Bahasa Malaysia understood by all
KUCHING: Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) is always open-minded to suggestions from members of the community in all matters, assured Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs and DBKU) Datuk Dr Abdul Rahman Junaidi. “However, the decision is up to DBKU’s management and administration. It is hoped that those who bring forth their […]
Don’t break the law, DAP youth told
ROAD SIGN FIXATION KUCHING: Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has been advised to not take things into their own hands and be a law breaker. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Stakan branch chairman Sim Kiang Chiok said Dapsy should instead write in to request Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) to replace the missing Chinese […]
Police quiz party members
KUCHING: Police have called in Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) members for questioning regarding their act of putting up Chinese characters on road signs in the city. They were called in around 3pm yesterday to record their statements on the matter at the Kuching district police headquarters (IPD). DAP Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen […]
SUPP chides Dapsy over unlawful act
KUCHING: Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has been chided for disregarding the law by putting up Chinese characters on road signs in the city. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan said their action had set a bad example for normal citizens. “There were occasions when the road signs with Chinese […]
Cheap political stunt, says rep
DAPSY ROAD SIGNAGE KUCHING: Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has been criticised for using the issue of road signs to gain political mileage. Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang said putting up Chinese characters on road signs in the city for political mileage was a stupid act. “Leave the road signs alone and stop […]
Suffice to use BM or English
DAPSY ROAD SIGNAGE KUCHING: It is sufficient to just use either English or Bahasa Malaysia on road signs as both are official languages in Sarawak, opined Parti Rakyat Sarawak (PRS) Women chief Datuk Seri Doris Sophia Brodie. She said the English language was an international language and almost everyone across the globe could speak and […]
Defacing road signs is vandalism: Abdul Karim
KUCHING: What the Democratic Action Party Socialist Youth (DAPSY) did to the road signs in the city centre here is tantamount to vandalism, said Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said as such Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) and the relevant authority must be firm on the matter. “We […]
Telco tower equipment vandalised, stolen
KUCHING: A telco tower situated on a hilltop between Bengoh Resettlement Scheme (BRS) and Dahan Estate near here has been vandalised barely nine days after its service was restored. Residents of five villages, four at the Bengoh Resettlement Scheme (BRS), namely, Kampung Semban, Kampung Rejoi, Kampung Pain/Bojong and Kampung Taba Sait, and Kampung Senadang extension […]
Go to helplines if you are quarantine-stressed
KUCHING: Those under quarantine at the designated centres in the state can call the government or non-governmental organisation’s (NGO) Covid-19 support helplines if they feel they cannot cope with being quarantined. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said this in response to a post that had gone viral […]
Water booster pump station in Sampadi vandalised
KUCHING: The Sarawak Rural Water Supply Department (JBALB) is frustrated with the trespassing and theft incident that occurred at the water booster pump station in Sampadi, Lundu District. According to a statement, Sunday’s criminal act had “affected operations and planning related to the supply of water in the area”. A police report was made on […]
