Police arrest ‘tokan’

KUCHING: Police arrested an alleged ‘tokan’ (drug dealer) and seized drugs worth more than RM500 by the roadside at Jalan Astana, Petra Jaya on Saturday (May 15). The 37-year-old man rose suspicion, when he was spotted by a Kuching police patrol, riding his motorcycle in the area unit around 3.15am. Acting Kuching police chief Supt […]

Land and Survey Department temporarily closed for disinfection

KUCHING: The Sarawak Land and Survey Department Headquarters will temporarily close service operations at Menara Pelita Building, Petra Jaya here from today and tomorrow to conduct sanitation works at its premises operations will resume as normal the following Monday. “This (temporary closure) is intended as a safety and health measure to enable the sanitation process […]

A hotel for your cat

BY AFIEZUL SAMIT You can house your cat temporarily in a cat hotel when you go on a vacation, move to another home, perhaps, renovate your house. Primavet Animal Clinic, located at Jalan Depo, Petra Jaya here, is one of the animal clinics in Kuching that offer  boarding facilities for cats based on the international […]

RM13.2 million wushu centre soon

KUCHING: The state government through Ministry of Youth and Sports is setting up a Wushu Training and Competition Centre in Petra Jaya here. Construction work will begin in February next year and is expected to take about 15 months to complete. State Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah said the state Cabinet […]

Surau Darul Hana ready next year

KUCHING: Besides praying at Masjid Darul Hana in Petra Jaya here, Muslims can also pray at the RM4.3 million Surau Darul Hana in future. According to Assistant Minister in Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and Kuching North City Commission) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi, work on the surau began earlier this month. When completed, it […]