Kalimantan Escapade — Opening our borders
Part 3 I think – I do think that we have to have a secure border. We need to make sure that people are, in fact, documented. But that doesn’t mean that we threaten people’s lives. – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, American politician and activist Indonesia’s Kalimantan Barat (KALBAR) is a multi-cultural region blessed with rich natural […]
Important to reopen safely
KUCHING: No one knows when the Covid-19 pandemic will end but activities — including elections — must go on for the future of Sarawak. “Thus, the concept of reopening safely is very important,” said Tupong assemblyman Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman on Thursday (Nov 4). “Life activities mean our children’s education, our business activities, especially the small […]
Number of unemployed up slightly in July 2021
PUTRAJAYA: The number of unemployed persons in Malaysia increased slightly by 1.2 percent in July this year to post a total of 778,200 persons compared to 768,700 persons in the previous month. According to Statistics of Labour Force, Malaysia, July 2021 report released by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) today (Sept 9), this resulted […]
162 people vaccinated at Song Kheng Hai Hawker Centre
KUCHING: The mobile vaccination buses successfully inoculated 162 people at the Song Kheng Hai Hawker Centre. Jong Yean Pin from the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kuching branch expressed appreciation for the organisers in arranging the service and the volunteers from the village development and security committees (JKKK) Padungan for maintaining the standard operating procedure […]
Social activities give rise to Covid-19 cases
KUCHING: The recent surge in Covid-19 cases in Sarawak is due to numerous factors, including gatherings, says Health Department director Datuk Dr Mohamed Sapian Mohamed. He explained that these activities included birthday or farewell celebrations, funerals and tahlil ceremonies, group sports activities, physical meetings as well as workplace infections that did not comply with standard […]
Market’s reopening delights residents
KUCHING: Regular clients and visitors to Uptown Night Market here have voiced their delight at the market’s reopening, noting that they can now eat the food that they have been craving. Maselia Saee, a 33-year-old production operator, said she was looking forward to the reopening as she has been craving for Yong Tau Foo (stuffed […]
Night market traders welcome reopening
KUCHING: Many vendors, including those at Uptown night market here are delighted by the reopening of eateries and businesses during phase two of the National Recovery Plan (NRP). Amy Farahana Arbi, 21, owner of Amy Beauty, expressed her excitement at the reopening of Uptown after over two months of closure, despite admitting that business is […]
Ensure eatery operators, workers inoculated
KUCHING: It is important for relevant authorities and enforcements to do spot checks on eateries, said Datuk Seri Doris Brodie. The Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Women chief said the move is necessary to ensure that the operators and all their workers have received at least the first dose of Covid19 vaccines. She added that eatery […]
2,000 tourism frontliners injected from July 15-18
KUCHING: Over 2,000 of Sarawak’s tourism and business events industry frontliners will be fully vaccinated at the Association of Churches Sarawak in Kuching from July 15 until July 18. “The business events industry is finally one step closer to restarting again. We are 70 percent in delivering our state recovery plan for business events with […]
State must meet these conditions first
KUCHING: Sarawak has to meet several critical conditions before it can reopen its economy and move on to the next phase of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), said Dr Jerome Kueh Swee Hui. The Deputy Dean of Industry and Community Engagement in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) said the timing […]
