BAU: Since the reopening of the borders on April 1, international and local tourists have been visiting places of interest in Sarawak. An observation made by New Sarawak Tribune at Bau Town here found that its tourism sector is booming. Wong, 55, from Jakarta, Indonesia, was here on her first
BAU: Craft and souvenir businesses are slowly gaining back their momentum to keep them going. Due to Covid-19, such businesses have had to shift from the traditional way of selling to promoting the crafts to online platforms such as Facebook and many others. Jelina Fresia, 37, a craft store shop
KUCHING: The Scout Association of Malaysia, Sarawak Branch is organising the Matang Warrior Trail Run on July 31. The event was officially launched by Pakan assemblyman Tan Sri William Mawan Ikom, who is also the Sarawak Scout Council president, here on Tuesday (April 26). Mawan said the run was a
KUCHING: Datuk Lily Yong has announced that she will relinquish her positions at the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) central level. Yong, who is the SUPP Kuching branch chairperson, said she would relinquish those posts, including her position as the party’s vice-president, during the upcoming SUPP Triannual Delegates Conference. In
KUCHING: Datuk Lily Yong retained her post uncontested as Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Kuching branch chairperson at the branch’s Triennial General Meeting (TGM) last Sunday. In a press conference held later, she said 45 committee members were elected unopposed, as were 31 Central Committee (CC) delegates, with eight of
LAWAS: A total of 947 single mothers, orphans and people with disabilities have received financial assistance from PERKIM, the Muslim Welfare Organisation here. The assistance was during its Majlis Penyerahan Sumbangan Hari Raya Aidilfitri at Hotel Seri Malaysia, recently. District Perkim chief Datuk Dayang Hajah Morliah Datuk Awang Daud said
KUCHING: Shopee, widely regarded as Southeast Asia’s largest e-commerce platform, is eager to work with Sarawak to boost e-commerce among local technopreneurs. Mistika Idris, Shopee’s Marketing Specialist (Public Policy and Government Affairs), said this when her delegation paid a courtesy call on the Sarawak Multimedia Authority (SMA) at its office,
KUCHING: Head of State Tun Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud and his wife, Toh Puan Datuk Patinggi Raghad Kurdi Taib, hosted a breaking of fast with Sarawakian families at a leading hotel in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. The objective of the event was to foster family spirit and solidarity among
KUCHING: Samariang assemblywoman Datuk Sharifah Hasidah Syed Aman Ghazali yesterday took 80 orphans and the ‘asnaf’ (needy) group Hari Raya shopping at Mydin Petra Jaya. She hoped ‘Program Sinaran Aidilfitri’ would cheer the children up and lift the financial burden of the needy families. This programme is organised annually by
SERIAN: Datuk Snowdan Lawan is eyeing a full district status for his constituency, sub-district Balai Ringin. The Balai Ringin assemblyman said the expanding population and rapid pace of development in the area will bring Balai Ringin to a better administration service in different zones which he tagged as zone A
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