KUCHING: Amidst a somber mood, tinged with sadness and palpable emotions, members of the Kuching Toastmaster Club (KTMC) recently paid tribute to its late founding patron Datuk Dr Yusoff Hanifah. In a eulogy delivered by charter member of the club Mike Lim, the endless support rendered by Yusoff, over 30
KUCHING: Sarawak Energy has entered into a tri-party memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide financing solutions for local contractors under the energy developer and power utility’s vendor financing programme. The MoU, signed with Bank Islam and Syarikat Jaminan Pembiayaan Perniagaan (SJPP), a wholly-owned agency of the Finance Ministry, will focus
BINTULU: Royal Brunei (RB) Airlines on Tuesday launched its inaugural flight to Bintulu through its RB Link service. Using the ATR 72-600 aircraft, the first flight from Bandar Seri Begawan arrived at Bintulu Airport at 8.25pm, carrying 30 passengers comprising RB Airlines crew as well as representatives of Brunei’s national media.
ALL provisions that should have been implemented by the federal government had to be taken over by the state government, said Datuk Murshid Diraja Dr Juanda Jaya (GPS-Jemoreng). He described the State 2020 Budget as good, people-oriented and pro-development especially for the rural people. Off the cuff, he named a
BATU Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang urged that a referendum be held to determine if Sarawakians want independence. He said that Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should “let Sarawak decide”. Lo recalled that the prime minister said at the 73rd United Nations’ General Assembly in New York last year
LAND perimeter surveys under Section 6 of the Sarawak Land Code are not an attempt by the state government to claim native customary rights (NCR) land. This was clarified by Datuk Dr Juanda Jaya (GPS – Jemoreng) in response to Krian assemblyman Ali Biju’s (PH – Krian) allegation during
THE number of students who tested positive for drug abuse has dropped as of October this year compared to last year. This is based on a report by the Sarawak Education Department, said Community Wellbeing Assistant Minister Datuk Francis Harden Hollis. He said this improvement is despite the fact that more
BATU KITANG assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang is disappointed over Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s stand on race and religion-based politics. “Since becoming prime minister he has told PAS and Umno to stop playing racial and religious issues but he is doing so himself. “He should realise that only one
SAMALAJU Industrial Park has successfully attracted investments totalling RM28.43 billion while Tanjung Kidurong Industrial Zone recorded RM17.45 billion investments since their establishment. The figures excluded investments in the petrochemical sector by Petronas and Shell. International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Assistant Minister Datuk Malcolm Mussen Lamoh said this
SIBU: The Sibu Kidney Foundation (SKF) will organise a series of activities in conjunction with next year’s World Kidney Day. These activities include Kidney Ride on March 1, colouring contest on March 8, health talk on March 14 and kidney run on March 15. SKF chairman Temenggong Vincent Lau said
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