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Be mindful of pandemic, public told

KUCHING: Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii once again urged the public to adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of wearing face masks, practising social-physical distancing and taking care of their individual health during this Chinese New Year. Worried because the Covid-19 pandemic is becoming more serious throughout the country he advised those […]

Winners of Preschool Kids Got Talent 2020

KUCHING: Baptisa Emmanuel Korintus from SJK (C) Kai Chung Bintangor won the Special Talent Award in the Sarawak Preschool Kids Got Talent (SPKGT) 2020 event. The prize was presented by Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah to an adult representative from the school in a simple ceremony held […]

Double efforts, Pemadam committee told

KUCHING: The Drug Prevention Association of Malaysia (Pemadam) Sarawak committee members are urged to double their efforts and comply with the new norms. Its chairman Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has called on members of the local coordination committee to double their efforts in creating public’s awareness of the eradication of substance abuse and its […]

Thank you, God, for the sunshine!

Marriage is about the most expensive way for the average man to get laundry done. – Burt Reynolds, American actor It was very sunny in Kuching yesterday. I was pleased I could dry all the clothes I washed the previous night as well as the canvas shoes I washed earlier in the morning. Besides that, […]

New norms to maintain flattened Covid-19 curve

KUALA LUMPUR: The government’s Health Ministry (MOH) and Ministry of Home Affairs have done well so far in terms of balancing the economic survival and public health, said Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. The Alliance for Safe Community chairman said the success in flattening the curve of Covid-19 pandemic in the country to a great […]

Embrace the precautions

KUCHING: Sarawakians are reminded to embrace and practise the new norms even though there are some relaxations under the recovery movement control order (RMCO). Bung Bratak Heritage Association (BBHA) chairman Datuk Peter Minos said basic practices such as wearing face mask when leaving home, frequent hand washing, social distancing and strict personal hygiene must be […]

Churches to remain closed until end of CMCO

KUCHING: Anglican churches in Sarawak and Brunei will not be opened for worship gatherings until the conditional movement control order (CMCO) is lifted. Bishop of the Anglican Church in Sarawak and Brunei, Right Reverend Datuk Danald Jute said while he was delighted to see that the number of new Covid-19 infections had declined over the […]

Sacrifice of Malaysia’s ‘Florence Nightingale’ immeasurable

KUALA LUMPUR: While some nurses in a few counties are lamenting over the new challenges in their workplace due to the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of Malaysia’s ‘Florence Nightingale’ are tirelessly doing their job with dedication, despite constraints and the new normal at work. “There are news reports of nurses overseas quitting their job, some held protest due […]

‘Continue with new norms’

KUCHING: Public cooperation in adhering to the movement control order (MCO) and following the new norms plays a big role in the flattening the Covid-19 curve. Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian said according to epidemiological modelling, without the MCO, the infection rate in Kuching could have been as […]

Will life return to normal at the end of MCO4?

KUALA LUMPUR: The question of whether or not the movement control order (MCO) that came into force on March 18 will be further extended will be answered in about 72 hours, if not sooner. After 53 days, many would want their lives to return to normal soon and thus, hoped that the MCO would not be further extended, […]