KUALA LUMPUR: Payments technology company Mastercard and Tappy Technologies, a world-leading wearable token service provider, yesterday announced a strategic partnership that will see the two companies collaborating to enable contactless payments through fashion wearables by embedding their respective technologies into a range of accessories, starting with analogue watches by Timex
KUALA LUMPUR: Building up to the big Frozen 2 movie launch in Malaysia on November 21, Toys ‘R’ Us has unveiled the latest line of related toys in stores across the country. First, welcome a blast from Arendelle’s past into your home with the exclusive Disney Frozen 2 Arendelle Royal
KUCHING: All councillors in 26 local government authorities throughout Sarawak (three city councils, three municipal councils, Bintulu Development Authority and 19 district councils) will fully back and support the state government in “difficult and trying times”, said Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. He pointed out that the
KUCHING: Education, Science and Technological Research Minister Datuk Seri Michael Manyin will seek clarification from his federal counterpart Dr Maszlee Malik over an alleged federal government directive barring Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) lawmakers from speaking in schools in the state. Manyin told reporters after his winding-up speech at the state
SIBU: A man has been arrested while his accomplice is still at large for allegedly robbing a construction worker. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the incident took place on Monday at about 10.20am when the victim, 61, was approached by the two men as he was
DEPUTY Chief Minister and Second Urban Development and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (GPS-Bukit Sari) said allegations that the Sarawak government was confiscating NCR land through Section 6 are baseless. He said that if land was acquired for the purpose of building infrastructure projects, the landowners
NATIONAL oil and gas company Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) is urged to pay up the five percent sales tax on petroleum export. Deputy Chief Minister and Minister of International Trade and Industry, Industrial Terminal and Entrepreneur Development Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan (GPS-Bukit Sari) said that Petronas must adhere
THE Welfare, Community Well-Being, Women, Family and Childhood Development Ministry will continue to empower the recipients of monthly aid to be self-reliant through Micro Welfare Entrepreneurship (UMK) programme. Its minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said the ministry was planning to extend the programme to develop more entrepreneurs in Sarawak. She
AS of October 15, approximately 910,000 hectares of land have been surveyed by the state government and of these, 742,000 hectares have been gazetted. “With this new Native Customary Rights (NCR) Land Survey Initiative, an average of 101,000 hectares of NCR land can be surveyed per year,” said Deputy Chief
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A team of police arrested a man in a raid at Taman Paradise here yesterday and found drugs in his possession. State Narcotics Crime Investigation Department (NCID) chief Supt Hasnir Abdul Hamid said the 38-year-old attempted to escape after being surrounded around 2.45pm. “During the raid, the suspect
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