Not a native yet? Start applying from Nov 1

KUCHING: If you are a native of Sarawak and are yet to be recognised as one officially, you can now rejoice as the authorities are accepting applications for native status from Nov 1 onwards. According to Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Law, MA63, and State-Federal Relations) Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali, “with reference […]

Pondering on who are rightfully Sarawak natives

KUCHING: Any natural born Sarawakian should be considered as a ‘native’ of Sarawak, including those of Chinese and Indian racial origins. Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan said natives do not necessarily mean the first inhabitants or original people living in a particular place or country. Under the system of jus soli (law […]

Upholding Traditions

For artisans under the culture concept stall Gerai Sulu Nuan, these four ladies hope to address the issue of disappearing practises from their respective cultures through the products they release. Indigenous beauties bring back cultural traditions It is common for Sarawak native elderly women to wear a sarong as a household dress or when going […]

A jungle wallah in Kuala Lumpur

Basically, I believe the world is a jungle, and if it’s not a bit of a jungle in the home, a child cannot possibly be fit to enter the outside world. – Bette Davis, American actress Few people realise that Kuala Lumpur and its surrounding suburbs have become a concrete jungle. I realised this […]