Allow children for safe outdoor activities
KUCHING: A group of parents is pleading to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) to make more sensible rules for children by allowing them to be out for safe outdoor activities and considering the impact of the lockdown at home on their physical and mental health. Currently, according to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) released by […]
State SOPs for domestic tourism
KUCHING: The Sarawak Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry has released a detailed standard operating procedure (SOP) for domestic tourism, which has been approved by the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). “Tourism activities, which are allowed from Oct 1 and subjected to compliance of relevant SOP, include accommodation in hotels and homestays, activities at tourism attractions […]
Proper SOPs must be in place
KUCHING: Also eagerly awaiting the reopening of Sarawak’s tourism industry is Resident manager of UCSI Hotel Kuching, Assistant Professor Christopher Wan Sageng. “The reopening of the tourism industry is critical for the business’s long-term viability, as it will have a ripple impact on all business entities, whether indirectly or directly. “As a result, a holistic […]
Interstate travel not part of trimmed SOP
KUALA LUMPUR: The permission for interstate travel is not part of the trimmed standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), said Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. He said the decision on matters related to interstate travel needed to be scrutinised by the Special Committee on Pandemic Management chaired by […]
Umrah agencies need to be prepared for new rules, SOPs
KUALA LUMPUR: Umrah management agencies need to be prepared to understand the new rules and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the minor pilgrimage as set by the Saudi Arabian government. Tabung Haji (TH) Haj executive director Datuk Seri Syed Saleh Syed Abdul Rahman said the move was important to ensure umrah pilgrims received complete information […]
Cooperate with the enumerators, Padawan residents told
KUCHING: Residents in the Padawan Municipal Council (MPP) areas are urged to cooperate fully with the enumerators deployed by the State Statistics Department to carry out ‘The Population & Housing Census’ via face-to-face interviews. MPP chairman Lo Khere Chiang said the interviews would commence on Aug 16 and last until Oct 31 after several postponements […]
Ventilation SOPs a must amid pandemic
KUCHING: Owners/operators of non-residential buildings and spaces are required to implement the standard operating procedures (SOPs) pertaining to improvement of ventilation to reduce the spread of Covid-19 through aerosols. Billy Sujang, state chief environmental health officer from the Ministry of Local Government and Housing (MLGH), said this SOPs had been endorsed by the Sarawak Disaster […]
Govt working to streamline, reduce Covid-19 SOPs to only 10
KUALA LUMPUR: The government is working to streamline the existing standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to Covid-19 so that it is better understood by the people, industry players and enforcement agencies. Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said currently, there were 181 SOPs covering all four phases of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) […]
Discussion on SOPs adjustment, relaxation during endemic phase to involve three other ministers
KUALA LUMPUR: Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today said that the detailed discussion on the adjustment and relaxation of the standard operating procedures (SOPs) in preparation for the Covid-19 endemic phase will involve three other ministers. He said they were Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz […]
Let’s fight Covid-19 as one
KUCHING: The Sarawak government has urged the people to unite as one to fight their common enemy — Covid-19. In making the call, Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg pointed out that recently, the country’s political crisis had further complicated the situation. He said the country’s top leaders were plagued by uncertainty and […]
