KUCHING: The post Covid-19 economic exit strategy will be very much needed to reset the economy in the next 12 to 18 months, while not losing sight of the target of being a fully developed state by 2030. Sarawak Housing Estates Developers Association (Sheda) Kuching chairman Sim Kiang Chiok opined
KUCHING: Sarawak Manufacturers Association (SMA) welcomes the federal government’s special stimulus package for small and medium enterprise (SMEs) announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin recently. Its president, Joseph Lau, said that the federal government’s review to increase wage subsidy limit from 100 to 200 workers per company showed
MIRI: Frontliners at Miri Hospital yesterday received Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) from various organisations. Assistant Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Datuk Sebastian Ting presented 1,245 isolation gowns, 610 shoe covers, 800 hood covers and 230 head covers to the hospital. On behalf of the Miri people, Ting and his
KUCHING: Taxis drivers are urged to register for the one-off federal assistance of RM600 per driver and RM500 for each e-hailing driver in the country. On February 27 and March 27, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced the National Economic Stimulus Packages 2020 which provide for the one-off assistance.
KUCHING: Members of the public here think there is no need for four family members to go out in a private car during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) even though the federal government allows it. They say it is enough just for two family members to go out together
KUCHING: The Congress of Unions of Employees in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) Sarawak stressed that every federal agency in the state must comply with its own standard operating procedure (SOP) to ensure the safety of their workers. Its chairman Ahmad Malie said Cuepacs Sarawak accepted the move to
KUCHING: Opposition politicians and their parties should focus on helping Sarawakians during the current Covid-19 pandemic instead of politicking. In a press statement, a political secretary to the chief minister, Michael Tiang, called out Parti Bumi Bersatu (PSB) and Padungan assemblyman Wong King Wei for ranting against Local Government and
KUCHING: The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has decided that the number of flights and passengers from Kuala Lumpur to Sarawak be reduced to help curb Covid-19 pandemic at the state. This is to ascertain that there are enough rooms at designated quarantine centres such as hotel rooms to cater
KUCHING: The reduction of employers’ contributions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) is seen by some people as unfair for employees. On May 2, executive director of the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) Datuk Shamsuddin Bardan proposed to reduce employers’ contributions to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) from the current 12
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Samarahan Fire and Rescue Kota Department (Bomba) carried out sanitisation works at Aiman Mall, Kota Samarahan yesterday. The operation, covering an area of 13,400 square metres inside and outside of the building, was carried out between 9.30am and 11.30am. Eleven Bomba personnel led by the station chief
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