SAR mounted for teenager who fell from fishing boat

SARIKEI: A search and rescue (SAR) operation has been mounted for a teenager who fell from a fishing boat and into the Rajang River. The 17-year-old victim is believed to have been sleeping on the roof of the vessel prior to the incident near the WTK Kinyau factory here on Tuesday night.  “On the day […]

Sarikei, Betong no longer in same zone

BETONG: The conditional movement control order (CMCO) standard operating procedure (SOP), which was updated on Monday (April 26), clarifies that Sarikei Division and Betong Division are no longer in the same zone. Previously, Sarikei and Betong were under Sarikei Zone. Following the changes, effective from Monday until May 10, any movement between the two is […]

Huang donates food to longhouse inhabitants

SARIKEI: Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii provided assistance to 64 inhabitants of Rumah Panjang Robert last Thursday (April 22). The 14-door longhouse is under enhanced movement control order (EMCO) for 14 days from April 21 to May 5 after Sarikei District Health Office detected a close contact of Covid-19 positive case among the […]

Making tudung saji needs patience, precision and creativity

BY AINI SELIKANG SARIKEI: Cleverly blending patterns with soft and bright colours makes the ribbon tudung saji (woven foodcover) produced by Biah Rambor, 47, in Jalan Nyelong here, interesting. Although the concept is simple, the results are quite amazing. It looks neat and unique, enough to captivate anyone who looks at it. When met at […]

Huang fives food aid to longhouse residents

SARIKEI: Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii contributed food assistance to residents of Rumah Panjang Naning undergoing the enhanced movement control order (EMCO). The Repok assemblyman said the food assistance in the form of food supply is to ease their burden of the people during the EMCO. “Today the 30 doors longhouse received their food assistance […]

RM70,000 allocation for St Alban Church

KUCHING: Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii allocated RM70,000 under the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) for 2021 for the upgrading of facilities of St Alban Church on April 11. The church which is situated at Taman Susur Jambu, Sarikei has been the beneficiary of RTP funds from the state government in 2019 and 2020. […]

Rep continues allotting RTP funds

KUCHING: Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii has been diligently going to the ground to distribute rural transformation programme (RTP) funds. This aims to ensure that various religious institutions in Sarikei are well-equipped with proper facilities. Last Sunday, he visited St Anthony Church, Sarikei and allocated RM200,000 under RTP 2021 to upgrade facilities there. […]

Religious institutions receive RTP allocations

KUCHING: Repok assemblyman Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii recently distributed the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) allocations to numerous religious institutions in Sarikei last weekend. One of the religious institutions was SIB Mandarin, Sarikei, which received an allocation of RM200,000 under RTP 2021 for the construction of a new SIB Mandarin facility. For the Che Sea […]