Premier wants a stable federal government
SINGAPORE: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chairman Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg wants a stable federal government but remained tight-lipped on which side GPS would back at the next general election, according to reports by Singaporean daily, The Straits Times. The Premier said that while the recent wins by Barisan Nasional (BN) in […]
March gazettement of Premier title
KUCHING: The gazettement of the Premier title to address the Chief Minister will be probably in March, said Minister of Youth, Sports and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said since the bill was passed recently during the State Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting, the state government has decided to gazette it as […]
When the honorific becomes more than titular: Premier vs Chief Minister
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, ROMEO AND JULIET The quotation above is Juliet’s line telling Romeo that a name is nothing, but a name and it is hence a convention with no meaning behind it. When it comes to […]
No hidden agenda in change to Premier
KUCHING: There is no hidden agenda in the constitutional amendment to change the term ‘Chief Minister’ to ‘Premier’ for Sarawak’s head of government. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, MA63 and State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said the amendment was in line with Sarawak’s status as a region and not […]
Abdul Karim: What confusion?
KUCHING: The State Legislative Assembly (DUN) which passed the recent amendment bill on the redesignation of ‘Chief Minister’ to ‘Premier’ is the highest law-making body in Sarawak. Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) vice president Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah asserted that the highest law-making body in Sarawak must be respected. He was commenting on […]
Of ‘Premier’ and sour grapes
I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theatre from time to time, and to write, and produce. It’s by no means sour grapes. — Larry Hovis, American singer In Sarawak on February 15 2022, we saw a change […]
‘Premier’ alright, but ‘Prime Minister’ would’ve been better: Soo
KUCHING: The Sarawak People’s Aspiration Party (ASPIRASI) thinks that changing the term Chief Minister’ to ‘Premier’ is a good move, though it feels ‘Prime Minister’ would have been ‘perfect’. Its president Lina Soo said the constitutional amendment proved the sovereignty and sanctity of the legislative assembly established as Sarawak General Council on September 8, 1867 […]
It’s all about elevating Sarawak’s status
KUCHING: The change from “chief minister” to “premier” is a step to elevate Sarawak’s status as one of the four countries or regions that originally got together to form Malaysia. Safiee Ahmad (GPS-Daro) said the amendment is also important to maintain that status as enshrined in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63). “We adopt the concept […]
‘Premier’ correctly expresses Sarawak’s status
KUCHING: The proposed constitutional amendment to effect the change of title from “Chief Minister’ to “Premier” is to correctly express the status of Sarawak as different from the other states in the country. Minister for Tourism, Creative Industry and Performing Arts Datuk Seri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah, when tabling the Constitution of the State of […]
It’s the DAP DNA to oppose, observes Pujut rep
KUCHING: Pujut assemblyman Adam Yii Siew Sang said the opposition to the Constitution of the State of Sarawak (Amendment) Bill, 2022 from Democratic Action Party (DAP) and Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) assemblymen was to be expected. “It is the DAP DNA,” he said when speaking in support of the bill in the State Legislative Assembly […]
