KUCHING: The Project Delivery Partner (PDP) agreement for the Pan Borneo Highway Project was terminated not only because of the high payment for consultation fee but also reimbursement cost of 2.5 times, said Pakatan Harapan (PH) Sarawak chairman Chong Chieng Jen. He stated that under the PDP agreement, for every
SRI AMAN: Community Wellbeing Assistant Minister Datuk Francis Harden Hollis yesterday called upon Sarawakians to continue living in harmony. He said that the state of Sarawak is an icon of unity in Malaysia, thus, implying that the Chinese New Year celebration is one of the examples of unity which brings
KUCHING: Eleven new Patients Under Investigation (PUI) cases for the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) were recorded in Sarawak as of 10.30am yesterday. Sibu Hospital has the highest number at nine followed by one case each at Sarawak General Hospital in Kuching and Miri Hospital. On Friday, only six PUI cases were
KUCHING: Segi College Sarawak revealed its two main activities for this year — Junior Entrepreneurship Club and Smart Biz Inter School Challenge 2020. Its principal Doreen D’orville stated that Segi has already set up its own Aspiring Entrepreneurs Club in its campuses but they also feel like there is a
KUCHING: The participation of more youths in co-operative societies will help strengthen the cooperative movement, said Malaysia Cooperative Societies Commission (SKM) executive chairman Datuk Nordin Salleh. He added that the cooperative industry wanted to give special emphasis on youth because apart from the fact that they are going to be
KUCHING: Malaysia National Co-operative Movement (Angkasa) will be reaching out to the Malaysia Youth Council (MBM) and Sarawak United National Youth Organisation (Saberkas) in its effort to encourage more youth involvement in the cooperative movement. Angkasa president Datuk Abdul Fattah Abdullah said Angkasa branches nationwide will be directed to approach
Endowment Fund Sarawak KUCHING: Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS) applicants with underage parents must appoint their next of kin to become a trustee for their accounts, and the application must be endorsed by the EFS Committee. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said cases
KUCHING: A total of 1,472 babies born in January have been registered for Endowment Fund Sarawak (EFS) 2020. The number is equivalent to 51.27 per cent of a total of 2,871 babies born in Sarawak in the first month of this year. From the number of EFS registration, 983 are
KUCHING: Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah supports the idea of removing suicide attempt as an offence from the Penal Code. The Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister said individuals who want to commit suicide should be helped instead of being prosecuted. “They attempt to end their lives because
KUCHING: The Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) stressed that it has never imposed any rental charge for event space at Kuching Waterfront. In a statement issued yesterday, DBKU said it was only charging for various services rendered upon request (commonly requested by event organisers). Among them were area cleaning services
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