Timber companies caught off-guard by new tax
KUCHING: Effective April 1, timber companies in Sarawak are subjected to a new sales tax (SST) ranging from 1 per cent to 2.5 per cent on the export of selected timber products. The affected timber products include plywood, fibreboard, sawn timber, veneer, particle board, and woodchips. Sarawak Timber Association (STA) chairman Datuk Henry Lau said […]
STIDC, STA donate RM2mil worth of PPE
KUCHING: Sarawak Timber Association (STA) and Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) distributed Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) worth RM2mil to help the state’s frontliners battle the Covid-19 pandemic. The PPE comprised KN95 masks, disposable masks, goggles, face shields, head covers, vinyl examination gloves, isolation gowns (non-sterile), protective coveralls (sterile) and boot covers. STA, in a […]
STIDC, STA donate PPE to frontliners
KUCHING: Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (STIDC) and Sarawak Timber Association (STA) have donated RM2 million worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) sets to frontliners. Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan said this is an effort to support the state government in combating Covid-19. “Everyone has a role and it is hoped that more […]
Combined effort needed
Reviving Sarawak’s timber industry KUCHING: The Sarawak Timber Association (STA) believes that the ailing timber industry is not to be tackled alone by industry players; it requires the state government to be the driving force joined by other stakeholders to overcome challenges ahead. Expressing deep concern on the timber industry’s gloomy outlook, they emphasised […]
