Virtual Ramadan bazaars good alternatives
KUCHING: Members of the public were excited when local councils announced the return of the Ramadan bazaars this year. However, many councils have cancelled the bazaars in light of increasing Covid-19 cases statewide. The people generally support the councils’ decisions to cancel the bazaars because of the risks to public safety and health. They are […]
Discount on traffic fines acceptable
BY CRYSTAL WONG KUCHING: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is offering a 50 percent discount on traffic summonses in the state in connection with the 214th Police Day celebration. The offer which is for the period from April 5 to 9 is for selected summonses only. The summonses ineligible for the discount include accident summons […]
Sarawakians consider Muhyiddin a caring leader
KUCHING: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin arrives today on a two-day working visit to Sarawak. He will spend today here before going to Serian tomorrow to view some infrastructure development projects. His visit has caught the attention of the public and their opinions of him are very positive, viewing him as a caring and […]
Seeking public retort on school reopening
SIBU: The Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (DDMC) welcomes feedback from the public pertaining to the reopening of schools. During the daily Covid-19 update for Sibu Division via Facebook, its coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee said that he had received many messages from the public, especially from parents, who wanted the schools to close again […]
Kapit folk have no problem with MCO
KUCHING: Communities in Kapit have given the thumbs-up to the movement control order (MCO) in the district. Kapit Information Department (JaPen) recently conducted a survey to get feedback from locals on the MCO’s impact on their daily activities. Majority of them expressed their support for the MCO in Kapit, from Feb 2 to 15, as […]
Survey on special aid effectiveness soon
KUCHING: State Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry will be carrying out a survey on the effectiveness of the special assistance initiative for kidney patients in the state. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the survey would provide insights for the ministry to improve the implementation of the initiative. “The ministry […]
Ensure aid packages roll out to all sectors
KUCHING: The wage subsidy programme under the Malaysian Economic and Rakyat’s Protection Assistance Package (Permai) which is only applicable to movement control order (MCO) states should be extended to all other affected areas, said Datuk Richard Wee. The Federation of Kuching, Samarahan and Serian Divisions Chinese Associations president said this should be done as the […]
MCMC seeks public feedback
KUALA LUMPUR: he Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) is seeking feedback from the public on the ongoing study on the implementation of Fixed Number Portability (FNP) which will end on March 1 next year. MCMC in a statement today said the implementation of FNP allows users to keep their fixed telephone number when they […]
