Author: Nur Ashikin Louis

Buy Malaysian Products carnival results

KUCHING: Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister Chong Chieng Jen yesterday presented prizes to the winners of various competitions held in connection with the ‘Buy Malaysian Products’ carnival. The prizes were presented at the closing ceremony of the carnival at MJC, Batu Kawa here last Sunday. The three-day carnival

I will do my best

KUCHING: The newly appointed Malaysian Ambassador to Peru, Fenny Nuli, pledges to promote tourism and trade between Malaysia and Peru once she resumes office. She revealed that as of today, the total trade between Malaysia and Peru only amounted to USD300 million. “There were a lot of efforts taken to

Our children aren’t guinea pigs!

Govt is experimenting on students with too many education policy changes KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) lecturer Lee Kuok Tiung said school children should not be used as  guinea pigs each time there was a system change. “School children are not guinea pigs for the government to do experiments on,” Lee said to

Smart approaches pertinent with policy changes

KUCHING: Non-streaming in secondary schools will not necessarily bring about negative impact to the nation’s human resources and capital. Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) senior lecturer Dr Nordi Achie said Education Minister Dr Maszlee Malik’s proposal to abolish the streaming system in secondary schools could be considered but its implementation must

MP confident CM will stick to promises

KUCHING: Santubong MP Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar is confident Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg will approve and realise the implementation of all projects for the benefit of Sarawakians. He stated this when asked about the forthcoming state budget which would be announced by Abang Johari

‘No’ to easier entry rules for Sabahans

KUCHING: Santubong MP Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar disagrees with the idea of relaxing the immigration requirements between Sarawak and Sabah. He supports the state government’s stand not to relax the entry requirements. “Looking from the social and development standpoints, we have to see differences between Sabah and Sarawak.

Less politics, more actions please

KUCHING: The federal government is urged to continue the programme of allocating fire extinguishers to villages which have limited or non-existent fire access by the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba). Santubong MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said that such initiative is important so that village residents can

Sarawak to stick to own devt roadmap

KUCHING: Sarawak will not blindly copycat Putrajaya but will stick to its pledge of policy implementation according to its own roadmap. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said part of that roadmap will ensure there is political stability in the state and all his government policies are strategically

700 boxes of ‘banaBee’ to China

KUCHING: Sarawak has once again proven its capability in penetrating the China market when about 700 boxes of the local ‘banaBee’ banana chips were packed for export to Ghuangzhou, China. “This is another milestone for the state’s agriculture which augurs well for our goal to become a net exporter by

Contaminant liquid issue resolved

KUCHING: The contaminant liquid issue which has put the hydrogen bus operation into a temporary halt has been resolved. This was due to the completion of improvement works on Sarawak Energy’s Integrated Hydrogen Production Plant and Refuelling Station by system integrator and technology provider, Linde EOX Sdn Bhd (Linde). Transport