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Workers’ living quarters found to be dirty and smelly

MUKAH: The Sarawak Labour Department inspected employees’ living quarters provided by employers here today (Mar 30). The inspection was conducted in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (Mukah branch). The living quarters were for workers in industrial factories, coal mines and fishing boats. Director of the department […]

Afternoon fire razes workers’ living quarters

MIRI: Fire razed three blocks of workers’ living quarters at a construction site in Jalan Pujut 7, here today (Feb 18). There were no reports of casualties as all 20 residents living in the quarters managed to escape the blaze unharmed. The State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre received a distress call on the […]

Aid lifts burden of 197 fire victims

KUCHING: A total of 197 made homeless in a fire incident that totally destroyed their living quarters today received help from The Salvation Army. Comprising construction workers and families, the victims also lost all their important personal documents and possessions in the blaze. Their seven blocks of living quarters were razed to the ground in […]

Workers quarters razed in predawn fire

KUCHING: Seven blocks of workers’ quarters at Bormill Estate, Jalan Keretapi here were destroyed by fire this morning (Jan 27). According to the State Fire and Rescue Department operations centre, three emergency calls through MERS 999 were received regarding the incident at 3.26am. The department deployed 27 firefighters from the Batu Lintang and Padungan Fire […]

Fire destroys workers’ home

SPAOH: A swiftlet nest workers’ house was destroyed in a fire at Jalan Spaoh here today. State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre said a distress call on the incident was received at 9.59am. “Upon firemen’s arrival, the 24×24 square feet house was damaged by the fire,” Bomba said. No casualties were reported and […]

Workers’ accommodations to be inspected

KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will assess workers’ accommodations at plantations, factories and construction sites. SDMC chairman, Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, said that the decision was made after the increase in the number of positive cases in Malaya was mainly among such workers. Uggah added that SDMC has made an early call […]

High time to enforce amended housing law

KUCHING: It is high time for amendments to the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446) to be enforced nationwide, said Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak chairman Mohammad Ibrahim Hamid. He said the conditions for boarding school dormitories should also be looked into. “Comfortable housing along with basic safety and […]

Three detained for mischief

MIRI: Police detained three local men for allegedly hurling firecrackers into a workers’ quarters in Riam early Wednesday morning. According to Miri police chief ACP Lim Meng Seah, the trio, aged 29, 33 and 37 years were detained during an operation dubbed ‘Ops Laras’ conducted by a team from Miri Criminal Investigation Department (CID) led […]

Blaze destroys workers’ quarters

KUCHING: A workers’ quarters at Jalan Stutong here was completely razed in a fire on Thursday. State Fire and Rescue Department said a distress call on the incident was received at 4.41pm. Firefighters from Batu Lintang and Tabun Jaya fire stations were immediately despatched to the scene.  “Upon arrival, it was found that a block […]

Fire destroys workers’ quarters

KUCHING: A workers’ quarters here at Jalan Khung Phin was engulfed in a fire on Saturday (Oct 24). According to the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operations centre, a distress call on the incident was received at 2.57pm and firefighters from Batu Lintang and Tabuan Jaya fire and rescue stations were deployed to the scene. […]