Author: Ma Chee Seng

Applications for stalls during CNY Festival Sale open

KUCHING: Applications for stalls at the Chinese New Year Festival Sale at Kenyalang Park Commercial Center Mall for next year are open. According to the mayor of Kuching South City Council (MBKS) Datuk Wee Hong Seng, (Friday) stated that the deadline will be at 4 p.m. on December 16. Wee

Traversing the world of uncertainty

Book Title: 1Q84 ISBN: 978-0-099-57807-9 Author: Haruki Murakami Publisher: Vintage Books Price: RM52.90 It’s just that you’re about to do something out of the ordinary. And after you do something like that, the everyday look of things might seem to change a little. Things may look different to you than

Provide specific grants to rural farmers, says Baleh rep

NICHOLAS Kudi Jantai (GPS-Baleh) has urged the Sarawak government to provide specific grants to rural farmers in efforts to alleviate their burden and improve household income, particularly in Baleh. He said farmers in rural areas are plagued by exorbitant prices for pesticides and fertilisers in the current uncertain economic environment.

Damaged roads in Baleh require urgent attention

THE construction of connecting roads in Baleh’s constituency will resolve issues of reliance on periodically maintained logging roads that pose a danger to the people says Nicholas Kudi Jantai (GPS-Baleh). Nicholas added that roads are an issue in his constituency that requires the Sarawak government’s immediate attention in order to

UNIFOR to receive share from five quarries

KUCHING: The Unit For Other Religions (UNIFOR) will receive 10 to 15 per cent of the share from five quarries and one from forest (timber), said Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. Uggah stated that the aforementioned industries supporting UNIFOR are just a few of the efforts made by

Treatment plant will provide enough water supply

A RM170 million Sebandi Water Treatment Plant with a capacity of 20 Million Litres Per Day (MLD) proposed by Billy Sujang (GPS-Opar) will provide villagers with treated water. Billy stated that the previous allocation of RM1,828,000 million in 2022 for the purpose of improving the treated water supply system around

Cement shortage: Yong calls for urgent remedy

KUCHING: Opposition assemblywoman Violet Yong has called on the state government to address the cement shortage issue in the state. She warned that if it were to continue, coupled with the rising prices of building materials, the construction industry will be impacted badly. Yong told the House on yesterday (Nov

Sarawak passes amendment bill concerning timber body

KUCHING: The highlight of the third day of the third session of the first term of the 19th Sarawak Legislative Assembly (DUN) sitting yesterday (Nov 23) was the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 which was unanimously passed at 11.46am. The Bill was tabled by Deputy Minister for

DAP rep wants free electricity for Sarawakians

KUCHING: An opposition assemblywoman has called in the state government to provide free electricity to all Sarawakians. If the state government has the political to do so, it can become a reality just by a stroke of the pen, said Violet Yong (DAP-Pending). In her debate speech on the Supply

Six more telecommunication towers for Kalaka constituency

SIX more telecommunication towers are planned for the Kalaka constituency, expected to be operational by the fourth quarter of 2023. Deputy Minister for Utility and Telecommunication, Datuk Liwan Lagang added that one telco tower in Sungai Engkabang, Roban had been completed and would be operational in the first quarter of