Stranded students finally return home
KUCHING: Twenty-six students studying at Sekolah Sukan Malaysia Sabah (SSMS) returned to Sarawak today. They were stranded in Kota Kinabalu when SSMS was ordered to close on June 1 due to the movement control order (MCO). “We are grateful to the Sarawak government, the Ministry of Education (MoE), Rumah Sarawak in Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak Volunteers, […]
State has received RM5 mln in tourism tax revenue
KUCHING: The tourism tax revenue for 2019 worth RM5 million has already been channelled to the Sarawak government. Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri said the federal government had distributed the 50 percent tourism tax revenue amounting to more than RM5 million to the state. “Sarawak received about RM5 million plus while […]
Children below 12 can share room with parents
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will allow children aged 12 and below to share a room with their parents at designated quarantine stations on the condition they had all returned from the same place, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. However, to be eligible for this room-sharing exemption, they would first have […]
Minister leaves after a day’s visit
KUCHING: Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah and his delegation returned to Kuala Lumpur yesterday. They went home after finishing their one-day working visit to Sarawak the day before. The delegation arrived at Kuching International Airport on Thursday evening. Also present to see them off was Sarawak Information director Swady Guliling.
