Author: Robert Kenneth

FAS applies for club licensing

KUCHING: Football Association of Sarawak (FAS) secretariat confirmed that it has submitted all the required documents to the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) First Instance Body (FIB) for the club licensing. The spokesman said he emailed all the documents to FAM-FIB on October 30, the final day to do so.

Stop the rot!

MPKKP in the system will weaken state from inside KUCHING: Sarawak is in for a nightmare that it will not ever wake up from if the federal Village Community Management Council (MPKKP) system is allowed to take root. There is no stopping Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government from putting in

‘Strengthen women bureau’

KUCHING: Village women’s bureaus need to be transformed in tandem with today’s modern development, said Assistant Transport Minister Datuk Dr Jerip Susil. He said transformation needs to happen or else village development would be slow, especially in terms of family wellbeing. Dr Jerip stressed that a women’s bureau is an

Thank you for your sacrifice, Sungai Asap!

SUNGAI ASAP: The people at Sungai Asap Resettlement have made huge sacrifices for the people of Sarawak, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. Sarawak, he added, should be thankful to the Sungai Asap people because it was not easy for them to accept the government’s

Sungai Asap Resettlement Scheme is now Apau Koyan

SUNGAI ASAP, Belaga: The Sungai Asap Resettlement Scheme has been renamed Apau Koyan. The new name was made after the erection of the tallest Belawing monument of the Orang Ulu community was recorded into the Malaysia Books of Records yesterday. The 80-metre monument is the tallest Belawing monument in Uma

MPKK illegal in Sarawak

KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing (pic) said Pakatan Harapan (PH) or any institution or individual giving funds to the federal government’s Village Community Management Council (MPKK) should be charged under the Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing and Proceeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 (AMLATFA). “The establishment

Smart City a must for Sarawak

KUCHING: Sarawak has no choice but to embark on the Smart City programme to provide better services to the people, said Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian. He pointed out that several countries including Singapore, Japan, China and Taiwan have already implemented the concept which

First time in Kuching

KUCHING: Kuching will host the 26th World Badminton Championships from Oct 31 to Nov 3 at the newly built RM3 million Multi-Purpose Arena and Indoor Stadium in Petra Jaya here. A total of 1,866 players aged 30 to 85 from 19 countries will take part in the competition which will

Crocs hope to win playoff

KUCHING: The Sarawak FA team, who are in danger of being relegated to the M3 League next season, are back in training after a two-week break. Head coach Mohamad Denny Da’ail said the players have been back in training since last week. “We are doing the necessary preparations ahead of

Masing curious about perimeter survey funding

KUCHING: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr James Jemut Masing says he is curious about the issue of federal funding for Native Customary Rights (NCR) land perimeter survey. “Works Minister Baru Bian said there were no funds from federal as this job is not under federal control. “But how did