Insights from a journey
BY ESTHER CHEN WEI LEE All you need for travelling is a quiet heart and non-stop footsteps to keep meeting, to keep thinking, to keep passing your thoughts and to keep renewing your memories. In this era of economic development, the pace of life has accelerated rapidly. Nowadays, you may be accustomed to having a […]
72 pct of Malaysians plan to travel this year, budget RM6,500 for trip
KUALA LUMPUR: A survey conducted by Europ Assistance (EA) with a market research company, Ipsos indicates that 80 per cent of Malaysian respondents have reported feeling excited to travel this year with more than 72 per cent of them planning to travel this year. EA South East Asia chief executive officer, Philippe Demangeat in a […]
Body of drowned man recovered near Begalak Camp
SIBU: The body of a 47-year-old Gawing Mancha, who went missing after the longboat he was travelling in capsized on Sunday, was found floating near Begalak Camp, Batang Rajang, here this morning (Feb 14). A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said his men received a call from the public at 6.57am following […]
Child, mum injured after car turns turtle
LUNDU: A mother and her child were injured after the car they were travelling in crashed and turned turtle on Monday (Dec5) night. The accident happened at Jalan Sempadi, here around 8pm. The Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said it received a call at 8.35pm. Passers-by helped to pull out the child and an Emergency […]
Fuelling the wanderlust
Visiting the state this week, Fan Yuxiang has been on the road since 2013, driving from one country to the next. The wanderer has been on the move in the hopes of finding true love while also checking off his bucket list of seeing the world. Driving passion — when love knows no boundaries If […]
Docs on Vacay ― making the best memories wherever and whenever
Travelling will undoubtedly give you many unforgettable experiences. But the details can fade away quickly with memory. For their love of adventure and to document their vacation trips, husband and wife, Dr Iise Chew and Dr Michelle Goh, started “Docs on Vacay” on Facebook and Instagram, as a platform to document their precious times together […]
Make tickets more affordable
KUCHING: Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah has called on the federal transport ministry to look into the high cost of airline tickets so that everyone can afford to travel. In saying this, the minister of Tourism, Arts, and Culture said that he has been monitoring ticket prices for a few days and discovered that they […]
Time to fly again, but not so soon
We have to take care of the cure that will make the problem worse no matter what. — Joe Biden, President-elect of the United States Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin said a Covid-19 vaccine might be deployed in Malaysia by the end of this year. He added that China had agreed to prioritise Malaysia as […]
Avoid travelling out of Sarawak
KUCHING: The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) is advising the public against travelling out of Sarawak this month. Its chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas explained that the advisory was given based on the information of cases announced 14 days ago. He noted that of 40 cases reported, seven cases (17.5 percent) were Import A, […]
Movement restriction on Aug 1
KUCHING: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) Sarawak is expected to implement movement restrictions between Zone 1 and Zone 2 in the state on August 1, once the Ministry of Health (MoH) grants the state government permission for this enforcement. Sarawak Deputy Police Commissioner Datuk Dev Kumar said that this was just an estimation for now […]