Upgrade for roads at school, housing estates
SERIAN: Ayer Manis school and three residential housing estates will have their roads upgraded. The three housing estates concerned are Taman Pasir, Taman Cosy and Taman Kakai. Bukit Semuja assemblyman John Illus officiated at the handing over of site ceremony to Armada Construction recently. The cost of upgrading the road to Air Manis school is […]
Call to make Serian a must-stop town
KUCHING: Serian District Council (SDC) has been urged to continue their efforts to make Serian into a must-stop town for locals and tourists. These efforts include ensuring the area offers a variety of food and maintaining its cleanliness. Serian is the only small town in the whole country that has two flyovers and many will […]
Wishing Serian District Council would become a municipality
KUCHING: Serian District Council (SDC) can possibly be elevated to a municipal council in the next few years. Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Amar Michael Manyin Jawong in harbouring such belief, said the council, with 60 years of providing its services, had done wonders in the area. These include making sacrifices and contributions […]
30 housing units in Kpg Tebakang Melayu soon
SERIAN: The first phase of the Permata Spektra House Project (RSP) in Kampung Tebakang Melayu will start with the construction of 30 houses. Bukit Semuja assemblyman John Ilus announced this while officiating at the briefing for Kampung Tebakang Melayu expansion scheme today. He suggested to village chief Senyem Han and the village development and security […]
Praises for Sarawak’s young filmmakers
KUCHING: Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has congratulated Macgres Sawet and Nabiatul Dania Zulfiqa, two Primary 5 pupils of SK Temong, Serian for their outstanding achievement in winning the ‘Best Film By Popular Jury’ in the primary school category at the ‘Festival de Cinema Escola de Alvorada’ (Fecea) or Alvorada International […]
Villagers grateful for basic facilities
SERIAN: The young people are putting their high hopes on the state government to install broadband internet facilities in the rural areas such as at Kampung Merakai here. Having an internet service in the village would provide better access for online learning and socio-economic activities. They also hope that the agencies concerned could look into other […]
B.B. – Batuh Bijanji A.K.A. The Promised Stones
Local animated film wins international award SERIAN: Two Year Five pupils of SK Temong here made history when their animated short film ‘Batuh Bijanji’ (The Promised Stones) won the Best Jury Film Award (Primary School Category) at ‘Festival de Cinema Escolar de Alvorada’ (Fecea) in Brazil. The five minutes and 35 seconds film was produced […]
15 druggies nabbed in integrated operation
SERIAN: Police arrested 15 persons including a woman suspected to be involved in drugs during a two-day One Stop Community integrated operation here. District police chief DSP Aswandy Anis said the operations were carried out on Dec 8 and 9 to combat drug trafficking and addiction activities in the Serian district. During the raids, policemen […]
Provide power supply, clean water to school
SERIAN: Bukit Semuja assemblyman John Ilus has appealed to the State Utilities Ministry to supply power connection and clean and treated water to Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Merakai. “I appeal to its minister to supply both utilities to the school here because they still use the river and rain as a source of water as well […]
Shop razed in pre-dawn fire
SERIAN: A pre-dawn fire razed a baking supplies shop here today (Nov 3). According to the Fire and Rescue Department operations centre, a distress call was received at 5.22am. The 30×60 square feet shop was destroyed, upon firemen’s arrival. The fire was extinguished around 7am and no casualties were reported. The cause of the fire […]
