Development comes to Sarawak’s south: Thanks to Telok Melano-Sematan Road
BY ANASATHIA JENIS Hafis Mohamed will never forget the bitter experiences and times when the boat he was travelling in sank in the South China Sea while on his way to Sematan town from his village in Telok Melano more than 10 years ago. At that time, travelling across the sea by boat was the only […]
Southern Zone moves into NRP Phase 3 this Friday
KUCHING: The Southern Zone will be moving into Phase Three of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) on Friday (Oct 1). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the decision was made by the Health Department and National Security Council (NSC) Sarawak after conducting a risk assessment and taking into consideration the three NRP threshold indicators […]
Sarawak Business Federation wants Southern Zone SOP revised
KUCHING: Sarawak Business Federation (SBF) has called for a revision of the current standard operating procedure (SOP) by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) for the southern part of Sarawak, which is still under Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP). “As we have already gone into a different phase of containing the outbreak […]
Enter Sibu with papers or face RM2k compound
SIBU: Individuals from Sarawak’s southern zone found entering Sibu without police permits or valid supporting documents will be slapped with a RM2,000 compound and ordered to turn back. This was told by Sibu Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division chief DSP Ariffin Bahar to the media when met at the Jalan Paradom roadblock here on […]
Good to restrict inter-district movements
BY NAZRINZULAIQA HASBI KUCHING: Members of the public here agreed that the state government should restrict movements from the Southern Zone districts to other districts in Sarawak. The Southern Zone consists of Kuching, Bau, Lundu, Samarahan, Asajaya, Simunjan, Serian and Tebedu districts. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the crossing of districts was only […]
Police permit, negative test result required for cross-district travel from Southern Zone
KUCHING: The cross-district travel from the Southern Zone to other districts requires a police permit and a negative RTK Antigen or rT-PCR test result approved by the Ministry of Health (MoH). The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) stated that the Covid-19 swab test result is valid for three days only and that this decision was […]
Sheda chief hopes Southern Zone into Phase 3 soon
KUCHING: The Southern Zone in Sarawak must be patient and adhere strictly to health and safety standard operating procedure (SOP) guidelines to flatten the Covid-19 infection rate. Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Sheda) Kuching branch chairman Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok expressed hope for the Southern Zone to join the rest of the state […]
