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Sagah hands over RM80,000 funds

KUCHING: Assistant Minister of Modernisation of Agriculture, Native Land and Regional Development Datuk Roland Sagah Wee Inn yesterday handed over Minor Rural Project (MRP) worth RM80,000 to three organisations in his constituency. Sagah, who is Tarat assemblyman, handed a cheque for RM30,000 to  Kelab Ketua Masyarakat dan Ketua Kaum DUN Tarat. The cheque was received […]

Reach out to rural, banks told

Address shortage of ATMs in rural towns: Rep KUCHING: Authorities should provide mobile essential services especially to those living in rural areas to prevent overcrowding of people seeking inter-district travel passes during this movement control order (MCO) period, suggested Engkilili assemblyman Dr Johnical Rayong Ngipa. He was referring to a recent report that over 100 […]

Armed forces help with food aid

SIBU: The state government and the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) are joining hands to deliver food aid to rural communities during the movement control order (MCO) period.  The Malaysian Army’s Eastern Command has been appointed as a focal agency to coordinate and assist in the delivery of food supplies to rural areas in Sarawak. Army […]

Rural folk assured of reliable power supply

KUCHING: Sarawak’s rural communities are assured of Sarawak Energy’s commitment to providing reliable power supply during the movement control order (MCO). “While our urban customers are well served as they are grid-connected to our major power plants and  can access quick response by technical teams, we are also ensuring that we keep the lights on […]

Rural Sarawakians, ever exemplary: Japen

KUCHING: Sarawakians from most rural areas have been reported to be complying well and commuting orderly, abiding to MCO. This was conveyed by Sarawak Information Department (Japen) in their observation report in which It states that the rural folks are doing the right thing as far as social distancing and human interaction is concerned. In […]

Not maximising environment’s economic potential

Lazy people tend not to take chances, but express themselves by tearing down other’s work. – Ann Rule, American author of true crime books It is a pity that there still exists a majority of Iban parents in the rural areas, especially those staying in longhouses or in individual kampung houses, who are not making […]

RM20 billion economic stimulus package

PUTRAJAYA: Interim Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today announced RM20 billion Economic Stimulus Package to ensure risks to the economy due to Covid-19 can be addressed effectively. He said three strategies were outlined under the package, namely addressing the impact of the disease, catalysing people-based growth, and encouraging quality investment. Several plans have also been lined […]

Intensified efforts to register OKU in rural areas

MIRI: Efforts will be intensified to register disabled people (OKU) in rural areas through the Social Welfare Department’s (JKS) ‘Jom Daftar’ programme. “Next week, JKS will be in Lawas for the programme,” said Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh during her visit to SMK Luak Miri here, yesterday. She added that focus […]

Transforming rural areas

The Sarawak government under the leadership of Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg is committed to transform vast rural areas in line with the goal to achieve a developed state by 2030. The state’s sixth chief minister, who is celebrating his third anniversary in office on Jan 13 this year, aspires to see […]

Mental health issues in rural areas

KUCHING: The National Health and Morbidity Study revealed that 35.8 percent Sarawakian adolescents from the rural areas had mental health conditions. Welfare, Community Well Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah told a press conference this after chairing the Social Development Council meeting at Wisma Bapa Malaysia yesterday. She added the […]