115 students at international school, Petra Jaya

Deputy Minister for Education, Innovation and Talent Development Datuk Dr Annuar Rapaee revealed there were a total of 1,261 applications for the inaugural intake of Yayasan Sarawak International School Sarawak (YSISS) in Petra Jaya. He said 761 of them sat for the examination where 200 students were successfully offered places to study at the international […]

Call to revamp timber industry

SIBU: The Sarawak government will study existing policies on the timber industry should there be a need to revamp the timber industry. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said this after Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) secretary-general Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi made a call to the state government to relook and revamp the […]

Consultant to study Native Court upgrade

KUCHING: The state government is continuing to facilitate the transformation of the Native Court into an autonomous and independent judicial institution that is on par with the Syariah and the Civil Court. Thus, the state government yesterday entered into an agreement with E-Factor Sdn Bhd, a consulting firm, to carry out a study to restructure […]