandemic

KUALA LUMPUR: As contactless option seems vital in stemming the spread of the disease that has jolted the world, adaptation of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in businesses and daily life seems more critical now than before. Malaysia has seen a great deal of success in flattening the curve of Covid-19 transmission, but it […]

Students prepared for new normal

KUCHING: The State Library in Sibu will be holding a motivational talk titled ‘Belajar Dari Rumah: Persediaan Normal Baharu’ (Learning from Home: Preparation for the New Normal) live via their official Facebook page (@pustaka.sarawak). The talk will be streamed live on Monday (May 18) at 2.30pm, delivered by Ahmad Faizal Osman, also known as Cikgu […]

Celebrating Wesak Day in the new norm

KUALA LUMPUR: Buddhists in Malaysia will celebrate Wesak Day, commemorating the birthday, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha, tomorrow at home in the new norm forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, without the usual temple festival and night float procession. The movement control order (MCO) over the pandemic may have been relaxed to the conditional MCO up […]

The new morn; the new norm

BY MARIETTE TUNN In the first week of March there was a lot more attention given to a local drama than the coronavirus. When the drama ended that week, all of a sudden on the Friday afternoon, toilet tissues started rolling off the shelves, and triggered an avalanche of all makes of tissue paper, hand […]