Kota Samarahan – home to first-class green neighbourhood
KUCHING: Sarawak’s latest housing estate, The Precinct Grande by Hock Seng Lee Sdn Bhd, under construction in Kota Samarahan has been lauded as a first-class green neighbourhood. Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos said the housing estate which is part of HSL’s La Promenade property development has various alluring features. “You have […]
Blood donation campaign at Aiman Mall Aug 10
KUCHING: The Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) Blood Bank mobile unit will be organising a blood donation campaign at Aiman Mall in Kota Samarahan near here on Aug 10. The campaign from 10am to 3pm, is held to encourage blood donors from Kota Samarahan and nearby areas to help ensure sufficient supply of blood at the […]
Watch out for road repair works along the Kuching-Samarahan-Asajaya Expressway (Q14) near Summer Mall
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Road users are advised to drive cautiously along the Kuching-Samarahan-Asajaya Expressway (Q14) near Summer Mall here as road repair works are being done until Sept 30. Public Works Department (JKR) Samarahan said only one lane will be open along the road throughout the period. “The department will inform if there are changes in […]
No walk–in-the-park for councillors
KUCHING: Covid-19 pandemic or not, it is certainly no rest and no walk-in-the-park for the local councillors, said Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) chairman Datuk Peter Minos. “Whether we are in Covid-19 times or not, the local councils must, by law, handle public wastes, cut the grass, do street-sweeping and street lighting, desludging, road repairing, […]
Agricultural produce for frontliners at vaccination centre
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Officers at the Dewan Suarah Samarahan vaccination centre (PPV) have received contributions in the form of agricultural produce in conjunction with the Peladang Prihatin Sarawak programme. According to a report by the Sarawak Public Communications Unit (Ukas), Muara Tuang assemblyman Datuk Idris Buang officiated at the symbolic handing over of the contributions last […]
Pantry gives 200 food packs to needy folk
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A total of 200 food packs have been handed out to the needy through the Community Pantry at LePaPa Hypermarket, yesterday (July 11). The programme is Kota Samarahan Municipal Council’s (MPKS) social development programme to assist those badly affected by the movement control order (MCO). Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Dr […]
120 food baskets distributed at Farley Supermarket
KOTA SAMARAHAN: One hundred and twenty food baskets were distributed during the Kota Samarahan Municipal Council (MPKS) Community Pantry Programme at Farley Supermarket here on Sunday. The Sarawak Housing and Real Estate Developers Association (Sheda) chairman and organising chairman of the programme, Datuk Sim Kiang Chiok, said 50 food baskets would be distributed every day […]
LePaPa Hypermarket creates jobs for local people
KOTA SAMARAHAN: The establishment of LePaPa Hypermarket here has led to the creation of jobs for more than 80 locals. LePaPa managing director Lee Chin Teck is glad to have helped the locals, saying that throughout Sarawak the hypermarket has about 400 workers. “We opened the first outlet in Serian in August 2019. To date […]
Four arrested for playing mahjong in jungle hut
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Four men were nabbed for playing mahjong in a forest near Kampung Jernang here on Saturday (July 10). In the 2.40pm operations codenamed ‘Ops Dadu’, a Criminal Investigation Department (CID) team raided a hut in the forest suspected to be used as a gambling den. District police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said four […]
5,000 to receive food aid
KOTA SAMARAHAN: Some 5,000 underprivileged members of the community here are set to receive food aid provided by the federal government. Kota Samarahan MP Rubiah Wang in announcing this said RM300,000 has been set aside by Putrajaya for all MPs to implement the Food Basket Aid. However, Rubiah pointed out that the allocation given is […]
