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Oct 31 deadline to pay assessment rates

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KUCHING: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) opens its counters until this Saturday to assist property owners who wish to pay their assessment rates. According to a statement by the MPP, the due payment date for the second half of the year is on October 31. Counters will operate from 8am to 3.30pm, including the lunch hour […]

Pension payment for widows, widowers of soldiers extended

KUCHING: The Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) is extending the pension payment period for widows or widowers of veteran soldiers after the end of their services. Federal Deputy Minister Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz in a press conference explained that the period is extended until the retiree reaches the age of 80. “We do not […]

Syed Saddiq settles bail payment of RM250,000

KUALA LUMPUR: Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who is facing charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT) of funds belonging to a political party amounting to RM1 million and misusing RM120,000 in donations for the 14th General Election (GE14), today settled the remaining bail payment of RM250,000. The former Youth and […]

Salcra to pay out RM16.97 mln dividend mid-July

KUCHING: The Sarawak Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Salcra) will make the second payment of dividend for the fiscal year 2020, amounting to RM16.97 million to 12,994 participants in mid-July. Salcra, in a statement today, said the first payment was credited in early January. “The recipients are advised to check and ensure the bank account […]

Rubber Production Incentive activated for October

KUALA LUMPUR: Smallholders can claim for the Rubber Production Incentive (IPG) based on their October 2020 production, said the Malaysian Rubber Board. It said the payment in the peninsula is 10 sen per kg, while for Sabah and Sarawak, it is 40 sen and 35 sen per kg, respectively. “Last month, the average farm-level price […]

Sarawak awaits payment from Petronas

BY FENNY SILONG AND GERRALD GILLES SEMATAN: Sarawak is still awaiting the payment of the State Sales Tax (SST) from Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) as both sides are set to settle their court case slated for August 3. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan who is also lead negotiator for the state […]

‘Razaleigh is saying Malaya and Petronas have failed Sarawak’

KUCHING: If Petronas founding chairman and chief executive Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah’s statements were true, then Petronas and Malaya had failed Sarawak by failing to fulfil their parts in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah made this point when commenting on Tengku Razaleigh’s claim that the setting […]

A blast from the past

By Dr Navin C Naidu ‘5pc payment was S’wak’s idea, says Razaleigh’, screamed a story-line in Sabah-based Daily Express yesterday. Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, the founding chairman and chief executive of Petronas, reportedly said that the establishment of the national oil company was Sarawak’s idea, as well as the five per cent payment as income from […]

A one-off payment RM600 for taxi drivers, tour guides today

PUTRAJAYA: A one-off payment of RM600 each to registered taxi drivers and tour guides will be deposited into their registered account starting today (April 2). The Ministry of Finance (MOF) in a statement yesterday said the move to deposit the payment direct into accounts was to facilitate the people as they did not have to leave their […]