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Stranded students finally return home

KUCHING: Twenty-six students studying at Sekolah Sukan Malaysia Sabah (SSMS) returned to Sarawak today. They were stranded in Kota Kinabalu when SSMS was ordered to close on June 1 due to the movement control order (MCO). “We are grateful to the Sarawak government, the Ministry of Education (MoE), Rumah Sarawak in Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak Volunteers, […]

Over 3,000 Sarawakians given aid

JOHOR BAHRU: A total of 1,092 civilians and 1,957 students from Sarawak who are outside the state have received immediate assistance in terms of access to food and accommodation from the Sarawak government to date since Covid-19 pandemic started. The assistance was channelled since the beginning of the movement control order (MCO) enforced on March […]

Stranded varsity students get help

KUCHING: Malaysians are springing into action via social media to raise funds to help students who are stranded in their universities following the Higher Education Ministry (MOHE)’s last minute announcement to postpone physical registration of students. On Twitter, the social media is filled with the hashtags #SiswaJagaSiswa by netizens offering various assistance including collecting donation, […]

About 20,000 students unable to return home

STRANDED MALAYSIAN OVERSEAS KOTA BHARU: An estimated 20,000 Malaysian students are still stranded abroad as they are unable to return home due to the closure of borders because of the Covid-19 pandemic, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Yusof yesterday. The government, he said, was looking into the […]

Going home on a motorbike with dad

KOTA SAMARAHAN: A 46-year-old man used a motorcycle to fetch his son at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) here yesterday. The man, known only as Pak Man, was overjoyed he could bring his son, Mohd Faizul, home after being stuck in the institution for over a month because of the movement control order (MCO). “I have […]

Many Sarawak students stranded in Malaya, Sabah

KUCHING: Sarawak House and Sarawak Volunteers, entities overseeing the wellbeing of Sarawakian students outside the state, are doing their best to help Sarawak students in Malaya and Sabah who were affected by the movement control order (MCO) which began on March 18. It was reported that all universities and higher institutions of learning (IPTs) throughout […]

Help comes to stranded varsity students

KUCHING: The state government, through the Sarawak House and Sarawak Volunteers, is taking care of accommodation, food and drinks of Sarawak students in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Labuan during the movement control order. During the period, all universities and higher institutions of learning (IPTs) throughout the country have been ordered to close and students asked […]