Dudong rep: Civil service recruitment procedure must be fair

THE civil service recruitment procedure in Sarawak must be free of discrimination, says Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing (GPS-Dudong). He claimed to have received feedback from the people, including Dayaks, Bidayuh, Melanau, Chinese and others, who felt that they had been denied equal opportunities when applying for jobs and had failed their job applications due […]

Bomba recruits earn their stripes

KUCHING: A total of 108 recruits earned their fire science accreditation from the State Fire and Rescue Department (BOMBA) on Tuesday (July 19). Federal Deputy Minister of Housing and Government Datuk Seri Ismail Abd Muttalib lauded the recruits for overcoming challenges in completing the 13 modules over the course of four and a half months. […]

Indian gov’t relaxes age for new recruitment scheme in armed forces amid protests

NEW DELHI: The Indian government today extended the entry age by two years for the recruitment of youths in the country’s armed forces under the newly-announced employment scheme “Agnipath,” reported Xinhua. The decision was taken amid violent protests going on in several states against the new recruitment scheme fixing the entry age bracket between 17-and-a-half […]

Police to recruit more to fill vacancies

KUCHING: The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) is projecting to recruit a total of 4,662 individuals for the posts of Constable and Inspector this year. Bukit Aman Management Department director CP Datuk Zaini Jass in a press conference, said it will involve the recruitment of 217 Inspectors through appointment or recruitment in December this year. Meanwhile, […]

More teachers for Johor, Sabah and Sarawak

KUCHING: The Ministry of Education (MOE) will allocate a large number of the grade DG41 Education Service Officers on a one-off basis to Johor, Sabah and Sarawak. Deputy Education Minister II Datuk Mohamad Alamin said the three states faced a shortage in teachers. “The Education Service Commission is in the process of interviewing for the […]

Association voices support to lift freeze on recruitment of foreign workers

KUCHING: The Sarawak Oil Palm Plantation Owners Association (Soppoa) has voiced its full support on the recent call by the Malaysian Palm Oil Association (MPOA) to lift the freeze on foreign workers recruitment for the palm oil industry in Malaysia. Soppoa chief executive officer Dr Felix Moh pointed out there is an estimated shortage of […]

Announcement on ‘one-off’ teacher recruitment by tomorrow afternoon

KUALA LUMPUR: An announcement will be made by 5.30pm tomorrow on the special recruitment of grade DG41 Education Service Officers on a one-off basis. The Education Service Commission (SPP), which is responsible for making the appointments, said priority would be given to graduates in education, whether from local public or private universities or overseas graduates. […]

Sarawak should produce own teachers to overcome shortage

KUCHING: Sarawak Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia chief Senator Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian has urged Sarawak to produce its own teachers to help overcome the shortage of teachers in the state. He said a mechanism should be created to gauge the situation as not all teachers from other states wanted to be sent to serve in […]