Author: Nur Ashikin Louis

Early childhood educators are just as important

KUCHING: Early childhood care and education (ECCE) teachers, practitioners and providers are just as important as other teachers in primary, secondary and tertiary learning institutions. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah said that ECCE is the building block for an individual’s future success,

256 receive diploma scrolls

Early Childhood Education KUCHING: A total of 256 graduates of Sidma College Sarawak proudly received their Diploma in Early Childhood Studies at its sixth convocation ceremony yesterday. Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah was present to officiate at the event as well as

Smoking zones to cope with smoking ban

KUCHING: The Kuching South City Council (MBKS) will look into creating smoking zones at Saradise, Galacity and CityOne before extending it to other eateries. Mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng revealed that he had spoken to the management of the three shopping areas on providing smoking zones to cope with the

Supermom wins Sidma Chairman’s Award

KUCHING: Being a wife and a mother of two children did not stop Monica Langgong from winning the Sidma College Sarawak Chairman’s Award at the college’s sixth convocation ceremony yesterday. The 38-year old woman, who graduated with a Diploma in Early Childhood Studies, said she did not expect to win

Padungan’s transformation coming soon

KUCHING: The Kuching South City Council (MBKS) will revive the Padungan area through its urban renewal project. Its mayor Datuk Wee Hong Seng stated that MBKS would dig out all relevant information on the old and present Padungan before implementing the project. “Currently, we are doing the planning and paperwork

‘Conduct research on durian products’

KUCHING: Local folk, especially women, have been urged to experiment with durians and come up with value-added durian products. In making the call yesterday, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg pointed out that durian paste could be mixed with ‘sagun’ (a type of cake made from a mixture

Entry points tightened; China travels halted

WUHAN VIRUS KUCHING: Sarawak will tighten its entry points and temporarily halt trips to and from China to curb the spread of Wuhan Coronavirus (2019-nCoV). Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg stated that he had already given a directive to the relevant authority to halt trips to China

Chong only knew after SUPP’s highlight

SERVICE CONTRACT TERMINATION KUCHING: Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP) chairman Chong Chieng Jen has been criticised for his failure in taking care of the state’s interests. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) youth chief Michael Tiang said Chong would not have known about the recent unfair termination of medical officers in

Don’t misuse public funds for ‘ang pow’

KUCHING: Giving out ‘ang pow’ (red packets) is a generous act but if the ‘ang pow’ comes from public funds, that’s misuse, said Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) president Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. Tiong raised the issue after the DAP distributed ‘ang pow’ to about 700 independent Chinese secondary school

RM180,000 for 2 chapels

DALAT: The state government through Unit For Other Religions (Unifor), presented two cheques worth RM180,000 for two chapels in Dalat constituency on Thursday. The first cheque worth RM80,000 was presented to St Nicholas Chapel in Kampung Sungai Kut Muara while the second cheque valued at RM100,000 was given to Our