ACT 118 to be amended to help house buyers of abandoned projects
KUCHING: The Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1996 (Act 118) will be amended to help house buyers of abandoned housing projects, said Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin. She said the amendment to the Act was being drawn up to address issues concerning abandoned housing projects, as well as to enable stricter […]
Sarawak Education
Rotation system for schools in Sibu beginning tomorrow
SIBU: All primary and secondary schools in Sibu District will start a class rotation system starting tomorrow to curb the spread of Covid-19. Sarawak Assistant Minister of Education and Technological Research, Dr Annuar Rapaee said the decision was made after taking into account the safety factors and congestion at schools. “We want to reduce the […]
Sarawak eyes becoming global food production hub
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Cooperatives in Sarawak are urged to actively participate in the Sarawak government’s initiatives in developing the state into becoming global food production hub. Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives (Medac) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said cooperatives have the resources to potentially be one of the driving forces in developing the […]
Busy schedule for PM
KUCHING: Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will be making a two-day visit here beginning tomorrow. Muhyiddin and his wife Puan Sri Noorainee Abdul Rahman are expected to arrive at Kuching International Airport at 9.45am. He would then have a briefing on the Sarawak government’s direction at a hotel before heading to Stadium Perpaduan, Petra […]
DAP national congress on June 20
KUALA LUMPUR: The DAP National Congress will be held on June 20, said its national organising secretary Anthony Loke Siew Fook. Loke, in a statement today, said the matter was decided yesterday at the Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting and it would be held at three locations simultaneously, namely, Shah Alam (Selangor), Kota Kinabalu (Sabah), […]
New oil and gas discovery at offshore block SK405B off Miri
KUALA LUMPUR: Petroleum Nasional Bhd (Petronas) has announced a new oil and gas discovery in the Sirung-1 wildcat exploration well of Block SK405B Production Sharing Contract (PSC), located in the shallow waters of the Balingian Province, 237 kilometres off the coast of Miri, Sarawak. The Sirung-1 exploration well was successfully drilled to a total depth […]
Borneo Market — place to get Sarawak food and products
By Anasathia Jenis KUALA LUMPUR: For Sarawak-born Malaysians staying in the peninsula, they still crave for their traditional food such as Sarawak layer cake, kolok noodles, pansuh fish, kuih bongkol, celorot, kompia and asam terung. So, it is of no surprise when the people of the Land of the Hornbills decided to open the Borneo […]
Remembering Sarawak’s first post-independence Governor
I’m here not for politics nor to meddle in any affairs in Sarawak. I’m here to see my dear friend, Tun Openg. – Tunku Abdul Rahman In January 1969, four months before the bloody tragedy in Kuala Lumpur, Tun Abang Haji Openg, who was appointed as Sarawak’s first Governor on Sept 16, 1963, became very […]
Sarawak already planted more trees than other states
KUCHING: Compared to all states, Sarawak has so far planted the most number of trees under the Malaysian Greening Campaign that was launched last January 5 with a target of planting 100 million trees nationwide by 2025. The state Forestry Department director Datuk Hamden Mohammad stated that he is confident that Sarawak will be able […]
