KUCHING: The newly appointed Kuching South City Council (MBK) Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng said yesterday he aspired to live up to the expectations of the people of the city instead of attending to “minor issues related to politics”. “I think the people of Kuching are expecting better facilities and
KUCHING: The Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) is proposing a special system for voters living in Sarawak’s rural areas. “We will come up with this special voting system so that those who can’t vote can do so in other ways. The same goes for coastal voters. We will need to discuss
KUCHING: The post-mortem training for National Security Council (NSC) Sarawak Order No. 20 and 21 will propose that the Senari terminal establish a siren system to warn nearby villagers in case of an emergency. Acting Deputy State Secretary Datuk Ik Pahon Joyik said the training, which involved 29 security and enforcement
KUCHING: Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan has demanded for a ban on Perlis Mufti Mohd Asri Zainul Abdin from entering Sabah and Sarawak. Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported on August 20 that Mohd Asri suggested that the Malays should have cultural and political dominance over other ethnic
Half of the diabetes patients from B40 group: Health director KUCHING: Malaysia has the highest percentage of diabetics in the world at 18 percent of the population. Sarawak Health director Dr Jamilah Hashim said studies have shown that more than half of the diabetes patients are from the B40 group.
KUCHING: Rangers Corps Veterans Association president Lt-Kol (Rtd) Mohd Melintang Abdullah is urging the authorities to take action against tycoon Koon Yew Yin for disparaging the Malaysian Armed Forces in his blog post. “We are very disappointed with the statement. We put our lives at stake for the peace and
KUCHING: Sarawak welcomes Indonesia’s decision to move its capital from Jakarta to a new site in Kalimantan, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. “We are ready to cooperate if needed,” he told reporters at Program Korban Perdana organised by the Sarawak Islamic Council at Dewan Hikmah Petra
KUCHING: Santubong MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar agrees with Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari in urging Sarawakians to reject Malayan politics. “As of now we can see there are not many politicians and political leaders in the Peninsula who are able to represent the cultured society
KUCHING: Residents of a squatter colony at Jalan Chawan in the city centre are appealing to the authorities to provide them with basic amenities like supplies of water and electricity. They claimed that they have been staying in the area for over thirty years in makeshift houses built of discarded
KUCHING: Swinburne Business School now has joined the ranks of the elite after recently being awarded the AACSB International accreditation, a prestigious recognition by the world’s longest-serving accrediting body for business schools. The accreditation recognises Swinburne Business School’s excellence in teaching, research, curricula development, and student learning — placing it
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