KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has denied any knowledge of Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) MPs who wanted Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to stay on as Prime Minister. “I know about the meeting but I do not know what transpired in the meeting,” he told reporters after
Development of suburbs, city housing among strategies to cope with population increase: CM KUCHING: The next long-term development agenda for Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) and Kuching South City Council (MBKS) is to strategise and plan new housing estates to cope with the state’s population increase in the next 30
KUCHING: Applications for citizenship do not need a special committee to solve the related problems, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Deputy Minister Chong Chieng Jen. Speaking when Home Affairs Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin visited Kuching Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) here yesterday, he figured that if the issues or
No one is left behind; everyone gets a slice of the cake: CM MIRI: True to his word, no community in Sarawak is left behind. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg has set aside RM1.5 bln to develop the highlands in northern Sarawak, including Bario, to uplift the
KUCHING: The Malaysian Pepper Board (MPB) has recently clarified that the suspended purchase of pepper from July 26 is only temporary, and will resume as usual on Aug 8. Its chairman Larry Sng Wei Shien said this in response to a recent newspaper report that claimed pepper farmers had been
KUCHING: The state-level Siswapreneur Showcase programme at Plaza Merdeka shopping mall came to a close yesterday with Seberang Perai Polytechnic emerging as champion of the ‘Social Entrepreneurship Explorace’. In second place was Tambunan Community College while Sandakan Community College came in third. For Best Booth competition, Hanieysa Beauty won ‘The
KUCHING: Former students of SMK St Thomas here presented contributions to two recipients yesterday. The first recipient was 22-year old chronic asthma patient Nurfahanah Aini Hasbi from Kampung Matang Lot. The second recipient was a single father raising three children in a rented room in a house in Taman Puteri.
KUCHING: The new Sarawak Museum Campus here will exhibit a panoramic resemblance of the famed Niah Cave as a ‘wow’ factor of the five-storey building. Sarawak Museum Department acting director Suria Bujang stated, “In the fourth floor of the building, we will have a Niah cave panorama and we will
KUCHING: A total of 330 students and 37 teachers from 12 schools took part in a treasure hunt activity which was part of the ‘Night at the Museum’ programme held on July 26-27. Organised by Sarawak Museum Department, the hunt was flagged off by the department’s acting director Suria Bujang
KUCHING: Batu Kitang assemblyman Lo Khere Chiang does not agree with Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s call to his party members to fight for their race and religion. Dr Mahathir who is also the Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) chairman had on July 20 stated that leaders should fight
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