Love locks for Satok Suspension Bridge?
Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician The newly restored Satok Suspension Bridge was in the news recently after images of the first love lock on it being removed went viral on social media. The bridge, originally constructed in 1923, collapsed in 2004 and […]
Litterbugs spoiling bridge’s beauty
By Siti Nurain Ratani KUCHING: Indiscriminate littering is ruining the beauty of a state icon — the Satok suspension bridge. “It is quite sad…when a (newly built and) clean bridge is littered with rubbish from irresponsible people,” said Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and DBKU) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi. The […]
Making Satok Suspension Bridge a love lock bridge?
KUCHING: Would you put a padlock at a bridge to symbolise your love to your significant other? The City of Love, Paris, has a very famous love lock bridge, namely, Pont des Arts, built between the year 1802 and 1804 over the Seine River. There, couples write their loved ones’ names on padlocks which they […]
Woman’s body removed from car that plunged into Sungai Sarawak
KUCHING: The body of a woman, who was in a car that plunged into Sungai Sarawak near the Satok Suspension Bridge here, was removed from the vehicle at noon today. Two divers from the Batu Lintang Fire and Rescue Station here managed to bring out the victim, identified as Ng Yian Hong, 70, at about 12.57pm after […]
Iconic Satok suspension bridge nears completion
KUCHING: Seventeen years have passed since the Satok suspension bridge collapsed, much to the sadness of folk here. However, good news is in the air as the iconic landmark is expected to be declared open this year. A check by New Sarawak Tribune on Monday found that the roads under the Satok bridge are now […]
Work on Satok suspension bridge resumes
KUCHING: Work on Satok suspension bridge’s faulty anchor block has started again. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Datuk Amar Dr James Jemut Masing, who is also Infrastructure and Ports Development Minister, said he was told that the new design had been done and verified and work on the block is currently going on. “It is […]
A leap of faith
We should make a major financial commitment to improving our roads and bridges. Bernie Sanders, American politician I stood on the ledge of the iconic Satok suspension bridge, looking down at the placid waters of the Sarawak River. If the question in my mind was to leap or not to leap, I put the thought […]
