KUCHING: As a safety precaution, Syarikat Sesco Berhad (Sesco) has temporarily shut down seven substations at Ulu Bayong in Sarikei due to rising floodwater. In press statement yesterday, Sesco said the substations were shutdown at 7.30am, affecting around 200 customers, when floodwater levels rose to 3 metres following incessant heavy
KOTA PADAWAN: Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) chairman Lo Khere Chiang advised Kuching Water Board and the Department of Rural Water Supply to ensure that their contractors involved in laying water pipes to do their jobs properly. Lo said the laying of pipes and digging the road and not covering up
BALAI RINGIN: The government has allocated RM10,000 to help flood victims at Kampung Muding, Balai Ringin assemblyman Snowdan Lawan disclosed after visiting the victims. The floods that hit Kampung Muding, about 150 kilometers from here destroyed the residents’ rice fields and disrupted the supply of clean water to the kampung.
In the late eighties, there was a serious drive to encourage school teachers in catching the reading fever, especially English materials, preferably novels. It was then – and I think it still is – a policy of the state’s Education Department to equip teachers with an all-round knowledge and that
KUCHING: Kuching South City Council (MBKS) spent a total of RM127,534 on clearing illegal dumping sites in areas under its jurisdiction last year. MBKS councilor, Mohamad Taufik Abdul Ghani said clearing waste was a shared responsibility and the people should take ownership of the rubbish problem and clean up their
KUCHING: As a safety precaution, Syarikat Sesco Berhad (Sesco) has temporarily shut down seven substations at Ulu Bayong in Sarikei due to rising floodwater. In press statement yesterday, Sesco said the substations were shutdown at 7.30am, affecting around 200 customers, when floodwater levels rose to 3 metres following incessant
KUCHING: To ensure the construction of the Pan Borneo Highway Works Package (Sematan-Sungai Moyan Bridge), about 91 kilometres, is on schedule, a dismantling operation named ‘Ops Highway 8’ is being carried out by the government. Land and Survey Department, in a press statement on Tuesday said the operation was jointly
KUCHING: Kuching North City Hall (DBKU) is considering installing closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras to help its enforcement officers to monitor illegal dumping of rubbish. Acting director of DBKU, Jumaini Haili said installing CCTVs at illegal dumping sites was being considered. “We will still carry out monitoring through our officers.
MIRI: The flood relief centre in Mendamit Community Hall, which was opened since Sunday, was closed as of 9.00am yesterday. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee Secretariat from Civil Defence Force, Major Ismail Mahedin said the relief centre that housed the evacuees from Rumah Panjang Asan, Kampung Semena and Kampung Lubuk Lasas
MIRI: The police arrested a 37-year-old man last Tuesday night on suspicion of molesting his step-granddaughter, aged five, last month. Miri Police chief ACP Khoo Leng Huat said the suspect was arrested at 9.30pm in front of a restaurant after a report was lodged by the victim’s 21-year-old mother on
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