Zoom app proposed for tabling of State Budget
MUKAH: A local community leader has suggested that the 2022 State Budget be tabled through any available legal avenue before the current state of Emergency in Sarawak ends on Feb 2 next year. Kapitan Kang Boon Eong said this was because the state needed funds for operating and development expenditures next year. He pointed out […]
1, 200 units of Spektra houses for Kota Samarahan
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Muara Tuang assemblyman Datuk Idris Buang said 1,200 units of Rumah Spektra Permata (Spektra) houses would be built here soon. He said the state government had identified and reserved 144 acres of land here to cater for the construction of these houses. “I have asked Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg […]
Hope for more aid to OKU
KUCHING: The 2021 Budget is not comprehensive for people with disabilities (OKU), opined Persatuan Anak Istimewa Sarawak (Perais) president Rapelson Richard Hamit. Today he said the OKU group, senior citizens, and single mothers should be given more attention. He noted that the government had increased the monthly welfare assistance for OKU, senior citizens, and carers […]
Expect a surplus State budget
OYA: Sarawakians can expect a surplus budget for next year because of the state’s strong financial standing, said Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. She was commenting on the State 2021 Budget, which will be tabled by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg during the State Legislative […]
Expect it to be people-centric
State Budget 2021 MIRI: The State Budget 2021, to be tabled next month by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg at the State Legislative Assembly sitting, is expected to be a people-centric budget. “It will be a continuation of the previous Budget and focus will be given to various sectors to help them […]
2021 State Budget to be pro-development
BY NATASHA JEE & SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA SERIAN: The 2021 State Budget which is expected to be tabled in the coming State Legislative Assembly (DUN) will be a pro-development budget. This was mentioned by Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, who did not reveal much about it. Uggah, who is also the Second […]
‘You are not special’
KUCHING: Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh’s position as an assemblyman and former second finance minister does not put him in a privileged position to seek personal requests on the income and expenditure of the state, said Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. The Youth and Sports Minister said this in response […]
