KUCHING: There will be adequate supply of pork in Sarawak for the Chinese New Year celebration, which is less than two weeks away. Sarawak Minister for Food Industry, Commodity and Regional Development, Datuk Seri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom said the state had allowed pork importation from foot-and-mouth disease-free countries to
KUCHING: Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah is saddened by the report that a six-year-old girl was allegedly beaten to death in Bau recently. The body of the young victim with disabilities (OKU) was stuffed into a sack and thrown into the bushes by the
KUCHING: With the nearest fire and rescue (Bomba) station located about 100km away; the residents at the Bakun Resettlement Scheme Sungai Asap, Belaga are constantly worrying about ‘when is the next fire incident’. Umie Liau, a resident of Uma Baha longhouse in the settlement said whenever there was a longhouse
KUCHING: The proposal to set a ceiling price for pork works the best to prevent further increase in the short term, especially during a festive season, where an increase in demand is expected. However, if the ceiling price is set below market price, the government needs to subsidise producers in
KUCHING: The idea to set up more public preschools and kindergartens in urban areas will definitely help ease the financial burden of families living in major towns. Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Women chief Kho Teck Wan said currently, most of the preschools were run by private entities which required
KUCHING: The Education Ministry has been urged to increase government-run pre-schools and kindergartens in urban areas, to ease the financial burden of parents, especially those with more than one child. Apart from that, it is also crucial to ensure the quality of these educational institutions, to equip young children with
KUCHING: The Sarawak government should look into having a more comprehensive plan such as to allow and increase importation of pork from approved countries to address the soaring pork price in Sarawak. Sarawak Federation of Chinese Associations president Datuk Richard Wee said this could mitigate the price and supply structure
KUCHING: Sarawak’s autonomy over immigration powers has been acting like a shield to protect the peace and harmony of its multiracial and multireligious society over the decades. It is one of the state’s rights listed in the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), thus Sarawak has the power to control or even
KUCHING: Sarawak DAP is appealing to the state government to reverse its decision to increase quit rent for shophouses, which will take effect on Jan 1, next year Its state chairman Chong Chieng Jen said the hike is expected to affect most of the business sector as it mostly involves
KUCHING: The closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs) installed at Jalan Arang and Jalan Dogan is not an experimental installation of the Kuching Smart City project. Tan Kai, a political secretary to the Premier, said it was a joint project between the local assemblyman and the police. He said the project can be
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