Piasau rep Ting sworn in
KUCHING: Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew who won the Piasau seat in the recently concluded 12th State Election had taken his oath of office at the State Legislative Assembly (DUN), 9.15am today. He took the oath of office before DUN Speaker Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar. Ting, who was a close contact […]
BKSS 7.0 Plus aid for SMEs lauded
KUCHING: The Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) welcomes the two aids under the Sarawakku Sayang Special Assistance (BKSS) 7.0 Plus for small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SUPP secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting pointed out that the two were the extension of a special one-off assistance of RM10,000 for SMEs registered with Socso, and the new special […]
RM100,000 govt allocation for church
MIRI: The Sarawak government has approved an allocation of RM100,000 for the upgrading of the Borneo Evangelical Mission (BEM) Church at Jalan Airport here. The upgrading works will include the installation of awnings at the church. The allocation will be disbursed via the Rural Transformation Programme (RTP) of Assistant Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture […]
Women Institutes federation receives grant
MIRI: Assistant Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting (centre) poses with former advisor of the Sarawak Federation of Women’s Institutes (WI) Datuk Ursula Goh (right). The Sarawak Federation of Women’s Institutes (WI) Miri/Bintulu branch on Saturday received a RM5,000 grant from Ting. The grant was presented during the closing ceremony of WI’s […]
Anonymous donor donates digital microscope to hospital
MIRI: An anonymous donor has gifted a digital microscope worth RM15, 215 to the Miri Hospital to help in the fight against Covid-19. The simple handing over of the digital microscope took place on Saturday (Oct 16) morning when Assistant Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting cum Piasau assemblyman presented the donation […]
Delay school reopening to allow preparations
MIRI: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) on Wednesday (Sept 29) proposed to the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to delay the reopening of schools in Sarawak for one more week. This was, according to SUPP secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting, because some schools were still in the dark over the new operational directives. “We have been […]
Proposal to gazette Canada Hill gets backing
MIRI: Sarawak Assistant Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Sebastian Ting has welcomed the recent statement by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan to gazette abandoned oil wells at Canada Hill under the Public Park and Green Ordinance 1994. “Canada Hill plays an important part as a green lung and carbon sink […]
Ting flags off diving programme
MIRI: Outdoor activities have resumed in Miri. Yesterday, 11 participants (five from Miri Fire and Rescue Department or Bomba and six from the Miri Divers group) participated in a one-day diving programme. Assistant Minister for Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew graced the simple flagging off ceremony at Marina Jetty before the […]
Opposition told to ‘walk the talk’ on restoring Sarawak’s rights
KUCHING: Members of the Opposition were told to practise what they preach in returning eroded state rights to both Sarawak and Sabah. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) secretary-general Datuk Sebastian Ting Chiew Yew said they should support the proposed amendment to Article 1(2) and 160(2) of the Federal Constitution to uphold the status of the […]
PM urged to order AG to withdraw govt appeal
Automatic entitlement to Malaysian citizenship KUCHING: Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) wants Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob to urgently intervene by instructing Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun to withdraw the government’s appeal against the High Court’s decision allowing children born abroad to Malaysian mothers with foreign spouses to be automatically entitled to […]
