KUCHING: The Malaysian Reserve has been lambasted for stating that Sarawak’s move to levy State Sales Tax (SST) on the sale of petroleum products was obnoxious. Assistant Minister in the Chief Minister’s Department (Law, State-Federal Relations and Project Monitoring) Sharifah Hasidah Sayeed Aman Ghazali said in a statement yesterday said
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The annual Unimas Global Festival came to a close on Sunday night with a spellbinding performance from Miri-born international singer-songwriter Zee Avi. Zee, who is based in Los Angeles, wowed the audience here at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) Faculty of Applied and Creative
BINTANGOR: Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas visited a 270-hectare citrus and pomelo fruit farm here last Saturday. Owned by Sunmark Trading Sdn Bhd in Bundong Sian, the farm plants pomelo, limau susu, and limau madu. Operating for the past two years, company spokesman Danny Huang Dung Po
KUCHING: Since April 2017, the Unit for Other Religions (Unifor) has received 667 applications for assistance from non-Islamic religious institutions in the state. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said to date, 373 applications for church construction, renovation or upgrading works costing RM50 million have been approved. “This
KUCHING: Norashela Abdullah from Bintulu and Kuchingite Muhammad Haziq Nazir Hairozaman were crowned Miss Petite and Mister Petite 2019 respectively at the final of the pageant held at the auditorium of the Old Court House House here last Sunday night. Norashela and Haziq beat seven other finalists on their categories
KUCHING: Tourism Malaysia has launched its first Bird Malaysia website (www.birdsmalaysia.my) as part of efforts to draw more tourists to visit Malaysia next year. The new travel tool was launched by Tourism Malaysia deputy director general Zulkifly Md Said during the 10th Asian Bird Fair 2019 at Kuching Waterfront, yesterday. According to
KUCHING: Tourism Malaysia expects to generate RM36.8 million in revenue this year from bird watching activities. Tourism Malaysia deputy director general Zulkifly Md Said said the target can be achieved as a total of 5,663 foreign birdwatchers are expected to visit Malaysia until the end of the year. “Bird watching packages
KUCHING: R&B and pop jazz songstress Ning Baizura stole the limelight at the third edition of Kuching Jazz Waterfront Festival (KWJF) 2019 on Friday night. Draped in a long maroon dress, Ning, known for her trademark vocal acrobatics, was richly flawless, hitting both highs and the lows with ease and
KUCHING: Enjoying ‘live’ jazz music performance by the Sarawak River was “quite an experience” for some. They had all expected to enjoy the Kuching Jazz Waterfront Festival (KWJF) 2019 under the sky with the moon and the stars shining and flickering above. But because of the hazy condition the venue
KUCHING: State Tourism, Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah does not agree to any move to change the date of the annual Kuching Waterfront Jazz Festival (KWJF) due to the haze, saying it is “unnecessary”. “When we did the first festival, we agreed to do
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